AMMAN fOLUNTEER. =Pj jfl'n'j 8.. BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor. CARWSLE. PA., FEB. 21. 1850. Cahuslb Land Association.— A number of gentlemen of'Carlisle, having formed them selves into an Association, for the purpose of purchasing Government lands, have adopted articles, of Association, aud elected the follow oflicers for the ensuing year : President- -Hon. James H. Graham. Secretary—'William Bentz. Treasurer—A- L. Sponaler. Directors— Wm. M. Beetem, W. IT- Trout, John D. Gorgas, A. A. Line, Robert Moore. The first meeting of the Directors look place on Saturday evening last, when Maj. A. A. Line] was appointed’Chairman of the Board. JasonAY. Edt and John B. Biutton were elected Trustees of the Association for the pres ent year, in whoso names all the lands be purchased. The Association is now fairly un der way, and we doubt not will be quite suc cessful. K 7“ St. Valentine's, Day came and went with out half the excitement among the juveniles, which wo had a few years ago. There was a crowd about the Post Office for a day or so; but tho mob which formerly besieged it, was wanting. Some lovers and sweethearts, we sup pose, availed themselves of the privileges of tho day, to convey divers tender intimations, m the shape of Cupid’s arrows, pierced hearts, Ac. As this is leap year, it may he hoped that tl e ladies did not forget their rights. Weall know that there aro miny young gentlemen, now-a. days, so modest that they require a hint to bring their courage to the sticking point, and on such the ladies should have pity. The day was also used for another purpose, hv no means ns Innocent as tho sending of af fc tl mate missives. The illnaturcd and malic ious vented their spite In insulting caricatures, which they forwarded to those who had incurred tlieir displeasure. We may also hope that tills very mem practise is going out of fashion. Thr President s Proclnranllon, Wo publish to day the opportune proclanm ton of President p ikrck in reference to the threatened serious difficulties in Kansas. As it will be read by all our readers, we nerd not give a synnpos's of its contents. Our purpose is merely to speak of its lone, which wc regard as worthy of the highest commendation, aud will, wc are sure, elicit the admiration of every peace loving citizen. In these times of wild fanaticism —of fearful recklessness on the part of some of our public men -it must he consol atory, in the highest degree, to every one pos sessing national feelings—whose sympathies are not clouded, and whose opinions are not moulded by desperate sectionalists—wc say. U must be highly gratifying to such, to know that the reins of Slate are in the hands of one who has the judgement, the will, and the pa triotism to act m a manner commensurate with the emergency. It is to be expected that the proclamation 1 will be condemned by the fanatic of the coun try —that the President will be assailed by Ah oluion leaders and presses—that his motives will be impugned, and that the high purpose which impelled him to act, will bo styled by some “another bid for delegates to the Cincin nati Convention.” But such slang will dis gust the right thinking men of the country, and will result in calling forth expressions of approval of the proclamation, from the law and order observing members of all parties. Web&ter'ft Dictionary for the Common Schools. To-day wo publish in another column, a re- i port hy Mr- (lutz, of Berks county, in favor of furnishing our Common Schools wilh Webster’s unabridged dictionary. The plan proposed by the Committee on Education is, that the Com monwealth pay one half o the price ($2) of each copy purchased, and the school receiving the same to pay the other half. The schools arc not obliged to lake the book but if any should decline to receive it under the proposed conditions, the State will not pay its pro rata share. We think the plan very judicious, and one which will bo nttemUd with beneficial re sults; for it will place within the reach of eve ry boy and girl in the State, one of the most invatuatJc works in the Enghsh language,— The introduction of Webster’s unabridged,inlo our schools, was suggested by the fact that Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Wis consin and other Slates, have adopted the same Sai.tss of I’sitsov u. Proi’eiitt. —Handbills for the following sales of slock, farming imple ments, household furniture, &c., have recently been printed at this ofllcc ; Sale of Jacob tloo'Uieart, of Dickinson twp . on the 23d of February. Sale of Abraham Kurtz, of Dickinson twp., on the 1 Ith of March. Sale of Daniel Sices, of Monroe twp , on the home and abroad, to worship his Maker at: 29th of February. j coidiug to lug own convictions, shall be encuur Sale of M. O. lleltzhoorcr, of Monroe l» p„ d n|ul on Ihe 29 ih of February. 1 6alo of John Kcltcrcr, of North Middleton twp., on the :kl of March. Sale of John Shrader. of South Middleton Iwp., on ihe 1 Oth of March. Sale of Moses Wolzell. of North Middleton twp.. on the 12ih of March. Sale of S 1). Smith, in (Jhurchlown, on the Ist of March Sale of Billet & Hartman, in Carlisle, on the ]Mh of March. Rale of Geo Rhcafler. on the riianiborsbnrg Turnpike, 11 miles west of Carlisle, on the lUh of Marcli Sale of Jeremiah B- Tawzer. of South Mid dleton Uvp., on the 11 th of March. Sale of Allred Yingst. near Graighead’s mill, South Middleton Iwp., on the 15th of March. Ministi'.k to Knui.anu. —The appointment of the lion. Geo. M. Dallas, as Minister to En gland, was unanimously confirmed by the Sen ate on Monday. Mr. Dallas will leave without delay for the scene of his labors, and carry with him the best wishes and confidence of the whole country. OtT* Hon. Wm. Bigler declined the office of President of the Sunbury and Lnc Kadroad Company. He wishes to contlno his attention to his duties as Senator. Tub Steamship Pacific. —Great anxiety has been felt concerning this vessel, due at New York some two weeks since. The pub lic mind has been relieved, however, the Pacif ic having been hcord from. The cause of her delay