AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, JOHN D. SbITTON, Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., APRILS, 1556, Democratic Stole Nominations. CANAL COMMISSIONER, (GEORGE SCOTT, of Columbia county ’ AUDITOR GENERAL, JACOB FRY, Jr.> of Montgomery county. SURVEYOR GENERAL, TIMOTHY IVES, of Potier county. JJJTThoae ol our subscriberswishing tho dcs* ttaptiqn of their papers changed this spring, will notfftU tO'flend us the proper direction imme diately. ‘ 1?1BST Of AfRiL.— Tuesday last, the first of April, was a lively day in our town. It was general “pay day,” and thousands and tens of tbooiands of dollars changed hands. Our Banks wero literally beseiged by lenders and borrow ers. Some had interest to pay, some principal, sod those who had sold farms had titles to t&aka, and purchasers had the terms of sale to Comply with. Everybody appeared to have business of “much pith and moment*’ to trait net. Oor Banking housesavere very accom modating, and discounted all good paper offered. CUANQK3.— Mr. N. W. Woods has moved hit dry-goods store to the room lately occupied by Dr. Cauffman’s Drug store, next door to “Our House,” on North Hanover street. The room has been fitted up in a very neat style, With open front, and makes a handsome and •howy appearance. Tho Messrs. Foot have removed their shop to the largo room directly opposite our office, South Hanover street, where they will keep constantly on hand a largo assortment of gas fixtures, hydrants, and everything in their line. • Signor Cost asfAO n a , well known os a prince of a landlord, has leased “Our House,” on North Hanover street, where he is fully prepar ed to wait upon customers “and entertain atrangers and travellers.” Our neighbor, Mr. KEiFER.has moved his Drug store to his own property, directly oppo site bis old stand, and next door to Inhoff a Store. Bis present room is onfl of the hand somest m Carlisle, and is admirably calculated for bis business. Mr. Conlyn has removed his Jewlry store to a much larger and better room, a few doors west of his old stand, West High street. His •tor© at present is very attractive, and presents » neat appearance, and his assortment of fine watches and jewelry can’t bo beat in any town out of the cities. Tub Borough Council.— The new Borough Council met in the Council Chamber, on Mon day ftftemoon last, and was organized by iho •lection of R. 0. Woodward as President, and W. H. Whixl Secretary. The following ap pointments were then made: Stfeet Commissioner —Worly Mathews. High Corutahle —John Spahr. Treasurer —James Louden. JHarket Master —Samuel Brown. Collector —Samael Colwell. Street- Regulators— -Win. Lino, Jacob Spang ler, Jacob Bcctcm. KOWDTtSU ON TOE STREET3.—A feW nights •inco ft party of our “fast young men” amused themselves by breaking the Borough gas lainps. With.ike exception of three or four, every lamp mto mi was smashed to pieces. Malicious mis ehieflike this is beyond endurance, and som«- thiog must bo done (o put a stop to it. A re ward of a hundred dollars has been offered by the Council, for the detection of the offenders. Wo hope they may be discovered and punish ed to the full extent of the law. Tub Wheat Crop. —Speculators are begin tog to croak about a failure of the wheat crop. This is all nonsense, for deep snow is a per fect winter protection for the young grain, and there never bos been a season which promised more prolific returns for the wheat growers. So the flour merchants may as well lower their prices and the bakers enlarge their loaves. Dickinson College. —During the sittings of thoM. E. Conference, at Philadelphia. lost week, the report of Dickinson College was pre sented. From it we learn that the whole num ber of students is; In College In Grammar School 71 The number for the previous year was one leu than the number for 1855. The expenses for the last year were $11,085 53; income, $9,028 04: deficient, $2,055 04. This Is tho'flrst year under tho scholarship plan; it was foreseen that a deficit must neces sarily occur while collecting and funding the endowment. Ixmns have been effected to meet this deficit, and the College depends upon pledges made by this and the Baltimore and Now Jersey Conferences to meet its present ob ligations. Tho sales of scholarship are slated at $lOO,- 125; collections, $57,278; scholarships yet unpaid for, $42,840. It will bo necessary to press the sales of now scholarships this year, and 1 to* make efficient efforts to collect those yet unpaid. Tho amount yet realized from the endowment is not sufficient for tho support of ifatfGollegc, attention of the Conference is called to thflfecpcdiency of seeking invest ment In tho College funds. Tho College year is said to have been a very successful one, both in a scholastic mid religi ous point of view. The report is signed by Rev. C. Collins, President of tho College. It WM referred to tho Educational Committee. New LiCEKSE Bill. -The Governor has signed tbs new bill to regulate the sale of in* toziealmg liquors, and it is now a law. Arm Bio Names.