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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.
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Pearl River," taking it all in all, is the best
work Mrs. Southworth has yet written. It is
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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
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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 :<tf ; ' The .oldest, a coo?
looking giril of 21, wiiVa' neichW
and has lately attracted the attention of an III)’
ion, who lias beenataymg aboqt there, arid hu
wanted to marry i,hcni,His : puit has been
backek up.byithe rplduWani bpt the girl hS
steadily refused to him. .Last week the fdlo»
called at the house/and ' requested to sec her
at the door; when she appeared;, he seized her
by the pnd of the nose; and \vith his pocket,
knifo cUt it : ofT close up td'the bHdgt. fl,’
poor girl screamed' and fainted, and while the
family rushed, to [ her. assistance', and tried lo
staunch the' blbo'd.Hhe’ rufiaiq; took,,leg-bail
across the Mississippi'; aricT has not smcc been
heard of.T tNcit week WC hope td'get thf'n*ir.e
and discription of the. fellow, so. that he can bo
posted by every newspaper in the Unioft
[La 6Vossc'(JTis ) Nat: Democrat, Jan. 9
Transposition 6p Fibrnncs—Tiia T lGni
N t isb.—Thetiumeral nine has a certain p«m.
liar property,' a knowledge of which will be yf
importance to. accountants
It is thisi-'-When'an ertbr hatf briscii from my
transposition of figures, the difference between
such transposed hntnbcr of 'figures is uniform
ly a multiple of the,numeral nine. Form
stance, suppose an error Occurs in bringing out
a trial balance or settlement of the amount
in quest ion. or that the sum shorter over eta
be divided by nine without any remainder,
there is a strong probability that the mistibt
has been made by transposing figures; at any
rule, if such mistake takes place by reason of
transposition, the surti in question will dirido
by nine without remainder, To illustrate ibis
i further: If 07 Has been pul doirn 70. the error
j will be 18, or twi?© 0 exactly; \\ 322’ ; be set
down 223, the error .will be 00, or eleven tiroes
1 9. and so on between any transposed numbers.
This class of errors is very common. •
•'•Boston Cotmrr.
J - • J r '’-
Oii the 24th ■ H. Rnmrt,
Mr. M. Wonders, to Mias- Mabgajei As*
tuuny. both of South Middleton twp.
✓ At Bucher’s Milli dp tbe 24th in«t., by th
Rev. Cio. Morri4, Mr.. A. ’IJ. Musst/isa*. d
Marietta! Film ace. to MaHt;H v pldesvdjugb
ter of MrV Ocorgo 11. ttuchfo.,
JLlvc Partridges Wonted.
rpilK-subscriber will pay ton centa apiece fer
I two hundred live partridges. Apply ettba
fluid Of I 1 ISAAC PARSONS.
1 ' Carlisle; Tub. 7j ' _
■' BUhnrlto(l A r lor Sale. s
TpHE Subscriber ulTeni for wile a new Steam
I Boiler,' eighteen feet long 1 & thirty Vntheu Id
diameter, with one fourteen inl‘h -flue, opV’u **
the Paper Mill ot Fapertowrt. M '•
- * W;B. MULLEN.
Feb. 7,1856. » f" ’'"; ’ 1
Cumberland County, **■
'xsssn.-' Tbo‘Commonwealth of'Pennarlmb,
ChrMlun Eborly, guardian ol Williin
MTfjolm K. and Mary Ellon TbuibpsDn, mint*
children of John Thompson, dOc’d., Wu. M»rj
Thompson, Mathew liciiry Thdnipaoii, Mn.
DraS\b.iugh and husband,"Mra/Hock and Inn
band, nud ThcudoreTlumipson.'
Yo\i nre hereby cited lo appear before llii
' Joitgus of tho Court of Common Plea* of Mid
j county, at Carlisle, at un Argument Court there
I to be held lor said county, on Tuesday IlieVJlb
1 day of March next, to «bcw canto whyaTnu-
I too shall nilt bo ■appointed of J«hn
' Thompson, deceased, to make salo.ul the Let
of ground held in trust for the heirs ol K«»cf
Thompson, in Silver Spring township, arid b<
jiropared to do and receive all and slngshf
those tilings which our said coUrt shall id tbit
bohulf consider and adjudge.
Witness tho Honorable James If. Grabiin,
President Judge, at’CaVlhdo, Ibo 14lh da/ri
Juuuarv, A. D. 1860.'
■ D.'K*. NOELL, Proili’y.
per P. Qu*olkt, Dcp. I’roltfy*
February 7,1860 —6 l
Hanover feCarlialo Tnrnpll*®
NOTICE Is hereby given, thil tho underripe
cd appointed Auditor by tho Court of Cej
mbu Plea# of, unmberland cbhnty,
distribution of tho balance’ in tkt) hands ol J
Hon. Samuel Woodbitra;' Sequestrator of «j
Hanover and Carlisle Turnpike Company, *9l“
amongst tho creditors of said company, "i •
tend at the PrqthonotAry’s Office/ in
for'that pnrpoad on tho .blu
March, 1850, at 10 o'clock, A. M-,*l
which lime, all persons having claims
said company will present them.
* ■ P. QUIGLEY,
February 7, IB6o—Bt "" * ,
UaT OF IiETTEItt.
Publithed in Iht ** Volunteer by, anfAcrifr
LIST of Letters rcmalnhig In ihe Post 00*
.it Carlisle. Pa., Fob. 1, iB6O,
quiilng for Letters ob 'this List will plow* 1
they are advertised.
Adrian Welsh- Hill Oco. Y.
Andcrsonll.il. - .Kilncr Polly
Alwood Chaa. ■< Klinb JvAj
Baker Hirrim' irKlincW.W.
Baker Peter L; I^hnian'Kato
BarnctuCatharitio Lane touesa 2"
■Bell Anna' 1 ’ Liens Cdtharinfr
Bentley’\Vm! J.‘ Llno'A.'Mi
Borscy L-W. . ; . Mailing Robb v
Bowcrd Solomon' ‘ Mullen ChM-*
Brpadrick Ja'mca B.’ : y
Bimiii.ljclsy'
Cain Ctniriotio , , McDam'U Eyd'* *"
tWhcrs W. A. ; ~, MclCay Stephen ■
Colo John S. ~. Parker .Xima®
Oooklin Jacob -, , . Perryman J" .
■OornmanP. . IliinMMr Benk.ni»
.HardnJohiv Hoy Klioa -
Donaldson Isabella"’ >' !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,»