was in gelling through the ice. She will arrive at her port in a few days. ITT" A successful forgery was perpetrated on the Southwark Bank, on Monday last, to the amount'of SO9O. MORRIS’S BUJi’COMBE RESOLUTION. We mentioned in our last that the two Know- Nothing papers of this county, the American and the Herald, appeared to bo in great trouble because Messrs. Harper and Anderson, mem bers of Assembly from this county, voted aga inst the 6uneom6e resolution (offered by that Knuw-Nothing bugleman and demagogue,Mon ins of Philadelphia.) to secure to American citi zens, in foreign countries, the rights of consci ence, Christian burial, £c. The resolution in- I structcd our Senators and Representatives in Congress to use their efforts to have incorpora* ted in treaties made with foreign nations, a stipulation to secure the object contemplated. Wc would have been disappointed had our members of Assembly not voted as they did, and most heartily do we approve of their course. The resolution, it is (me, embodied a correct sentiment —a sentiment heretofore advo cated and entertained by the Democratic party. Many years since, in the U. S. Senate, that old Democratic statesman, Gen. Cass, introduced a resolution in that body, which was adopted, looking to the very object proposed in Mon ms's resolution ; and. in accordance with this action of the U. S. Senate, the stipulation tor the religious rights of Americans abroad, ha* been incorporn/cd in all the treaties mode subsc qnen' to its pnssape, and doubtless trill be, mall future cases, when practicable. The resolution offered by Morris, therefore, in the State Legis lature, was a mere clap-trap, a cheat, and a piece of knavery, such as Know-Nothings are in the habit of dealing in. It was recognizing a principle that belongs to the Democratic creed, and which is now, and has been for years, observed in all our treaties with foreign governments. With the same propriety, Mr- Morris m'ght offer a resolution instructing our Senators a Repre rn a'ivcs in Congress to | support the principles of the Sub Treasury I Rill, but c could hardly expect Democratic I members of Assembly to support such a rcso lulion,merely because it endorsed a Democratic principle already settled; It was an attempt on the part of Morris and his Know-Nothing colleagues to steal a principle which was first advocated by the Democratic parly, and which is now (he settled policy of the Government. Such being the case, the Democratic members would have been false to themselves, to their parly, and to the people, had they hesitated for a moment to vole the resolution down. We have no notion of permitting contemptible Know-No‘hingism to incorporate a Democratic principle mlo the creed of their pestiferous par ty. nor will we recognize the right of Mr. Mor ris or any other Know-Nothing, to occupy the lime legislature in oflcring senseless res olutions.in (he hope of making political capital for bin and his despicable faction. If he per sists in offering his buncombe resolutions, he will find that the Democratic members have the nerve and the will to table them. In aholher point of view, docs it not come with a very bad grace from Know-Nothings to advocate the rights of conscience to American citizens in foreign countries ? It is well known that Morris and his sworn “brothers” deny this very principle themselves. They assemble m dark rooms and ''ellars, and. in the face of ‘.he constitution as well ns of justice, take an , unlawful oath to oppose those who adhere to the Catholic faith. They have destroyed Catholic churches by placing the torch to? them, murdered Catholic men at the polls, and deny to them rights guarantied by the laws and Ihr Constitution. They have combined to exclude Catholics from office, because of their religion, and have thus been gOilty of a con spiracy to do on unlawful act, for which. ns Judge Porter has recently most truly remark ed, “the wisdom and plasticity of the Common Law, adapting itself to the redress of every ! wrong, and the punishment of every possible | offence against public justice and the common | rights of the citizen.” affords an adequate reme-1 I dy. Those are the men who, at this late day, | pretend to be in favor of a principle already | recognized, by which American citizens in for- | eign countries arc to be allowed the privilege of | observing the religion to which they arc attach ed. Miserable hypocrisy! If ever, in after treaties between this country and foreign na tions, this right to Americans is not neewded to, it will be because of the proscnptnc and unlawful acts of our bastard “Americans.”-- IVhen wo seek this privilege of foreign nations wc may be asked what right we have to expect that which wc ourselves deny? The horrid doings of Know-Nothingism may for a time. prevent Americans in some countries enjoying their own mode of worship. and the object of (Jen. Cars and the Democratic party may not lie realized as soon ns desired, hut yr*t tins privilege will eventually become universal the woHd over. The Know-Nothings, thank God. are in so helpless a slate at present, as to make 1 lhem impotent fur injury, and the Democratic 1 party —the parly of the country —will nee to it , that the principle to allow every man, both al C_/'Smne lime ago, Lieut. Horace liable man. of the C. S. Army, was tried l>eforc a court martial in New York, on variouschargea, among winch was that of appropriating the proceeds of a sale of government provisions, while an Acting Assistant Commissary at Port Columbus. New I ork Harbor, to his own use. Thu court, consisting of thirteen officers, was in session thirty days, and after a careful and thorough examination into the charges, found a verdict of “not guilty.” The proceedings of the court were forwarded to (Jen. Scott, who, after reviewing them, was “constrained to dis agree with the proceedings and findings of (he court.” Flc therefore ordered the court to re convene, which was done, and again a verdict of “not guilty” was rendered. Upon learning the result of the second trial, Gen. Scott issued the