— I Tho Know-Nothings appear to have a great liking for big names— Andrew Jackson donclson never would havo beam thought of for tho Vice Presidency had it not been for bfsnamc. In Texas, we notice, the} have nominated John C. Galhoun for a B(ate office. Can’t they also scare up a George Washington, Thomas JeQerson, James Madi son, or James Monroe to run for some office 1 What an exhaltcd opinion these night-owls must have of tho people’s intelligence. Governor Pollock has appoinieil A. K. McClobe Supoclntcndent of tho Eiie und North East Ballroad, In tho placo of lion. Jos. O.v. ssTj resigned. Caljjobnia von Buchanan— California has elected a unanimous Delegation, in favor of Mr. Buchanan for tho Prosldoncy, to tho Cincin nati National Democratic Convention. C7"Tho borough of West Chester elected tho Anti-Know-Nothing ticket over the Know* Nothing* and Republican*. TUB SPRING ELECTIONS. From nil quarters of this State wo hear of the triumphs of the Democratic party in tho late Spring Elections. Even in their Strongholds; Kuow-Nothingism and Abolitionism have been defeated and routed. The people, in' every county of the Commonwealth, havo placed tho seal of condemnation upon the bigoted', intoler ant and desperately wicked men who adhere to Know-Nothing dogmas. Tho voice has gone forth that this dangerous faction must bo put down and kept down, for all time to come.— And how well tho Know-Nothings themselves —those men who, one short"year ago, could be seen sneaking to and from their lodges with masked faces and under the cover of the night —how well, we say, do they know that their fate os a party is scaled. But a few months since tho impudence and boldness of these men was beyond endurance. According to the teachings of Sum at that time, all other parlies were corrupt and venal, and under tho domin ion of the Pope of Rome. Tho Whig and Democratic parties, in tho estimation of the Bunti.ixites, were alike unworthy the confi dence of tho people—all were denounced and put at defiance, and the “invincible Sum” was to have things his own way in future. But alas and alack for Sam! The people—always watchful of their interests —got to understand his character much sooner than ho expected ; and they fathomed the dark designs of his pro selytes, notwithstanding they met in garrets and cellars, and bound their members by un lawful, unconstitutional and God-defying oaths. Sam was no longer “ tho invincible.” His legions, made up of the refuse of tho old parties, were defeated east, west, north, and south.— At this time there are few so totally lost to shame, as to acknowledge that they ever be longed to a Know-Nothing Lodge. Sum, as wc have said, is no longer tho “in vincible,” and well he knows it. Know-Nolh ingism has of late gone a begging, and wc now see the papers of that miserable party pleading with old line Whigs, Abolitionists, and the odds and ends of all factions, to Join them in an effort against the Democratic party, In the hope that they may yet save themselves from anni hilation. The very men that Sam affected to despise so much one year since, he is now will ing to fondle on. With tears in his blood shot eyes, he pleads for help, and makes the roost .humiliating propositions to the “black spirits and white” who are attracted by his cries.— But, no efforts of Know-Nothing demagogues can save them from the fate they so richly de serve, and the present effort of that despised and condemned faction, to induce tho old line Whigs to join them in a crusade against the Democratic party, will only sink them deeper and deeper in the “slough of despond.” Tho result of tho Spring Elections in this State drives the last nail in the coffin of .Sum. Next fall tho democracy will clinch the nail, and bury the monster. Mark it ! The Fusion State Convention, The party without a name —composed of all the elements of opposition to tho Democratic party—the Know-Nothings, Abolitionists,Free Soilera, and Old Lino Whigs, met in State Con vention in Harrisburg, on Wednesday of last week,and aftertwodays deliberation,nominated tho following ticket : Canal Commissioner—Thos. £. Cochran, Esq., erf York, (Old Lino Whig.) ’ Auditor Gencrai— Dabwan PiiRLTS, of Arm strong, (Know-Nothing.) Surveyor General —B. Laportb, of Brad ford, (Abolitionist.) This extraordinary mingling of adverse and hitherto irreconcilable interest is designed to defeat tho great Democratic party, ol Pennsyl vania at tho October election, but we think its originators have very litUp hope of success.