AMMAN fOLUNTEER.
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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<K*
Daugherty, was r«n over,on Monday, *V . i
rone, and so terribly mangled that ho
two hours. ,
ttv* Ono of tho members of tho P 0 f
House of KoprcsOntallvea. Mr. A-u.
tho‘4lh • Kentucky district, 1 lifts-been '* j n
by two grand juries there for bribing v
tho lato canvass, as wo learn■ from *li*® - |fl
ford correspondence of tho Loutsvtlw .j 0
which sayd thiit If tho-eases aro b. b
trial they will develop somo startling jf»
neoted with tho management of election •
vy Tho XMiilndolplim 'Penft«jl»«ij|® , w js|
raUod tho nnmoof Mn Dijohanan to • •
as the democratic candidate fotf • Presw*