following order ; The General-in-Chief Is forced to disapprove of the proceedings and findings of the court, and orders that Lieut. Haldeman bo released from arrest, relieved from the general recruiting service, and that he join his company without delay. Rather than return to his company will) the stigma (ten. Scott had fastened on him, he re signed bis commission. Tub License Bill. —The tavern license bill, as amended by Mr. Browne, passed second reading in the Senate, on Thursday last, by a vote of 17 to 12. The bill limits the sale to 1 gallon, except to druggists, and prohibits all license to restaurants, oyster houses, theatres. Ac. Public houses are required to pay heavy license, and to keep good accommodations. EXECUTIVE PABDONS—ABAIJi. “There are none to those u'hoxoon*t set” The Herald of last week' contained another long homily in vindication of Gov. Pollock and the pardoning poorer. Our neighbor atnrls ont by assuring us that, notwitstonding he holds an office under the Governor, he is still a freeman and fenjoys bis own opinions in regard to the doings of the powers that be. Of course he is a freeman ; we would not intimate to the contrary. But yet it is a little strange that the Herald never volunteered a defence of the State Administration until after the editor was appointed Superintendent of the Slate Printing! We have had frequent occasion to bear down on the State Administration, and to show up its weakness and corruption, but tho Herald never ventured a reply to us until quite recent ly. Let that pass, however—st is the Govern or’s pardons to which wo desire to call at tention at this time. The Herald may consider it ingenious, and attempt to break the force of our former alle gations, by demanding “proof’ in support of what we have said ; but we take it for granted that our readers, as well as the readers of the Herald are men of sense, and will not permit our neighbor to escape through a little loop- hole like this. As we said before, if the editor will take the trouble to scan his exchange pa pers, he will find abundant “proof” in support of our charges. This is the only “proof” we can furnish, and that should be sufficient to convince any unprejudiced mind. We repent, Gov. Pollock has pardoned many of the most desperate scoundrels that were ever convicted of crime, and a number of these pardons were brought about by political influence and by “bargain and sale.” Tho Herald may “know nothing” of these things, but this is only an j other evidence that “there are none so blind as (hose who won’t see.” and that it is hard to convince a man against his will. It was certainly a piece of nnc. s to the read- crs of the Herald lo be told llmt Gov. Btoler incrcnscd the Slate debt a million and a half of dollars, ami that Gov. Pollock, has decreased it one-third (Ins amount ! Unfortunately for our neighbor, this sweeping charge lacks one important ingredient— trulh. We hesitate not to denounce the statement an unmitigated and unvarnished falsehood—a falsehood so palpable that should put even the editor of the Herald to the blush for giving it publicity. Governor Poi lock, it is well known, has not decreased the Slate debt a dollar, and his administration, thus far, has been the most expensive one we have over had. not even excepting the famous llitkeii dynasty. We have no objection toour neighbor attempting lo defend his patron, but bo must pay some attention to truth and de ccncy—wholesale fabrications will not be tol erated in an enlightened community. It is not true, as the Herald intimates, that the editor of tins paper signed petitions asking Public Buildings anil Grounds • Ball, Todd, Purycar, Keitt, Roberts. JicvisaL and Unfinished Business : Sabin, w .Inowlton, Warner, Clark of New York, Shor ie Governor to pardon men belonging to this | ter. county, and then denounced him for granting the request. The Governor has pardoned sev- eral men of (his county, and we did sign the petitions asking for their liberation. It was right that they were pardoned, and, instead of censuring the Governor, we approved his judg ment in these particular eases. The pardon of these men, we repeat, was right, bpt the at tempt to make votes for his party because bo granted the pardons.was wrong,otfWcll aadis honcst. The Herald says it "knows nothing” about this. Of c< arse not—it would be strange indeed if the editor could see anything that was wrong or corrupt in his own parly. We do know something about it, ami may, on a future occasion, have more to say in regard to it. The WeruW’s abuse of President Pirrck is only worthy of contempt. It has always been the habit of that paper to denounce pure good men. and lavish fulsome eulogies upon the venal and corrupt. Indeed, the fashion of the day is for every Abolition and every Know- Nothing paper, big and little, to abuse Presi dent Pierce and his administration ; and what he is abused for we arc at a loss to conjecture, unless it is that be will not countenance Aboli tionism. and lias not takeu thcdnlhs and bcco initialed in tbe grips, passwords and other mysteries of the secret order. It is admitted that the country is more prosperous than al any former period. Our foreign affairs have been conducted with wisdom, skill and success. Wc have no difficulty with any foreign power i except England, and the dispute there grows | out of the wording of a treaty made by Mr. Clayton while the Whigs were in power, and Piesideiil Pierce cannot he responsible for the blunders of that treaty, if there be any blun ders in it. Now, wc ask thcKnow-Nolhing cavillers and croakers to specify one act of his administra tion that deserves censure, and if no specifica tion can be made wc object to abuse in the lump. The general character of his administration I is to he judged of by its ellects on the prosper -1 ity of the country, and when judged of by this 1 standard it bus been excellent, and nothing can 1 lie said against the administration in reference to its results on the prosperity of the nation. — In this view the President has been eminently successful. Then, we