I I • I. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. IBP .B. JJUTTOfI, Editor k Proprietor CAKLIStE, PA., FEB. 7, 1850. ' ‘ Sdrgioal^QpEßATipN.—Thc Shippcnsburg News of the Ist' inst, says that, Mr. A. G. "Miller, of Diclrinsbh township, who had been Buffering Beverly from scrofula in one of bis legs, had it amputated within four inches of his body—while under the influence of chloroform, by Da Win. Rankin and son, assisted by sev eral other physicians of the county. Dr. David Rankin informs us that the patient is doing well. This is onothcr operation which reflects additional lustre upon the skill of the physic ians of Shippensburg. Frozen to Dbattt. —Some ten days since a German doctor, named Adousti-s Kkoklbr, wfla frozen to death, near Sterret’s Gap tavern, on the mountain. It appears that he was la boring under delirium tremens, and left his home in the night in search of strong drink.— The next morning he .was found dead—hav ’ ing perished in the snow. / $0 be Extended.—A supplement to the charter of the Cumberland Valley Rail Rond, authorizing the Company to extend their road ■from Obambersburg to any point on the Balti more trad Ohio Railroad, in Virginia, or to any -point'in Maryland, and to purchase, relay and put in running order, the Franklin Railroad, /roro Chambersburg to Hagerstown, has passed Legislature of this Slate. Foi this pur pose the Company is authorized to increase their slock to 51,500,000, and issue bonds for the whole, or any part and secure the same by mortgage on the road. Pointer to the Senate. —The election of Gen. Nicholson, the able editor of the CAnon.as printer to the IT.l T . S. Senate, will give wide sat isfaction to the Democracy. lie has proved himself a fearless champion of the principles and poliev of the parly, ever gallant, and reck less of consequences, so that his duly is fully performed. He richly merited this work of esteem and conlidence from the Democracy of the Senate. Dickinson Coi.lkue We learn that a seri ous disturbance has just taken place in this ancient Institution. From what we can learn the ease stand* as follows.—The Faculty on Saturday last dismissed some four members of the Sophomore Class, for being concerned in a series of outrages committed in the lecture room of the Professor of Mathematics. A large body of the student*, without taking steps to ascertain from the Faculty the grounds of their procedure, immediately entered into a combi nation to ••attend no more College duties till three out of the four dismissed students should be restored.” The affair on Monday created quite a breeze in town, but yesterday things Seemed to be getting quiet again, and we trust the students will return to their usual order. In College parlance such combinations are called ‘-rebellions,” and are generally produc tive of great injury to both the students and College. If the students made such a demand as stated above, it was dearly improper and W« cannot see how any College Faculty cuuld yield to the demand. If any injustice has been done to any of the students in the case, wc doubt noFtbat the Faculty on proper showing will bo ready to correct the record. £7* The following is the valuation of all pro perty assessed for the year 1850. taxable fur County ami Stale purposes, ns relunud by the Assesjwrs of the respective townships and Bor oughs in this county, subject to revision and appeal : Townships &. Aggregate IncrensconDccrea.se Boroughs val. lor 56 Ass. of lb.*3 Carlisle 1.303.068 U|7.UC> Dickinson 1,203.6*20 lt»s 1,12 E. Penns. 406.547 8.(182 Frankford 274. 806 12,130 Hampden 564.607 4.4 025 Hopewell 220.T00 14.7n3 Lower Allen .'its usl 20.254 Mifflin 3H.421 8,805 Monroe 017.202 90.488 Mechanics’ 204. Mil 66,166 N. Middle’ 833 506 102.600 Newville 158.544 13,580 N Cumber’ 50.051 5.074 Newton 715.808 85,064 8. Middle’ 1002,304 17,256 S. Spring 043,060 7,82 .Southampton 665.430 56.981 Shippcns’ bor. 322.706 76,315 Ship pen s’ Ip 181.003 70,822 U. Allen 624.273 37.150 W. Penns’ 036,288 130.406 $l2 016,524 51.140,340 37,8‘. Important Prom Washington Congress in at last organizes! —Banks (Ah olilionist.) of Massachusetts, has been electee! Speaker of the House, under the plurality rule On Saturday, by a vote of 113. to 104, the plurality resolution ottered the day previous, was adopted, and the House proceeded to bal lot for Speaker, with the following result Banks 103: Aiken (Dern ) 100: Fuller 0: Campbell 4 ; Wells 1. Whereupon Mr. Banks was declared elected, and was conducted to the chair by Messrs. Aiken and Fuller. The Speaker elect addressed the House in a short speech, and returned his thanks for the honor conferred upon him. The member from this district (Todd) voted for Banks. On Monday last Willi»*m Collom of Tennes see, (Know-Nothing,) was elected Clerk, by a resolution —yeas 120, nays 87. The House is, therefore, at last organized, after a struggle for Iwo months at a coat to the people of two hun dred thousand dollars. By Telrgroph for the Volunteer. GEEST DESIOCUVnC TRIUMPH IJi LANCASTER. Lancaster, Fc-b. 0, 1850. The election held yesterday in tins city for Mayor ond city oflkers, resulted in the com plete triumph of the Democratic ticket. Our city is herself again, and “Sam” is as dead as a door nail. His funeral lakes place 10-mor- Tnu English Mission - —The nomination of the lion. Geo. M. Dallas nfl Minister to En gland, was sent into the Senate on Thursday. Francis Markoc, of the Slate Department, it is aoid, will probably bo appointed Secretary of Legation to London. Heavy Tax Pavers.