— Wo now make the prediction that tbisnriser&r blc amalgamation ticket will bo defeated by 50,000 majority. A party too poor to have a nome can never receive tho votes of tho people. Tub New Hampshire Election. —The Ne wport (N. H.) Argus of the 21st ult. says : "Under all circumstances, the result of the election cannot fail to be highly gratifying to the Democratic party, and discouraging to their opponents. Had the election taken place a few weeks later, tho democrats would have trium phed by a decided majority. Tho political cur rent was setting strongly in their favor, while their opponents had not the power to prevent it. The State may be considered as certain to go for the democratic nominee for President, at the fall election, by a majority of thousands. Many who voted the Hindoo ticket at the last election say that they have done it for the last time,and that hereafter they shall stand (.quart upon the democratic platform. It is certainly gratifying to know that Hindooism is upon its lost legs, and that New Hampshire is soon to lake her place in the democratic phalanx." The New Hampshire Patriot says that,when driven to choose between Mr. Wells and Met calf, a majority of tho members of the legisla ture.havc declared that they should vote for Mr. Wells. Tho political character of tho legisla ture, therefore, can be regarded in no other light than as a very positive evidence of the ’ popular repudiation of llmdooism ; and if it should prove to contain a majority for Mr* i Wells, it will stand as a signal proof of the con ; ffdcnco of the people in the patriotism and hon esty of the democratic party. From New Mexico.—A despatch from St. Louis, dated March 30, says that advices from New Mexico represent tho Indians os quiet,and urgently sucing for peace. Kansas. —It is staled that Judge Lccomple, of Kansas, has caused tho indictment of the members of the free State Legislature, and that several of them hnd been arrested, and others had left the Territory. A New Minister. —Tho Woslilnglon Star states that the Senate has confirmed tho nomi nation of cx-Gov. Bigler, of California, to be Minister to Sweden. [£/- The Louisville Conner says that Col. Garland, lato Treasurer of New Orleans, of whoso defalcation, flight, arrest and Imprison ment, tho public have been apprised, was one of the leading Know-Nothings of the city. Ilia defalcation is for several hundred thousand dol lars, in a Savings Bank of which ho was Presi dent, was loaned or given to irresponsible par ties, to be used for election purposes during tho last canvass. Tho money was mostly deposit ed in small sums by the Germans and Irish, whoso hard earnings were used as tho “sinews of war*’—ft war waged against them. (Y7~ Tim Dirt) io tie la Marina, a paper pub lished at Havana, openly avows Us preferences for Mr. Fillmore for (ho presidency. How will (ho “order” regard this evidence of aid and coralort from a “rascally foreigner V ’ ~ Rnow-Notbingism* in'Lancaster Counly. ' Two expelled members of tho Know-Nothing party of Lancaster county, hare recently is sued a pamphlet of some thirty pages, giying a '* History of tho Risoi'Progrcss' and Down fall of Know-Nothingisnv in Loncasterconnty.” It gives a graphic history of tho manner in which tho order, was first established in l ,that county—the first slop having been 'rto-send a delegation to Philadelphia, to be initiated into tho Know-Nothing mysteries, at a lodge in Eighth street near Market, where, presiding “ in Pontifical majesty, sat his honor, Jacob. Broom” —then recounts its rapid progress, and how speedily the great Apostle of Anti-Mason ary. Thaddkcs Stevens, became of tho Whole concern “ the governor ichecl." All of which was followed by a rapid decline of tho Order, until there were none left poor enough to do it reverence 5 and having “ gone up like a rocket, it fell like a slickand tho tricksters, who had played out their shallow