ask again, what is it the opposition complain of ? Ilia messages con tain sound constitutional doctrine, and none but the enemies to the perpetuity of the Union can quarrel with his political opinions. If then his administration has been beneficial to the | country, and he stands manfully on the princi ples of the Constitution, what is the ground of 1 1 b complaint I His opponents ought to specify their charges, or acknowledge themselves dts ' appointed croakers. (Y7”Tho gruutvHt Snow storm (lint over (C currud nt Oswego, Now York, upon lake Onta rio, a region turnons Tor such storms, occurred on Friday, the Ist lust. The railroads stopped running, the window shutters of the stores were not taken down, the newspapers were not pub lished lor three days. The streets in many parts of the city were Impassible, the snow ranging from Tour to ten and twenty foot In depth, and In some places the drifts are thirty feet deep. Many of the residences wore banked up with snow to the second ston . Snow lies to a depth on a level o| from six to eight foot In the woods. The Now York railroads have boon greatly Im peded this winter by the snow drifts. The first train for five days over the Buffalo and Brio road, got through on Friday lust to Dunkirk and Erie- The Now York and Brio road is paying about $2OOO for forage ror cattle detained on the rood by snow. This most greatly Interfere with the business of Now York city, notwith standing it has an open harbor. The Hutchinson family are going to scl lie in Minnesota and quit singing. STaNDISQ 003DUTTEES OF THE HOUSE. Mr/ SpeakctßanKs has announced tho fol lowing Standing; Commiitccs of the Houso’for the present CoiijgfcsS. It will be observed that tho first named man 1 on nearly every committee is a full-blooded Abblitionist-:. Committee on Elections : ■ ’Washburn, of Maine, Stephens, Watson',. Spinner, Oliver of Mo., Hickman* Colfax, Smith of Ala,, and Bingham. IK ays and Means: Campbell of Ohio, How ard, Cobb of Ga., Jones of Tepn., {who was afterwards excused'on his own request.) Davis' of Sid., Sage, Phelps, Campbell oiPcnna., De witt. ■ C/mws .* Giddings, Letcher, Bishop, Jones of Pa., Knowltori,* Taylor. Gilbert, Marshall of HI. ' j. Commerce: Washburn of 111., Wade, Wil son, M’Queen, Tyson, Kennett, Felton, Com* ins. ..—j. Public Lands .*( ’Bennett of N. Y.. Harlan, Cobb of Ala.,Dudley,'Cullen, Walbridge.Brcu ton. Maxwell, L«rington. Post OJ/icc .’Mac®, Norton, Flagler, Barclay, Dav, Powell, Walker, Wood. Herbert. Vistrict of. Columbia: Mcacham, Dodd, Goode, Cumback, Dick, Harris, Bennett of Miss., Trafton, Bdl. Judiciary: Sigmons, 11. Marshall, Barbour, Caskee, Galloway, Harris of AW,, Lake, Wa keman, Tappan., Revolutionary' Claims: Ritchie. Murray, Smith of Va. t English, Fuller of Me., Allen Clawson, Cragin, Emric. Public Expenditures: Dcano, Covodo, Kel ly, Mott, Pearce, Vail, Elliott, Waldron, Branch. , . Private Land Claims : Porter, Horton of Ohia, Thoringtoni Etheridge, Bowie, Sandidge, Herbert, Robinson. Horton ofN. Y. Manufactures: Glnik. Knight, Crawford. Bliss, Durfcc. Edwards, Dowdell, Campbell of Ky., Ricuad. . Agriculture Hnlloway, Ready, Grow, Bell. Campbell of Ohio, Morgan, Subin, Cullen and M'Mullcn. Indian Affairs : Pringle. Orr, Billinglmrst, Greenwood, Loiter, Hull of Mass., Todd, Ca ruthers, Herbert. Military Affairs: Quitman, Allison, Faulk ner, Sapp, Williams, Staunton, Denver, Buff ington. Washburn of Win. Military: Kunkcl, Whitney. Harrison. Fos ter, Hoffman, Parker, Watkins, Wright ol Miss., Hall of Mass. Naval: B?nson, Stranahan, Bocock, Haven. Winslow, Soward, Duns of Mass., Milward and Boyce. Foretell:. . Pennington, Bnyly, Clingtnan, Fuller ofPa., Aiken, Malteson, Sherman, Bur lingame, Thurston. Territories: Grow, Giddmgs. Purviance, Richardson, llouston, /-ollicotier, Monll, Per- ry. • • Revolutionary Pensions: Brown, Albright, Edmonson, Miller of M. Y., Miller of Ind., Craigo, Knapp, Woodruff, Hall of lowa. invalid Pensions. (diver of N. Y., Pike, Florence,• Savage, Welsh, Talbott, Dickson, Lumpkins, Robbins. Roads and Canals : Knox. Hughston, Rupin, Scott, Peck, Moor. Barksdale, Bradshaw, Rust. Patents: Morgan, Chaffee, Smith of Tenn. Paine, Emrie. Accounts: Thurston, Cadwalladcr, Nichols, Buffington, Carlisle. Mileage: Sneed, Brooks, Kelsey, F.vans, Woodworth', Joint CoHtmittee on Library . Aiken, Tyson Pettit. Enrolled Bills-: Pike and Davidson. Expenditures State Department: Brooks, Smith of Tqjn., Packer. King, Damerell. Exvemlilffres Navy Department: Harris of 111., Wheeler, Washburn of Wis., Underwood, 1 WrigUtjjfPsa. • • I Expenditures P. O. Department: Pettit, Cox. Williams, Burnet, Rcaile. Expenditures Public Jinihlrtgs M’Mullcn, MCarty, Stewart. Swope. Tnppe. Erpenditures Treasury Department • Wal dron, Wells, A. K. Marshall, Kidwell, Claw son. Erpctn/ifurc.t I For Department Cragln, Yalk, Jewett. Rivers, Covode. K'lgrorijig.i Kelsey, Damerell, Wiight ol Trim. iVinfmg. Nichols. Cragm. Flagler. Another Fusion. The several political elements of Pennsylva nia, that can agree on opposition to democratic principles, if they do dilferin their own abomin able creeds, are nl>oat making an effort to com bine their strength upon one ticket at the next October election. The K. N. and Republican members of the Legislature had a meeting last Wednesday cevening to take measures to secure if possible, a Stale Convention for this purpose, composed of all the opponents of the national administration. A committee was appointed to prepare an address, and the caucus adjourn ed to meet the next evening. The intention is, if possible, to divide the three candidates for Canal Commissioner, Auditor General and •Surveyor General between the Know-Nothings republicans and old lino Whigs. What a pretty kettle of flab that would be! A fine plate of soup for presentation to the honest cit izens of Pennsylvania ! No higher compliment could possibly he paid to the democratic parly of Pennsylvania, than this acknowledgement on the part of these diflerent and discordant elements, that such a union is necessary to their