— ln Cincinnati, Nidi olas Longworth, tiro great Catawba,ijmn, is the hcavicßt tax payers his cjflota being ®21t000.-t» James XL Lucos, Kaq.., of the bonking house ol Lucas & Simonds, is the largest supporter ol the government In St. Louis. The amount ol his tax iu 1856 was 825,439. GOV. POLLOCK AND PARDONS. The Herald of this place has become, quite recently, a* great apologist of the present weak and pusillanimous Slate Administration. ‘Our neighbor is at present Superintendent of-the Stale Printing, and is indebted to Gov. Rot-. lock for the position, and perhaps considers himself bound to defend the powers that unfor- tunately be, whether “right or wrong.” The editor appears to think that the Democratic press is “at a loss to find any just cause for condemnation in Gov. Pollock’s Administra- tion,” and, in self-defence arc compelled to raise a hue and ory about his “frequent exer- cise of the pardoning power.” You arc wrong in your conclusions. Mr. Herald —the greater difficulty with the democratic press is to dis cover a single act of our Know-Nothing Gov- ernor that is worthy of commendation. His administration thus far, has been a failure, and the people last fall evinced their want of confi- dence in Gov. Pollock by returning a Legisla- ture, two thirds of the members of which are his political opponents. Strenuous efforts were made in every county to prevent this result, and the slaves of a midnight order were threat ened and cajoled, but all to no purpose. Nay, more—we are prepared to prove that the min ions of Know-Nothingism in this county ap proached the relatives of several men who were in the Penitentiary, and promised to have them pardonded immediately, provided these relatives would agree to vote the Know-Nothing ticket. There is a man in the penitentiary now from this county, whoso pardop would have been granted the week after the election, had his rcl- atives who applied for It agreed to the humili ating proposition that was made them. But they spurned the offer, and refused to vote the ticket of thc’Buntlmltes. and the consequence was their friend still remains in prison—and very unjustly 100, in onr opinion. Such were the efforts made last fall by a desperate, reck less. and infamous party, to avert the righteous judgment of an indignant people. “What proof is furnished of the Governor’s frequent exorcise of the pardoning power ?” asks the Herald. What proof, indeed? It Is furnished in I lie fact of him exercising this power almost every week. Read over your ex change pppers, ncightior. nml if your eves are not graced with a pair of leather spectacles, you will find abundant proof. It was only last week that the Governor pardoned Giieoort and Baku, two Know-Nothing bullies, who had been convicted in the Quarter Sessions of Pil’d adelphia, a short lime since, and sentenced to the Penitentiary, for beating two or three men to a jelly at the polls on last election day.— Two of I lie men the}- bent arc maimed and dis abled for life, and their families are .suffering for a father's and husband's care. Did the Gov- ernor cause his “Rules” to be complied with before he pardoned these desperadoes, or was his compassion moved because the convicts were Know-Nothing rowdies and bullies? The Herutil defends the Governor for pulling the Court ami Jury of Huntingdon county at defiance, and granting pardons to five men be fore they had been sentenced. These five men, some time lust full, disguised themselves with I false faces (the faces no doubt that they had been in the habit of wearing when they visited I their Kuow-Kolhing Lodge.)and at a late hour I in the night, broke into a grocery, knoekM tho proprietor in the head, and destroyed a number j of barrels ofliquor. The five were tried, found guilty, and when sentence was about to be pro nounced on them, their attorney polled from hii pocket a previous pardon from Gov. Poj.- tone, which pardon, it appears, wa» prepared on .S'urnfoi/. The /ft raid in its Weak attempt to justify the Governor for thus putting at de fiance 'he emir! and jury of Huntingdon coun ty, says that the house broken into was “a low unlicensed drinking doggery, and a nuis ance which (he good of the neigh)>orhood re quired to be abated.” "Their act,” says the editor, "was a meritorious one, although ille gally committed." Tins is certainly a new system of ethics, and one which we opine no good ciiraew nor man of sense will approve of A "meritorious act tilepnlltj committed !" Such [ a doctrine, such an argument, is 100 superla tively ridiculous to require a serious contradic tion. The live young men who committed this outrage were, it is said, intoxicated at the tune, and have never yet been accused of having, 100 great a regard for "the good of the neighbor hood ” And yet their partisan friends would de fend their conduct, and preach up the doctrine that to 1< nock a man in the head,destroy Ins prop erty, and frighten his wife and