game of deception, formally met to disbaud, as the last act of their contemptible drama. Lease of tub Main Line. — A bill was re ported in the House on the 24th ult., by Mr. Ball, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to authorize the Canal Commissioners to lease to tho Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania, the Main Line of the Public Works from Col umbia to Pittsburg. Tho lenso is to bo for thirty years, the State reserving the right to annul it at any time after ten years, upon giv ing one year’s notice, or at any time after a sale upon reasonable notice. The terms of the lease are that tho revenue received is to be first np*. plied to pay the ordinary expenses of managing the works—then such sums as may bo requir ed, (not exceeding 8150,000 per annum,) shall be expended in the permanent Improvement of the works,and after the deductions arc madc.oneholf the balance remaining shall bo paid into the State Treasury on the Ist of January in each year ; a large sum to be expended in repairs when ex traordinary damages are done. A statement of the receipts and expenditures on the works shall bo furnished quarterly to the Canal Com missioners. The works arc to bo delivered up to the State on the determination of the lease, in as good order as they were received, reason able wear and damage excepted. About Hoops.—lt is curious, that whilo A mcrican men. exhibit so much individuality, A merican women exhibit so little. If the French Emperor had the gout and appeared in public with a graceful bandage around ins leg or his foot, it is not likely that even America dan dies would exactly imitate that ycl because the Empress Eugenio, to soften tho effect of a temporary **cnbon point," appears “dllim a circumvallation of Hoops, not only all Paris, but even tho young demoiselles of this Republic, must hoop themselves too ! The ef fect of this preposterous recurrence to the stylo of some centuries ngo, is to destroy oil God’s varieties of personal shape, grace, and beauty. Tho Hoop is barely tolerable on the very tall; but it transforms the petite and the plump— both of them good In their way —into tho likeness of Chinese Junks; and degenerates the most graceful movement into dack-liko sbruf fles. Ladies, dear ! pardon oijr impudence and re form this odious hoop fashion altogether. Come ont from behind Jodr circular entrenchments, giro Nature, ' niidy Iho D>ca, a fair chancel Hartford OouranC aaya that one of tho pbjectsof IhoQlndooabulition party Is to "maintain the Union of these United States.” A constant war upon the reserved rights of tho Stales, and on popular sovereignty in tho Territories, is a queer way of supporting “tho Union !” This pretence is about as consistent as that of tho boy who was "shying” stone# through glass windows "for tho purpose of lot ting In light ?” Fillmore, says the Louisville Democrat, la an ill-used man by (ho late nomination. Ho is odlus to his party North —can’t got their aup p«rt. On tho other hand, ho is popular with his party South, but tho party Itself is too un popular in this region to do him any good. .So, between Ids own unpopularity North and his parly’s unpopularity South, ho will make a poor thing ont ol It. [£7“ We clip the following resolution from tho proceedings of a convention of Democrats, held at Charleston, Va., tho object of tho meeting being to provide for delegates to tho Cincinnati Convention : Resolved, That in tho next Presidential election. James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, is our first choice, and that his great abilities, great virtues, long experience, and the just claims of his great State upon the magnanimous Democracy of th« Union,|cntilto him above nil others to that post of honor. But should wo fail in this, wo next prefer Virginia’s distinguished soaand statesman, R. M. T. Hunter. O’* A few nights ago, some burglars raised the window of tho sleeping room of a butcher named FreiUg, In Lawrence, Pa., and put a cloth saturated with chloroform, attached to a long polo, to the nostrils of himself and wife.