success. ITT* A postal reform meeting washeld by the merchants of Boston on Wednesday lost. They want the postage to bo reduced to a uniform rate of two cents a letter, and a free distribu tion of letters in cities. As the present rale of 1 three cents a letter does not pay the govern* ment the cost of maintaining tbo postal sys tem, but brings the department into debt sev eral millions every year, it is not likely Con gress will reduce the rate, and make the Post office an additional charge upon the govern ment. The meeting passed resolutions in fa vor of the “money order” system, which is said to work admirably in England, and also one against “compulsory pre-payment,” and in fa vor of charging double postage on mail matter not pre-pnid. The pre-paid system has redu ced greatly the amount of dead letters, and saved the government in this way considerable expense. The few inconveniences merchants experience, through their own neglect to stamp their letters, ought not to be a sufficient reason for abolishing so good a regulation. C - The Philadelphia Agricultural Society celebrated the ecvcnty-flrst anniversary of that institution, by a handsome festival, on Monday evening lost. Among those present were Judges Lewis and Knox of the Supremo Court of the Slate, lion. Win, M. Meredith, Mayor Conrad, pen. Patterson snd Bcnj. 11. Brewster, all of 'whom delivered interesting speeches after the removal of tho cloth. From California.—Thostcamshlp St. Lou is, from Aspinwall, arrived at New York on Thursday evening, bringing about 500 passen gers and over 1,000,000 in gold. Sho brings no nows of Importance from tho Pacific coast. [Correspondence of the American Volunteer FROM WASHINGTON. Washington, Feb, 12,185 C. •• The Speaker disappointed tho public yester day, by failing to announce the Standing Com mittees Of tho House. Everybody-is. anxious to know the precise complexion of the Committees. The anxiety of some is traceable to political feel ing—that dl others has its origin in iho pocket. The Committee on Elections is tho cynosure of all exclusively political eyes, the scats of half a-dozen members being contested; whilst the attention of those who arc on the look-out for plunder is directed to the Committee on En graving, &c., which, Madam Rumor says, fur nishes delightful pickings under favorable cir cumstances. I know’ that Madam Rumor is a groat liar, but when all her thousand tongues assert one thing and proclaim it aloud under the dome of the Capitol, with none to contra dict, we may assumclhat the truth is spoken. Tn view’ of an occurrence which must bo fresh in the recollection of all newspaper renders. Mr. Banks will doubtless exercise a sound discre- tion in the arrangement of this Committee, and place at its head a Chairman whos*» integrity is above suspicion. The House Printing is still undbeided. The vole for Mr. Toilet, of Ohio, the anti-adminis tration caucus candidate, is falling off. Mr. Wendell’s (Dcm.) has crept up a little, but will have to creep a good deal higher before he can get in. Mr. Follot’s friends are out of humor and talk of repealing the elections that have taken place for House officers. This is a bril liant idea—too brilliant to be reduced to prac- tice, I think. As Mr. Toilet’s friends are not strong enough to elect their favorite, it is not easy to understand how they could repeal the elections that have taken place. They had better “come to terms” with the aspirants who stand in their way. and who can he bought off with a reasonable share of the profits ! The “Union” of this morning contains a proclamation by the President, commanding all persons engaged in unlawful combinations a gainst the constituted authority of the Territo ry of Kansas or of the United Stales to dis perse and retire to their homos, and warning all such persons that any attempted insurrection in said Territory or aggressive intrusion into the same, will be resisted not only by the em ployment of the local militia, but also by that of the forces of the United States. It is to be hoped that this proclamation will have thecffect to prevent further disorders in Kansas, and that the necessity of drawing the sword against any portion of our own people will not be forc ed upon the general government. The joint resolution from the Senate appro priating SISUO for the relief of the poor of Washington and Georgetown, still hangs in the House. It seems that the benevolent people of Washington and Georgetown cannot take rare "»f their own poor. Congress must not onlv build their Water Works and carry forward all their public improvements, but it must alsr feed their hungry and clothe their naked. I the public monies are to be appropriated to charitable purposes, let us have a general dis- tribution;—let a certain amount bo voted to .•very Congressional district in the Union, and let each member send home bis district’s share for dispensation. Why notf If it is consti tutional to relieve the poor of Washington out of the public treasury, it is constitutional loro licve the poor of San Francisco: and if it is right to do the one. it in right to do the other. Nothing of much interest will occur in the House till the Committees get at work and carve out business. UVudbrland. Washington, Feb. 15, lfi. r >G. The long-promised speech of Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, on ihc Central American question, was delivered the other day. It was a rather poorafl’air. in my judgement, to come from a successor of Daniel Webster. Mr. Wil son did not speak to the merits of the question. Indeed ho hardly spoke to the question at all. lie talked about Oregon, and Kansas, and “that polar sea upon which Dr. Kane gazed ns if Oregon,, of Kansas, or the polar sea, had any* thing to/do with the Clnytoh-Bulwcr treaty which England has so shamefully broken. He said the walls of the Capitol resounded ten years ago with the cry of “64.40 or fight,” and yet wo hastily backed down to 49, “leav ing England in possession of three hundred thousand square miles of the free territory of the republic.” 