children almost to death, was a very “mrnlnnons act although if/cgo/fi/ committed” If this is the kind of law, the kind of morality, rccogmr.ed by the Stale Administration, wc can readily account ir the fiequenl exercise of the pardoning pow- er by Gov Pollock. The attempt o, the Herald to screen the Gov emor. by asserting that Governors Pouter and I Bioi.ru exercised the pardoning powci more 1 frequently than Gov. Pollock, is a weak do-1 fence, to say the least of it. Two wrongs nev- | cr make a nglvt. nor will the had conduct of one man justify bad conduct in another. But, the charge against Governors Pouter and Bio leu is not true, and against the latter, particu larly, it is preposterously false. Gov. Bioleu was careful to a fault, in our opinion, in regard to granting pardons, and such was the general belief. The lie raid, therefore, when it again attempts to justify Gov. Pollock for his fre quent cxcicisc of thn pardoning power, must adduce Inrltcr arguments than those used'by that sheet ot the 30lh ult. Mb Fuu.kii’s Resolution in tub House. —A few days since Mr. Fuller of this Stale, oflered o resolution in the House embodying his views on the subject of Slavery agitation. It was as follows; Resolved. That any agitation of the question of Slavery, in or out of Congress is unwise, un just to a portion of the American people, inju rio"B to every section of our country, and there fore should not bo countenanced. Tbo yeas and nays were demanded on its passage, and were—yeas 101, nays 99. Strange as it may Appear, Mr. Todd of this district, together with every Know-Nothing Abolitionist in the House, voted agaiilßC the re solution—thus proving that they desire to con tinue to agitate the slavery question, and ha- the country by their treasonable haran gues. These demagogues are now unmasked, and the people can see who the men are who arc in fnvor of the agitation of the slavery question for mere political purposes. Dy* The Know-Nothing House at Washing ton, 1). C., was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Maguire, a Catholic priest, on Tuesday week- New ffiflllroad Act. ys. , Mr. Price has introduced a bull in the Semite to provide farther gaards'against accidents on railways. Among other things it makes it;a misdemeanor for any one to walk, ride, br driye‘ a horse or any other, animal along a railway track between tho- rails, (except at farm and highway crossings,) without the consent of the company or its agents. This is rather an im portant matter. It is a very coirtmon practice to walk on railroads both in city and country. If this bill passes it will be a penal offence to do so. The bill also provides .that if. any,one is in jured while on the platform of the cars when in motion, or by putting his head or arms out of the window, the company shall not be liable for the damage. It provides; too, tllht In'fcaso death occurs to a passenger .through any fault of the company the legal rcprcscnlalifts- shall in no case recover over £5,000. If any one shall put obstructions on the rails for the purpose of throwing off the train, ; pnd it occasions death, the oflendcr shall be held guilty of murder. If serious injury is done to any one but not resulting in death, the offender shall be held guilty of a felony, and punished by solitary confinement at labor not exceeding ten years. Merchant’a Gargling Oil—This valuable medicine combines the necessary qualities- to entitle it to public favor. Long experience fur nishes ample testimony that as a Liniment adapted to meet tho wants and emergencies of all classes, Merchant's Gargling Oil in its ap propriateness to both man and beast, merits the approbation with which it is received. Pos sessing in a high degree the properties of an anodyne and restorative-, it has a wonderful in fluence over many painful diseases. Its grept efficacy to heal is attributable to the chemical combination of llie choice ingredients of which it is compounded. Sec advertisement in anoth er column. Read the following notice from “T/ie &ran ger's Gvide to New York City ami the Crystal Palace “We have not yet noticed, and still it is a matter of great consequence to the farmer, the farrier, and all concerned in the management of horses,—ihc celebrated Gargling Oil. contribu ted by Mr. George W. Merchant, of Lockport. N. V.: time and experience have fully proved that this universal remedy has not its equal on the list of popular medicines ; it lias now been , before the public for upwards of fourteen years, ; anti a thousand certificates from men eminent | and qualified to judge, pronounce it a certain cure for all the cutaneous and bodily infirmities ! incidental to the horse. Mr. Merchant has 1 made the subject the study of his life ; and it 1 is found, also, that men, as well as horscs.may Ibe benefited by the use of the Oil. Such has ' been the demand for this article, that a base ' imitation, labeled‘Genuine Gargling Oil,’lias | l>ccn pushed, or attempted to be pushed into | the market; the real Oil has on every jar and bottle the name of the sole proprietor, Mr. Geo. W. Merchant.” Tokoue Fkozen Fast. —In Cincinnati, one boy induced another to put bis tongue against a llulcd iron lamp post—the thermometer far below zero. The longue