— When tho chloroform had lakciv effect, they en tered tho room, took $5OO from a bureau, and then decamped. Kelly has scntcnled Wm. Shinn, Jamrs G. Smith, John 11. Sheridan, R. G. Simp kins, Thos. Butts, James Elliot, and W. Car rels, Jr., hotel andfestauraut keepers in Phila delphia, to pay a fine of fifty dollars each, and go to prison for one month, for selling liquor on Sunday. have accounts of further Indian out rages In Florida. Tho savages had attacked a settlement during tho absence of most of tho male population, burned several houses and murdered four men, one woman and three children. A most diabolical murder was attempted at Now York on Sunday lust, 2Ud. A bottle was thrown into the sleeping apartment of Johnßargott, which on being picked up. Imme diately cxplodod r knocking Mr. Bargott sense less’ nearly tearing ofl’hU right arm, and dis figuring his whole person. Tho partition walls were thrown down, and tho windows demol ished. Joan Baptist has boon arrested on sus picion ol bolng concerned in tho deed. Tub Missing Steamship. —lt Is now sixty days since (ho steamship Pacific sailed from Liverpool for Now York, and as yet no tidings havo been received of tier. Hopes are still en tertained that she is still afloat, but hopes min gled with fear that she has perished by being I crushed In tho Ice, or been destroyed in | other way. Tho dt length settled the li cense question. The bill reported by the Com mittee of Conference was adopted on Saturday, by both Efouscs.-1 It is very lengthy, bat the following.synopsis of it, ns published by the Public .'ltedgef, contains'its-main features, which iar all that any of our readers dcsiro to know, Tho Zedger says of the Bill: This.bill is d very stringent one, and requires that tho applicant for a license in cities and county towns must have four rooms and eight beds for the use of 'travellers. None but tav erh-kCcpcrs can Sell less than a gallon of 'spir ituous liquora. Not more than one hotel to every one hundred toxablcs may be licensed in the cities, nor mor6 than one to every hundred and fifty taxables-in the county, to be appor tioned among tho wdrd§ of the cities, and bor oughs and.:townships of the counties, as tho convenience and necessities of the'public may require. All hotels,.inns and taverns are to be classified and rated according to the estimated yearly rental of ifeo house and property. The first class, wfyen the valuation isSfcIO.OOO, shall pay $1000; where the valuation is $B,OOO, tho rate shall bo $BOO. and so on down, in the same proportion* to; $25, except in Philadelphia, where theldwcst rate ot hotel license infixed at $75 ; in oOUnty toWns nnd-borbogha of over two hundred tasahi»r€so; in the country ,$25. One eating-house to every four hotels may be licensed in the city and county, with the privil ege to sell domestic wines and malt liquors only —tho license-fee not to be less than $5O In Phil adelphia and Allegheny counties, and. $2O in other parts df thclState. Brewers and distillers are to pay double the rates of license now fixed by law, which shall, in no case, be less than $5O, and must not sell in less quantities than five gallons, except iff tho case of brewers who also bottle their liquors, who max.sell by tho dozen botllys. ' Retailers *of liquors, with or without ‘ merchandize, are to pay double tho ■rates now requited of them,'but not less than $5O in’anycaso, and will not bo allowed to sell in less quqritTfiesTSiMk one gallon. Bottlers of patter, alp, cider, and other brewed liquofs.and manufacturers of domestic wino, may sell in quantiles pf not less than one dozen .’.bottles, without license. Importers of wines and liquors may sell i?t the original bale, cask or package, on paying double the former rates. Public japliceis to be given, three .times, in two newspapers, of-Um names of the applicants for licenses', add petitions must'be signed by twelve reputnblccilizcns. Thoßoardof Licen sers is appointed by tho Court,and consists of 3 reputable citizens,irtpo manner interested in the liquor business. Any person found intoxica ted in a Street, public bouse or public place, will Uablo'to a,fine of five dollars; and per sons who &el£ enough liquor to make any one drank, arc also to do fined $5, in addition to all the penalties prescribed by any existing law. The penalties lorfc violation of the act are a fine of not less lhattffen nor more than one hun dred dollars, for the first offence; and for a second, or subsequent conviction, the same pen alty and also imprisonment not less than one nor more than three months, forfeiture of liccn se, and incapacity to receive another license for five years thereafter. The effect of this law will be to reduce great ly the number of-places at which liquor may be bought legolly. Whether it will tend to in crease the number of unlicensed tippling-hou -6C3, will depcbd.in a great measure upon the vigilance of tlpso who administer tho laws.