1 suppose he made tins state ment for the purpose ol showing England that we are a nation of blustering cowards, and that she can play'out her designs in Central Amer ica with perfect impunity. All these minors of war with England, in the opinion of this as tute Senator, were set afloat only “to divert the people from ntli tiding to what was passing on the other sale of the Mississippi.” Here we have the pith of Mr. Wilson’s speech—here we see what lie was driving at. It was Kansas, and not Central America, that was uppermost in Ins mind. A war with England, winch all good men would deplore on the score of hu -1 mainly, Senator Wilson would regret because of its tendency to interfere with the operations of the Emigrant Aid Society' A free highway lo the Pacific is of less importance than an un derground railroad m Kansas 1 And John Bull is a tcry saint in comparison with a “bonier 1 rufTpin,” - as if John has not been the bonier ruffian of the world ever since he grew to man hood. There was this diflemico between the speeches of Cuss, Seward and Foot, ami the spend) of Wilson : the former were .dii/«smnn like whilst the latter was sltnnphkc. Mr. W. ha*, pisl one idea, and that is ink\. The election of Mr. Wendel. the Democratic candidate, as House Punter, is a hard blow to the Block Republicans, who hod set their hearts on electing Follet. The design of the Republicans in pushing Follet was to build up a Printing Establishment at the National Cap- 101, for the furtherance of their interests. cry(lung was to be made subordinate to the great idea of Black Itcpublicamzing the oppo silion to the Democracy. But many of the op position members refused to go the full lengtl of the Grow, Galloway and Washburn string ami fulling to obtain a compromise, they lot Wendel slide in. This looks os if there was going to be trouble in the antidemocratic camp at the North. A spirited debale took place in the House yesterday, on a motion to refer the special message of the President in relation to Kansas to the Committee of the Whole. Dunn, Uid dinga and other Republicans opposed the mo tion, but it prevailed. The memorial of Ex-Gov. Reeder was pre sented ami referred to the Committee on Elec tions. The majority of this committee being Black Republicans lo the backbone, a strong blast in favor of Reeder may be expected. But the minority will doubtless give us as strong a report on the other side. The House stands adjourned to Monday. (TitllKlll.AND. Singular Acquittal, Mrs. Jane Fi. Huggin, of Plqirn, Ohio, has just been tried and cleared of thoorlmo of mur der, In the Miami county court. Mrs. Uuggin poisoned her husband, and confessed tho crime m tho presence of two hundred persons—so stated by tho correspondent—and yet by the sagacity and ability of her counsel sho was cleared of the horrible crime. It appears that she had, for a long limo, entertained the idea of getting rid of her husband, who was an excell ent person, that she might marry a fellow whoso qpncaranfio was very disgusting. Sho purchased arsenic, and. after two attempts, succeeded in killing him with it. Sho was cleared because, her testimony being ruled out, the evidence was of n circumstantial character which could not warrant conviction. Mrs. It. 5s represented ns a woman of prepossessing ap {icaranco, young, and a olrnrch member { and >cr case excited tho most intense interest throughout the whole of Miami county. Her discharge is owing to tho skill with which her coso was managed, for tho very strongest cir cumstantial evidence of her guilt is said to hnvo corroborated tho confession, which was ruled out of court, THE KANSAS PBOCIAHATION. By the President of the United Stales*/ Jmerica, A Proclamation, Whereas, indications exist that public tran quility and the supremacy of the law in the Territory of Kansas are endangered by the rep rehensible acts or .of persons, both within and without the same, who propose to direct and control its political organization by force: It appearing that have been formed therein to resist the execution of the territorial laws, and thus,-in effect subvcit by violence all present constitutionaland legal authority: It also appearing that persons re siding without the Territory, but near its bor ders, contemplate armed intervention in the af fairs thereof: It is also appearing that other persons, inhabitants of remote States, are col lecting money, engaging men, and providing arms for the same purpose: Ahd it further appearing that combinations without the Terri tory are endeavoring, by the agency of emissa ries and otherwise, to induce individual Stales of the Union to intervene in the aftairs thereof in violation of the Constitution of the United States: And whereas, all such plans for the determi nation of the future institutions of the terri tory, if earned into action from within the same, will constitute the fact of insurrection ; and if from without, that of invasive aggres sion, and will in either case justify and require the forcible interposition of the whole power of the General Government,ns well to maintain the laws of the territory as those of the Union. Now, therefore, I, Franklin Pierce. Presi- dent of the United States, do issue this my proclamation to command all persons engaged in unlawful combinations against the constitu ted authority of the territory of Kansas or of the United .States to disperse and retire peacea bly to their respective abodes, and to warn all such persons that any attempted insurrection in said territory, or aggressive -intrusion into the same, will be resisted, not only by the em ployment of the local militia, but also by that of any available forces of the United States, to the end of assuring immunity from violence, and full protection to the persons, property, and civil rights of all peaceful and law-abiding inhabitants of the Territory. If, in any part of the Union, the fury of fac tion or fanaticism, inllammcd into a disregard of the great principles of popular sovereignty, which, under the Constitution, are fundamental in the whole structure of our institutions, is to bring