stuck fast, of course, and the poor boy suffered in great agony— Several passers endeavored to release him, but in vain. Matters were in this situation for over five minutes, when a gentleman brought .BOmo hot water amt whiskey, he bathed the tonguo or the suflefing boy, finally liberating about one-half, leaving tho other clinging to the post, where it remained for the holancc of the day, a warning to yoongsters how they carelessly lick cold iron in freezing weather. The luckless boy was taken to bis homo in extreme agony. Frozen Feet. —As many persons at this season of the year arc troubled with frozen feet, we flud the following simple remedy in our exchanges, which we publish for the bene fit of the allhcted : “Mr. A. Bonson, of Meath die, Pa., says, from fifteen years’ expo- Hence, he finds that Indian meal poultice, cov ered with young Hyson lea, softened with hot water, and laid over burns or frozen flesh, as hot os can be borne, will relieve the pain in five 1 minutes. If blisters have not arisen before, they will not after U is put on; and one poul tice is generally sufficient to effect a cure.” Dissensions among tub Know-Nothings. —There is serious dissensions and divisions among the Know-Nothings in the Slate, and the proceedings of the different divisions arc marked with singular inconsistencies. The Know-Nothing members of the Slate Legisla ture arc Black Republican all over, while their most active supporters out of the Legislature profess large sympathy for the National men of the order, and claim to stand squarely upon the Philadelphia platform. The recent caucus of the Know-Nothings, ftt Harrisburg, uutnn moHslt) adopted the following : Resolved, That wc approve of and cheerfully 1 endorse the course pursued by that portion of our delegation in Congress, who have steadily adhered to and continue to support Mr. Banks, for Speaker of the House of Representatives. This then, after nil, & the position of the ■ Order in Pennsylvania. They repudiate Mr. Fuller, and proclaim ilictnsclvcs Abolitionists and sectionalists, following the lead of Gld dmgs. aud Banks, and Greely. India ; on run Pbarl ok Pearl River— This fe the title of a new work, to Be ready and for sale on Saturday, March Bth: by the distinguished American Authoress, Mrs. E. I). R. N. SomiwoiiTn, author of “The I-ost Heiress.” “The Deserted Wife,” “The Mis sing Bride.” “The Wife's Victory,” etc. A celebrated critic, who has read the work in manuscript, says : “India; or, the Pearl of Pearl River," taking it all in all, is the best work Mrs. Southworth has yet written. It is one great merit in this lady's llclions, that they faithfully delineate life and manners, without entering on vexed, social, religious, or political issues. lo ‘lndia, ’ the reader will find a vivid deliniation of the South-West.— The characters are boldly drawn, the incidents natural, and the action of the story rapid and absorbing.” Complete in one large duodeci mo volume, neatly bound in cloth, 91,25; or two volumes, paper cover, for 91.00. Pub lished and for sale by T. B. Peterson, 102 Uhcsnul st., Philadelphia. Seven Criminals Condemned to delluno. —The Yazoo City (Miss.) Bonner, says: “Sev en of the criminals tried in the Circuit Court, now in session in this city, have been compet ed of murder—the three negroes for the murder of Pilchard; Cotton, for the’murder of Smith; Lynch, for tbo murder of Wright; Kent; for the murder of James; and last, that demon in human shape, Boyard, for the murder o( his wife. They arc all condemned to bo bung.” Bainmn't Bad Intk. Tho tide seems to.haWturned at'last with Barnum, the showman. Formerly, every tbhu| ho touched deemed to turn to gold. An old .shrivelled up negro woman, called Joyce Ucth, and reputed hurso of Washington, produced him some twenty thousand dollars. A won derful dancing hoy put in his pockets nearly os much more. Tom Thumb made him a round-fortune. Fcjeo mermaids, woolly horses,, bearded .ladies, giants, dwarfs, deformities in every sTiape/ail poured thousands into his in. satiable.cotters, and Jenny Lind tilled them .to. overflowing. And there he should hayc stopp ed, ami Cnjoycd himself at.his feplcnditl villi ol Iranistan. ' y'‘ " But who ever had money ehougTTyct? Bar nuni, liko Oliver Twist* wanted "more.” fao ho acxt trlcd to restore the New -York Crystal Palace to prosperity- He failed- 'A bod word that ah adventurer in his line. He next tried & history.'of his own life. That, too, at tractive as ft was supposed it would be, has proved wfaildrc frhd a loss. The next expo diept.was /‘grand national baby shows and they proved a grand and disastrous failure.— The luck basftittcHy turned with the famous showman. And now it appears that he is in volved to a ruinous amount in tho well known .clock manufactory of Jerome. That establish ment has failed,'And their liabilities are said to bo $430,000." Tt is supposed that Barnum is utterly ruined, and, it is said, has made an as signment. • Mn.BiHta.