— Tho traffic,, by a strict enforcement of tho law, should bo reduced about two-thirds; but when we see how laws of this kind are usually exe cuted, we have no idea that this desirable re sult, will follow. ,Thc penalties, however, will to ascertain extent check the illegal traffic. No business can bo pursued as actively under the ban of tho law as when it is licensed and under its favor, tinder the new act there will still bo somethingdike a thousand licensed houses in Philadelphia, which number is certainly enough fbr.allthc waftts of tho community.— Many liquor- existing law# are ,werq nurseries or.^unkftnncss^cxeTcWny-an ImQucnco j* as hurUCul to i their morals yaJp. Ifljfcyurious to society. ,tt all f these arc cutoff, übmr. the new law, no person Jnow cugngcam thc-.xmfiincss need regret It. The Nett Election. —Tho re turns from tho wolo State show tho following result, which wo copy from tho Washington Union •• Wells (Dom.) Metcalf (K. N. & Ab.) Goodwin (Whig) Tho wbolo vote Exceeds 00,000 —or 2,000 raoto than that of year, wlion tho largest vole over cast in the Etato was thrown. Tho Sonata will atand 4 Doms. to 8 Aboli. tlonlsts arid K. N's. ... Whole number of representatives elected to tho House, 811. Oft this number tho Demo, crate have 160, ami all others, 104. The Presidential Nomination. —The Elmira Advertiser, (Black Republican and K. N.,)ls very sorero upon tho nomination of Millard Fillmore for tho next Presidency, and says it is evidently destined lo*bo a splendid failure. A moru wretched and dlsastcrous blunder, says tho jJdvtrliier, “judging from present appear, never made by any political party in tills country. Instead of uniting the party it has had tho effect to rentf It Into several an tagonistic /Actions. This being tho case it needs no prophetic power to foretcl ft total and Igno. miaous rout throughout tho union text tall.” This U very plain talk, and very true. ol7*Tho bill providing for tho election of a State Printer passed both branches of the Leg islature finally,.on Thursday lost, and in now fir the hands of tho Governor. A Just PuNmmairrt—A man named Hrintor, has boon fined $lOOO, and forfeited six slaves at Now Orleans* fur jelling them in such a manner os to separata brother and child, contra, ry to tho laws'of Louisiana. A Womah Coxviotin xo ur uusa—At tlio late session oflho Lyon (Ky> Circuit Court, Mrs. Durham was cnoticlcd ol murder in tho first degree.—Tho murder in which she was an accomplice of her husband, took place several years since. Her husband was convicted but escaped. [£7“ Wo learn, that Baldwin of tho late Oapt. Jos. A. TorroU, who |lcd tn -this plate last Tuesday, eighty or trinity very valuable negroes are emancipated, oqd made prevision made' for tholr removal to Lltatfe* or to some ono’of tho ft-co States.— Char. (m*Q Jhhi.< "i ; Kansas despatch frort/St. l flouts, dated‘ March *.&, Bays—Gen. Lane,' V. 8. Senator; elect, fromjtho Slate of Kansas for tho short term, arrived? hero On Saturday, en route for Washington, jr <- The U. S. District Caqrt of Kansas is to meet at Lccomplon, on the 7th of when the legality of the election jof the Members of -the Lcgislaturo..Obvcnior imd other State GlDcera will be presented to tbft,Grand Jury. Aflairs in Kansas an*now quiet. Pettv V«iiaeiNOß.-*--Mr, Dunn, being tho mover of tho resolution to appoint tho Kansas Committee, should lmVo(boon appointed Chair man, by all tho rules 0/ parliamentary courtesy. But ho was not ovon put on tho committee, and tho reason is tho fact that bo did all ho could to flajWUhr election of Dunks as Speaker. • Correspondence of the Volunteer. WASHINGTON NEWS. . Washington, March 2-1,1856. The subject ofji railroad and telegraph tp tho, Paoftlc oftmo up -ln , thqvScnato'.yesterday.and was mtidb tho’Order of the day for the Idth. of April.;. Therq appears to bo un earnest feeling porynding Cengross upon this groat nmHmport ant national question, and it is a matter of cer tainty that tho preliminary steps towards tho mighty work will soon bo taken.. Every section of tho country is interested in tho project; and it Is to bo hoped that tho newly awakened zeal of our Representatives in Congress will not flag or falter until tho East and West of our conti nent are joined by bands of iron and tho steam horso thunders over the prairies towards tho rising and tho setting sun. Tho bill of Senator James for a revision of the Tarilf, however meritorious in Itself, will lose its placo upon