on the country the dire calamity of an arbitrament of arms m that territory, it shall bo between lawless Aiolencc on one side, and conservative force on the other, wielded by le gal authority of the general government. I call on the citizens, both of adjoining and of distant. States, to abstain from unauthorized intermeddling in the local noncorns of the ter* ntory, admonishing them that its organic law is to be executed with impartial justice: that all individual acts of illegal intei ferenco will in* cur condign punishment : and that any endea or to intervene by oigaui/.ed force will bo llnu ly withstood. I invoke all good citiccns to promote order hv rendering obedience to the law : to seek re medy for temporary evils by peaceful means; to discountenance and repulse the counsels and the instigations of agitators and disorganize™ : and to testify their attachment to their coun try, their pride in its greatness, their apprecia tion of the blessings they enjoy, and their de termination that republican institutions shall not foil in their hands, by co-operating to up hold the majesty of the laws, and-io vindicate the sanctity of the Constitution. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United Slates to bo affixed to these presents. Done at the City of Washington, the eleventh f day of February.in the year of our ( SEAL. ) herd one thousand eight hundred V and fifty-six.and of the independ ence of the United Slates the eightieth. FRANKLIN PIERCE. By the President: W. L. Marot, Secretary of State. Got. Shannon's Return to Kansas—Orders for I], S. Troops. Washington, Feb. 10. —Qov. Shannon will leave this afternoon- direct for St. Louis, and from thence will proceed to Kansas. He will immediately remove his oflice from the Shaw nee Mission to Lecompton, the centre of pre paring difficulties. Orders will be issued by the War Department this afternoon, and will probably be conveyed to Col. Sumner by Gov. Shannon. They will, no doubt, be in accord ance with the President’s views expressed in his special message and Ins recent proclamation, with the design lirnily to enforce them. There are 800 troops at Fort I,cavemvorlh and 400 at Fort Kiley, all of which arc to be called out if the circumstances demand a resort to extreme measures. Later from Mexico. Capture of Pueblo by the Revolutionists — Urn ga Defeated by the Government Troops. Nuw Out.RANS, Feb. 15. —Ry the arrival of the steamer Texas, dates have been received from Vera Cruz to the llth Inst. The Revolu tionists, under Tainariz, have captured Puebla, and are fortifying it to resist the Government troops sent by Comfort for its recapture. The Revolutionists are charges! with having com* milted many excesses after the capture of Pue bla. The soldiers under Urnga have been defeat ed by the (Jovcrment troops, and general an aichy and confusion prevailed throughout the country. Tamanz is said to be very much in want of money. Kansas Affairs. Washington, Feb. 17.—Letters continue to bo received from Kansas, repeating the deter mination of each party in the Territory, to car ry out its purposes, and predicting a collision, unless the Federal Government interfered promptly. A House, Sleiuu, and Thokk Pensoxs Lost Tiiuoeon tiik ice. The Detroit Tree Preset ays that on Monday last, a man, woman, and child were drowned while uttempthiglo cross the river from tlmt city to Canada. They were In a sleigh drawn by a single horse, and bad nearly ranched the Canadian shore, when the horse broke through the ice, or, as is supposed hy some,fell through an air-hole, drawing the sleigh and its unfortunate occupants alter him. The horse rose to the surface for a moment, and then all wore swept away hy (ho swift current beneath the ice. The accident was noticed hy several persons standing on the shore, who immediate ly proccdeod to tho spot but wore too lute to render any assistance. [£7“Tho Grand Jury of Susquehanna county Inst week ignored (ho bill of Indictment fur li bel preferred against Mr. Chase, the editor of the Montrose Democrat, by Judge Wllmot.— Served Iho prosecutor right. If editors nre to bo prosocutodnud couvictodfortolllngtho truth about public men, there Is an ond to tho boast ed freedom of tho press in this republican coun try of ours. IH7“ Philip NlcUlin Dallas, son of tho lion. George M. Dallas, has been nominated by President Pierce os Secretary of tho United Slates Legation in London. BIT* Hon. Anthony Kennedy (K. N.) has been elected to the U. S. Senate, by tho Legis lature of Maryland. His term of service will commence on tho 4th of March, 1857. Tho principal bell for the great clock of tho English Houses of Parliament is to be nine foot in diameter, and to weigh fourteen tons, and will bo the largest bcU» they say» ever cast in England. • ■ w : ' wpobt Of the Committed on Education of ■' , Repfcscntatitfns-of Pennsylvania Dictionary. • Un# w%* Mr. Getz, of Berks, Chaim** Tho Commute on Education, fatin'* Ua dcr consideration the snbtcct of copy of Webster’s Unabridged » the English Language to each of the oJH? 0? Schools of this Slate, respectfully report • minor> ’ That after a full and free discussion nf «. proposition, in a.joint meeting with tlmlikS. lional Committee of the Senate, and in i>p2 Uc *‘ of the Superintendent of Common Schooh? c J his Deputy, they have arrived at the conch'S that it is ono whose utility and import* °* commend it, in the-moat forcible nunnert* the favorable action pf the Legislature. ’ lo A correct knowledge of the language speak and write is absolutely essential ns a , sis to perfect education. Without it, the sun structure we may rear, under the best mastic will bo loose, mishapen, incongruous and i ' sightly. The only sure way to tho attainm™ of this knowledge is by an early acqnaimtmrX with, and constant aod careful *tudy of recognized standard; which teaches,in llicniost comprehensible and accurate manner, the q thography, the derivation, the pronunciation and the meaning of words. Such a standard’ by univctnl acknowledgment, is the Dictionary which crowned with on enduring chaplet