—lt is evident that the House of Representatives; could be organised if the Frcc soilcrs would withdraw Mr. Banks and nomi nate in his stead some man less personally ob jectionable to his opponcnls. He is one of the rabid Icmd df' aboli lionists that all moderate men at the 'North, as well as Southern men, object to, and tho Democratic and K. N. mem bers will not adopt tho plurality rule when they know'lhat the result of its adoption would be to elect him’ on the first ballot. The question seems to be, then, Mr. Banks, or no organization. The people will know who to blamo for-such an issue. One man —a par ticular Banks, and nobody else, is to be scrv.cd,' or the country shall be deprived of the accessary legislation for its interests. — When the promotion ol one man is thus made of more Value than the best interests of the whole will soon learn to value a right the patriotism of frccsoilism. Mr. Banks has now cost the country nearly two hundred thousand dollars. How much more arc Ibo people willing to pay for a Mas sachusetts politician who preaches amalgama tion, and'Various other doctrines-that weaken the bonds of our Union, stir up sectional strife, and a’tnat hapractical good whatever. Mr. Ciutt&dkn at Home.— The Uon. John J. Crittenden will hardly be trotted out upon the Presidential course, if his popularity at j home may be taken as a criterion oi his strength with tho order generally. The Kentucky A mcrican Council, which met recently at Frank fort, recommended the Uon. Currett Davis for the Prcsidencjvhjs competitor being Millard Filmoro. • name was scarcely mentioned at. all; ‘ Things look dark lor the ‘great ?.Uo •fiot yet his cbnnedlbai with the Matu Word trial, and probably never, will. If bis election to the United States Senate bad not taken place before his voluntary defence of the murderer of poor Butler, he would hardly now be occupying the scat of tho Sago of Ashland. Uenoi-ncsxo Black Repcducakism.— Mr. Geo. A. Coffey,, well known lluoughout the in terior of Pennsylvania oa an eloquent lawyer, But who now resides in Philadelphia, has come out in a long letter renouncing Black Republi canism, and denouncing tho American move ment. He has come to the conclusion that ev ery new Stale has a right to choose her own in stitutions. whether ‘ peculiar” or not. Ever since the organization of the republican party, Mr. Colley has’been an active and eloquent ad vocate of its principles- Important prom Europe—Peace Proba ble. —The steamer Arabia arrived at Halifax on the 81st uU... bringing the important news that Russia had accepted,the peace propositions submitted by prince Esterhozy. The dispatch issued by the Rritis|i Government from their minister, Seymour, is in these words : “Russia agrees to accept the proposals as a basis of ne gotiations.” This still leaves n large margin for war; but wo have no duiibt that oil the parties are heartily tired of the strife, and will endeavor to patch up a peace. O* The Democratic Convention of Montgo mery county, was held on the 21st ult,, and elected delegates to the State Convention.— Resolutions In favor, of the Hon. James Bu chanan for tho Presidency, aud recommending the Hon. Jacob Fry, Jr., of Montgomery county; for Auditor General, were adopted with great unanimity. REQItGANIZAriOX OF THE WlIlO PARTY.—A writer (n the Louisville Courier proposes to the old Whigs of Kentucky to hold' a Convention at Lexington on the lllb of April next, the anniversary of Henry Clay's birth day, to con sider their present duties and determine their future political course, and to take measures to secure an effective organization. Fortt Bats without Pood.—A lady named Miller, upwards of 70 years of age, residing n bout eight miles from Pittsburg, has been ly ing seriously ill for some time. During the last forty 'days she has not eaten a morsel of food of any £ind, and her,only drink is water. She is m widow and a mother of a family. Her physicians tiaVo not given the disease anv defi nite name. ’ Sho wad still ttllvo, though very weak. IC/"A young roan named Kirk Anderson has been arrested in St. Louis, Mo., for wear fog a shawl, on tbo ground that it was not iho upparcl of his sex. The case came up on Frl. day week, and Anderson was lined 9fiO. It baa created intense excitement among tbo shawl wearing gentry of St. Louis. Right, what business have men or boys to assume iho female dress. try During Iho search “Instituted” by tho editor of the Noworlc Times for female compo sitors, It fs reported that tho following short dialogue took place i Brlstor—'-Good morning, Mr. Ucnpock.lmvo you got any daughters that would make good type-setters I.” . Ilonpookr— “ Koj but I *vo got a wife that would make a very lino 1 devil.* ” For the Volunteer. « More atoht the Olden Times.**" ’ Bratton— l have iri my posscseiqh nvfllo . 6 1 "The Hornet, 1 !, a in ches square, four pages, printed J m Fwdenck- . lownVjin»lBo2-3iJ Its ojotto was} pi; ! “To iriie Republicans I njill; sing, 1 • v ',AristocratB‘shall feel ' . < ■ The-price'of it was $1,25 pcr'anhunY, in ad- ' vance. Much is said in it about Washington, Jdlcrson, Franklin, Paine, . Adams, and. other Of Ui6 great men of tlmt’limo. It "was a sore thorn in the side of tho Federalists of that day. ‘ I have also “7’Ac Trinedad Gazette* 1 of Sep. 9, 1002.-priDica.-m Port-Spain, .part .ia~JSn-. glisli and part‘ln French’.’ It contains some curious advertisements, Ac. 1 have also "The Carlisle Gazette and Wes tern Repository of KnotrlcdceJ' No. 333, Vol. Tvdatcd-Wtdnrsday: •B«fr3Trl7oiri»r , t?hlcir is I he official report, of 'Maj; Gen. A. St. Clair, qf the sanguinary battle or’the 4th.of Novem-[ her, ITSI.-willrthe'nambi'Of thc officers thftf'wcre killed arid bounded.' Among the latter ialdeut. Col. Gibsbn; iwHo died of his wound,) fulbtr of, thb laid' Gipson of this place. . And I Imvb alstf, "The Carlisle Gazette and Western Repository of Knowledge,'" Nq.'2l9, Vol. 5. dat6d''Oct. 14. 1789,'printed m Car lisle. by Klirie'A Jlcnolds.nt s2.perannum. — This paper 1 speaks' of,thb Stik‘6, i Logucs, Wcakleys, arid'Ynttny” olnV jedding . men of that day. !*, , ,’ _ All these papers arc true Democratic. Can 1 tho Herald's correspondent J‘. A. M., beat ‘ ibis? Yours, Ad. Carlisle, Feb. 0, 1856. Assault on. Horace Greeley. The-Washington correspondent of IhcN. Y. Hcrqhl, writing oh the 29thjult., gives tlifc fol lowiitg particulars of tbij.brutal assault, made upon Mr. (Jreeley, by Mr. Rust, M. C., from Arkansas: tlon. .Horace Greeley as twice assaulted this. afMrflooii by Mr. Rust, representative from Arkansas. The Aral attack Was make as Mr. Greeley was walking 1 down in front of the Capitol immediately after the "House adjourn* cd. lie had’got about half v\‘ay down'from the Capitol steps Iq the avenue, whbn JSlr. Rust stepped dp to him, und calling him aside, and inquiring if ho was Mr. Greeley, asked, ‘-Arc you a non-resistant?” Mr. Greeley replied, “That depends upon circumstances.” Mr. K. then hit hhn a blow on the right temple, nud followed it up by others. The af fair was sudden. Mr. Greeley had his hands in his great coat pocket, and could make no resisteucc. He said, “Who is this man? —I don’t know him." Mr. Rust answered, “Damn you, you’ll know me after this.” Mr. Ru»t walked ou, and Mr. Greeley came along to wards his lodgings, at the National Hotel.— When near ilw steps, Mr. Rust met him, and exclaimed, “Do you know mo npwT* Mr. Greeley said, “U is Rust, of Arkansas, 1 lieve. Mr. Rust theu raised his cane and struck at Mr. Greeley’s head. Mr. Greeley v, arded oil.the blow from his head, and received it on his left arm, winch was pretty badly bruised. Several gentlemen rushed in, and the ' assault was slopped. I saw Mr. Greeley, about eight o’clock, in his room. He was writing at his table, with wet cloths bound rouud his head and arm. — No bone was broken. The attack was pro voked by the severe letter about Mr, Rust’s proposition, published in Monday’s Tribune. Relative to Libels. —ln the House of Representatives, a few dajrs since, Mr. Gctz read in .place the following act relative to li bels. >Ve hope it may become a law, for it must be plain to all that something of the kind is .needed:.. ..... „ .! ,■ .r ; M 6 it enacted. frc.,Thft from Snd after, the package of thisact, on tile- trial of-indictments for writing or publishlng « libel, l the truth of the uialtur charged as libellous, may bo given ' in evidence: and if the jury in any such case shall find thahlho act was mdiiccd by good ino.ivcs, and with no malicious intent, and that the matter so charged is true, it shall op erate to the acquittal of the defendant or du fenoanta. See. 2. That in actions for damages for the •writing or publishing a libel, where the truth is pleaded and given in evidence, if it be found that the same was written or published pro perly for public information, and with no misohevious or malicious motives, the jury may find fur the defendant or defendants. (C 7" A horrible alloir occurred at Cincinnati the other day. Eight slaves from Broome coun ty, Kentucky, escaped into Ohio, but being followed closely, took refuge iu the house of a negro. The Coiled States Marshal aud his of ccrs, in attempting Co arrest them, were fired upon, but finally captured the parly and pla ced them iu jail. While the capture was tak ing place an infuriated nogress deliberately cut the throat of one of her childicn, and attempt ed to destroy two others iu the same way, but was prevented by the officers before the deed consnmntcd. A good deal of excitement exist ed in Cincinnati on the subject, which is great ly magnified by some of the newspapers re ports. 0 what a Hat I —The Easton Argus tells n bout one of its subscribers calling nt tho office wearing a hat which he had rrom for the tost forty years. Of course he did not wear It eve ry day, but kept it for Sunday use, and wore it occasionally on holyduys. It was still a good hat, and lucked os though it would last 40 years more. The owner said that the changes of stylo made it a fashionable hat eve* ry fire or six years. {CT* It is said that John 11. Brant, Esq., Post-Master at Harrisburg, has forwarded his resignation to the Postmaster General, to take effect on the Ut of April next; and rumor has it that Mr. Hopkins, of tho Patriot Qr Union,, is likely to take his place. [H7“ The managers of the Maryland Lotteries have issued a card, cautioning tho public “against the numerous swindlers who circulate by mail ‘and otherwise, fraudulent lottery schemes.” Tho safest way is, to buy neither the spurious nor the genuine. (C7*Tho Virginia K. N. State Convention recently in session at Richmond, rejected a motion of Mr. John M. Bolts, to strike out tbo 12lh section of tho Philadelphia declara tion bf