d long and laborious life of Noah Wejwtv.h. W }| e has been aptly and beautifully called school-master of our Republic.” before I,** lived, nnd handed over to us the result of |,j s j almost herculean lalwrs. it lias been truly said • “there had never been a great nation with nri universal language unspoiled by dialects. Tim Yorkshireman cannot now talk with the Coni wall miner. The peasant of the Ligurian Api peninos drives his goats homo at nigiit-fnll over bills that look down upon six provinces. i lo p 0 of whose dialects he can speak. But here, in cur own broad confederacy, five thousand miles, change not the sound of a word. Around tvp. ry fireside, and from every tribune, in c-verv field of labor, and factory of art, is heard tho same tongue. We owe all this wondrous unii fonnity and harmony of language to Webster; lie Ims done for ns more than Alfred did for England, or Cadmus for Greece.” Such being the value, and these the important results of the legacy Webster has bequeathed to us in hi* Dictionary, your committee deem no argument necessary to show why St should be adopted and become n daily hand-book m nil our school* and institutions of learning, in every library, and ;n the various professions and callings of k I people whose literature and low» have, with, their land, assumed a separate and independent existence, and henceforth will be of their era making. And as the Common School is tho fountain whence the great mass of the people must imbibe that knowledge which proceeds, from education, it is here, more limn in any other place, that the rccognir-cd standard of our language should be found, and he accessible to the youth who arc pursuing its .study, whether in the rudiments which Webster, in his spell ing-book, lias made plain to the dawning miml. or in its more advanced stages, where, slephy step, his Dictionary leads the way and becomes an indispensable guide. Your Committee found no difficulty in com ing to a unanimous conclusion as to the impor tance nnd utility of placing a copy of Webster’s Dictionary in every Common School in the Commonwealth. The only point upon winch they hesitated, was as to the best and most Eracticnblc mode of accomplishing this clrsira lo end. They were informed by the officers of the School Department, that llio publishers d this work had offered lo supply any number ot copies for the use of the public schools, ot four dollars each, which is a deduction of ono-lbinl from the uniform retailing price. The propo sition to provide the money necessary to the purchase of a sufficient number of copies to sop ply the schools, wholly by on appropriation from the public treasury, was discussed; but, in, view of the present financial condition of Commonwealth, reluctantly abandoned, as. at this time, unadvisablc. Another proposition, to recommend to each district, the purchase, out of its own separate fund, of .the number necessary to give one lo each of tho schools within its bounds, was also considered, but urn hesitatingly abandoned, as likely to brin™ about little, if any, practical result. A llunl measure was then suggested, embodying, in part, both the previously named propositions. This was carefully weighed and considered.and finally adopted by your committee with but one dissenting voice. •It is. to divide the cost between the State and the schools, or in ollirr words, that the Slate will give the sum of tiro dollars towards*the purchase of a copy of ilia dictionary for as many schools in each district as the directors of. the district shall determine, by the contribution Irom its own separate fund, of a like Bum of two dollars per copy. This your coram'tlco regard as a plan perfectly fta* sible and deserving of acceptance, viewed in two aspects. It will enable the State to aid this important measure without drawing from its treasury an amount which will in any wise trench upon its other and more necessary de mands : and it will, while offering to the sever al school districts an inducement to possess the dictionary for their schools, cause them to ul uc and appreciate it more, by the payment of a part of its cost, than they would if it were a free gift. The Slates of New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and several of the western have already furnished their public schools mlh Webster's Dictionary, Ky appropriations out of their public treasuries. Pennsylvania, wlnso school system is now not behind that of any her sister States, but in. ,pf many of them, should not hesitate to follow the example thus set her, in a matter whose benefits arc so self-evident, particularly when a mode is point ed out by which she can doM and bo spared one-half the expense necessary to its attain ment. In the language of an intelligent advo cate of this measure, your committee would say : “Carry this dictionary, with its full * nl * exact definitions, its ample stores of informa* lion, into every school, no matter if U 80 . humble that it cannot understand the vftl uo 01 the gift, and it will meet and show,to many a" awakening mind what has been and what can Ibe known. It will stimulate such minds to j high aims, and after a few years, bright and enduring results will ho the consequence, your schools need libraries, how much niorcoo they need the book which of nil tha have been printed in this country, is » * ~ of itself; which will answer more ou cfi . and give more certain, more rich nml.van® information on points on which every m , ,c , n< L rt . knowledge, than any book in the English l gunge, save one only—the Bible.” • Your committee conclude by oflcring the w • lowing resolution: . i Resolved, That the CommiUcc oOW 8 ®. Means bo requested tp consider the pm? 1 1”./ of reporting an appropriation fi’pm the money not otherwise, appropriated, of a B ,. sufficient to furnish thc'Comiuon Schools oi Commonwealth with Webster’s JJ nft *«£nl Dictionary, to bo disbursed by the Depart t i, e of Common Sohools,:in accordance ,w l11 , recommendation made in the foregoing r c l Accident on the Central .lUiwoa* brakesman on'the freight train, hnm