principles, and approved of tho entire platform. [£7* The editor of a Kcnducky paper, who, was present at Iho recent know-nothing gath ering at Louisville, and heard all the addresses, remarks thcrcori as follows : ' 1 . “The speeches were all about the pope. If. tho Iqvdcrs of this order were half bo much a (raid of the devil as they pretend to be of tho pope, they would bo better men than they are, and would never again rejoice over the fishes and bones of women and children that they had murdered.”, , ~ r , ~ [£7* A movement has been made in iho' New York legislature to ( repeal tho prohibitory law. j£7* Mrs. Albright and daughter, wore acci dently drowned in tho river Delaware,'on Sat urday last, while enjoying a sleigh ride. [CoTvespondence of the Jtuiericon Volwntcef *3 ' FROM WASHINGTON. 0- r: % .V t ‘VVAairiKMONj Jan,29,1855. ’I - dongrcsstomili er’e is notjctjakenii and ihc.BanUs men; ate begmibg loithinkßeriOUsly of-Raising tbo Sieccv &11 thfeir calculations have v coiho to nkpgKtCwJd tlioVcofiyictSpD that a new-tf rabi* nation is essential to success, Is worKmg* its way to their hearts. Mr. Banks has held them , in his support thua long byjr€pcot€d:and:posi-j tivo assurances'that the Administration would. bo ‘'starved ouV’ Jatfuary, , and that the President would influence the DcnitwraUcnncmbeTsrof-' the llousc to fcwist in.. passing the plurality rule, under which Mr. Banks might bo elected. Tps cation has] . failed for two reasons. First—the President' does not, desire .tlie-adoDlloiUof the, plurality] rule. Secondly—the. Democratic members of the House would tiot; .os matters stand, adopt; Ihafrrule if. the Presi.dentMhd. desire. it./Tim idcathnt the course of the Dempcrsts.is i Shap ed nilihe White House, is absurd.: iTho Dun foeratic members .have- great!respect for., the President; hot they are freemen, and would scornfully repel dictation, no matter how, high the quarter from wljioli it mighl ..cornc. , f hey act upon their.own responsibility and move of their otvn volition, and fhe President is neither to bo censund nor.praised for what they, do.- In no shape or fynn.wilUhCY conmhuto:lo the I the clectionof Mri Banks., . I am satisfied of thatand if the,friends of that gentleman de sire a presiding officen of their own political nrecd. the sooner they ; drop Mr. JJ. and select a candidate who can command their whole par ty vote,in. the House, the sooner their desires will he gratified. • . lt The delay .in organising is very trying to the oflico hunters. Most of' them. having run,out of. funds, have gone.homc,: Those who remain remind ,me of the sick man who. after ids ‘con* atitutionhwns pone. liu : d.Beveial weeks on 'the -by*JawB.”i They have a care-worn, half-fed, hungry look, that shows plainly enough that their financial “constitution-' is gone, and that they arc subsisting on'the‘‘by-laws,”- All this is fun to me and a few’ more.who, like. ray. self, are.in the happv'condition of the blessed avia* expect nothing, out it U death to the poor expectants- The Senate was the centre of attraction yes terday. it being understood, that Oen. Cass ! would speak on the Central American question, lilc did speak on-that question, and I think it I would have Bull gpod ; to have heard him, though John's Wood would undoubtedly have been stirred ,by some of the General's hard knocks. Mr. Cuss paid a very . hjgh compli ment to Mr. Buchanan, our Minister, to Eng* land, whose notes to the Earl of Chuendon he styled •• modi Is of diplomatic coDcspondenrc." This great speech is being written out. and will shortly he published. Tt wna a masterly.vin dication of our rights, end a starching expo sure of the bad faith of the British government. Mr. Sewnid will speak on the same subject, and. 1 think, in the same strain, on Thursday. Hon. Wm. Bigler, the m’w Senator from Pennsylvania, appeared iu his scat yesterday and was duly swprn'in. Commodore Morris died in this on Sun day at thfr age of 72. Notwithstanding his ad vanced age. the National Intelligencer dsscrU, • on the unvarying testimony of his brother officers," that he was ‘*thu ablest naval' com mander in tho world.” He entered the service in 1790, and fought in many 'glorious actions. CI’MUKRLAND. Washj n’ijtox, Fob. 1 The “big scare” that was on the Banks men at the dale of my last communication passed ofi the following day, and instead of pitching llicir candidate overboard, as they were on the, point'of doing, they have clung to him with great finwnesH* The tenor they wvre.m was causyd. by"ah apprehension that the •■South A* mcricahs' v \yould vole with ihadXinocrals.ficv lerul articles advising a.union of the , ihch*' having’popwircdln Borob of the.ucwsna ptra'df this debate ‘on’ Tuesday brought them relief, the gulf,between thb.Dom ucrals and the National Khovy-Nothings hav ing. apparently, been widened by the discus sion ; and their courage was further revived and strengthened by u rumor that thv plurality proposition would ueencsonio nupport from the Democratic side of the House. The rumor f wus not without foundation. A resolution in favor of the pluialily rule was ollered op Wed nesday by a suppuricr of the Democratic can didate. but it recJvod very little favor from that *ule of the House, and failed by live voles, dll Wulnesibiy evening two absent Banks men arrived, anil U was 'thought that Campbell of Ohio, who had voted against the rule, might be induced to change in Us favor. This would make a lie, and if one more vole could be got, the plurality rule would carry- The contest seemed approaching a climax, and members of all parties thought that by Thursday evening the long agony would be over. But Thursday has come and gone, and the end is nol' yet, though close at hand. At an early hour on Thursday the galleries were packed with eager-spectators of both sex es, and at 12 o’clock, when the House was call- ed lo yuicr by ihe L’lerU. all the members were in their seals. A multitude ol propositions w«rv submitted and disposed of. some produc ing great merriment ami olliers intense exciie menl. At length the pluialttv rysulnlion, on the limit passage of which Mr. Hanks Ims so long built Ids hopes, w as brought forward,ami the impression was general that it would puss. At this juncture, however, a movement was made by ihe Southern Know-Nothings which gave a new turn to nlVairs. A member of that party oliercd ns an amendment to the plurality proposition, a resolution declaring lion. Win, Smith, a Democratic member from Virginia, Speaker of the House, and demanded the pre vious question. The yeas and nays were tak en. and the amendment in favor of Mr. Snylh received 100 votes—not n majority of all the voles, but enough lo make it a question whelh er Mr. Smith or Mr. Hanks would be elected under the plurality rule! litre was a now ••scare” for the friends of Mr. Hanks, who did not press the plurality resolution, bat voted on adjournment (which they had previously shout* cd down) in very hot haste indeed. Thv« afternoon the lug ot war will cqmc.— How it will odd 1 cannot soy. It j» evident, that n crisis is approaching, and you ipoy ex pect either au election of Speaker or an adjour nment of Congress very soon. My impression is that there will be an election tins iflernooo or to-morrow. CumueulAKD. Ravages ok 'Wolves in* lowa Peu bons Devoliued.—Owing to the extromc cold weather for tiipc post, the waives in l‘ol lawoilomie cqupty havo hecome dahgerpus Poultry' yards and shccp jolds have'been robhied to a frightful extent, and in several instances, the hungry l|siyo not been inclined iv spare, lhe.llutnau spcpks.-7 About’three weeks ago a mail Was returning from a proycr-mcciing, accompanied, i>y hia two daughter, one. 1(1 and the oilier ,‘23 ycarii of age. Tljcy w;9rc all riding the . hgrw. suddenly a pack of timher wolves aj»fiail cd them, and Being unaulv to cscapo byflight, they attempted to defend thcinaclves. ,But| tlio leropious brutes attacked the, hors?,;rendering him unmahageablo. Tlve oldest daughter was partly thrown and partly dragged 1 to (ho ground, and instantly devoured. .This enabled the father and the other daughter to cscapc.-r Scv)cra| neighbors were soon mustered, but up on repairing to, tho spot nothing was found but one shoo, and at very fcW remnants of tho hn» fortunate girl’s clothing. A boy about] Is. years old left his father's hbuso.’to get wafer at a spring, which was about half a since which limo iiolhing has been pf lpfu, Tho pail was found near tho spring) ph}o, some marks of blood and a luck or of hair.—, Several persqns hay** been .choaetl by theeav.i age monsters.— Ktokulf Post, 1 Uh r . K7* The friends of Mr. Buchanan, Ip New York K arc inaking arraDgcmcnts to give Hum a hearty reception, on hii) arrival home. ' '' ' 1; ■Coli Vremont'B ißnlposa Giant , At IcDßtKtlie (b' mont, for his Mariposa-skim in Califomi bccn anaily adjudicaiocl.- r'Jio S uprc ™'“,l >»« ■ovdrrhled l the dtciaibnih thb *n B •tioiia' ISkeil' byjthe^ttdHicylGininj^ Knncr opinion io' siioh S.JWJ-' .gUflge,&• to Ihdiciito'.’thil tHHingWn 'dHts"#bdls hot .& toloakd; llmmSiiflK ter lost docision'Was made, */•, teaelt iT* .cpnjiiumgwithithp law advisor of, ihe n„, ™ immt. This patent will be issDpi.nbit »"?' grill,ccncria traotiof .45,000 ncre/of hi morg the, most-valuable In. the. .world, ifiVi belho largestiinsthimcntof the sorb ever >lz foir.n»iJ^bj:t.be:^nited r State9r*nd^u(M covers many morc.milliyug of..doling than n other. .1 j j jii'u/.r njr . Revenge op_a Lover—Cuttikq off Girl’s Nose.—Wo learned from MV. Warn A some of the particdlartfJof f a VriisV outrage that occurred lasi week about 3 mil below his landirigon th 6 • Mississippi, ii, pears that a Dutch, widbwer living at iJ*! place hud a J fQniny>f^wii.tm : girtb;whfchS is anxious to got rtd :' !Uiining« ; FrW J FowtcrWm.ll. KiokcySnaan . Garrett J. A. & J. 11. ■ llichcraon GcO- Giflln Sarah. :■ . Bitter Fred ,1 ■ Gipson Sarah i ' ; KoscooiW- E- , Green Joseph 2 . . , Sawyer Jatn»“; Groro Win. 2 . ShdlU;Jacob"; Grove J. Sliafer l rank ' Grilllth' Mary ..-Shoemaker Sarah .GriffithHoad'. - Sldcr;J» C „ lladon Jolm M. 3. . Sinith Mary * UalloWiWt#. U. ! Smith 2 I Harmon ElizaJ., Snyder Catoiio HaHroanJoha’i ’ I Hnvclnnd, Hi BtoitflcrEltaabe , IloidonrbichEraaladi , llcnohMarg. UCrron Job, 11. - Iston ~« 03 ,nD^ Ilcrr Cliristian .. r" '■ ..Wa«h^ ingt ; .Uimoa Ohaa. P. 2i - ro'Ti J r ■ Hilt Geo. Wolt Eli® »■:■" Wynca Mariah. . . 10 it ■ ' Olio cent duo On onob Jotter in adan poilagor JOHN B. ÜBATTON,»