tho calender, the Senate be ing constitutionally prohibited from originating bills for revenue. As a mntter.of policy, at this time, tho friends of tlio measure should approve of any action having for Its object tho course which I have suggested, i. c. t]io leaving of tho Tarlft* Bill to tho House. It is well to bo in r sottsoowith so important and delicate a measure, but there is a haste in legislation calculated to' defeat the best of plans. I believe that tho pro visions of Mr. James 1 bill aro in the main correct and that they will meet the approval of the peo ple as being applicable to (heir wants,but I fear the measure will be jeopardized if an.oflTorl is made to press it through tho Senate. The pop ular branch of Congress is (ho pot of tho people, it is tho creature of their creating, they are justly jealous of Its prerogatives, and will look With distrust, if not alarm, upon any action of the Senate savoring of an usurpation of a power belonging to tho House. Subsequently I may cqoro fully discuss the merits of tho new Tariff measure. Senator James Is at present In Rhode Island,and from courtesy to that gentleman the Senate postponed the consideration of tho bill until his return. The House is coming to tho consideration of tho action of the Naval Retiring Board, and it is probable that this damnable iniquity will bo fully exposed and done away with. Mr. Mill, son, made a powerful speech against tho notion of the Board, which was listened to with pro found attention. Tho hull has began to roll and tho- members of the Board need expect nomerey. ..The appointment of tbo Kansas Committee gives very general'satisfaction. It was a deli cate'duty which devolved upon tho Speaker,but ho performed it fairly. Tho commission consists of Sherman,'of Ohio, Howard, of* Mich., and Oliver, of Mo. It is thought that tho investi gations of tlio Committee will occupy about two months. Tho opening of Spring is manifested by the migration of bipeds to different sections of the country, upon early Spring buisiness. I un derstand that the travel over the great Western route, the Baltimore and Ohio Kailroad has greatly increased lately, and tho same may ho remarked in regard to the northern route, via Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Kail road. These roads are the best appointed In tbo country, 1 and are favorite routes, combin ing as they do excellent management with with speed, safety and comfort. Both roads possess groat capacity for business, hut tho present Spring trade wilt, probably, call in play all their facilities. Spring promises tho “good time coming” to those who have been pressed by tho rigors of winter. Cumberland. Washington, March 28, 1830. Congress appears to be getting fully awoke to tho fact that they have been “going It blind” .for a long time, in the matter of book printing by tho government. The discussion npon (bo proposed subscription to Dr. Kano’s forthcom ing work baa directed attention to this subject, and tho developments ore startling than other wise.' It seems that Lieut. Glliiss’work upon Chill was onjered upon a supposition that it 'Would be reasonable In quantity ns well as in expense. Two volumes have already seen tho light; and another is promised, embracing, it is said, tho most Important researches of tbo ex pedition. Tho work will cost tho government tho-modest «am of $lB per volume. Perry’s history of tho expedition to Japan’ was pub lished at an 'dulragoons price, considering tho stylo and quality of tho worki and-olhef In- HAneu might bo cltod to ihow that It is ipilt* 1 tinny that itfech abases should bo done awpy with* What;UDccdcd, to protect the public wea snryagainst these piratical nssults, ia a -govern hicnt printing establishment, where tho public work could bo done in better stylo and npon mdro reasonable rates than by tho present sys tem. - Tho Sonata has paid good attention to the Deficiency Bill, as submitted by tho House, and added to U many important items. Tho Dill a reported by tho Senate nukes appropriations to the amount of 58,600,000. It Is to bo hoped that tho Bill will receive tho early considera tion of the House, since many Important meas ures aro noW waiting tho necessary appropria tions to become effective. 82,070 82,120 2,480 Tito Committee on Commerce, In tho House, have resolved to report n sepcr.ito tiilt in every case of a recommendation of harbor or river improvement, In order to avoid, ns nearly ns possible, (ho President's constitutional objec tions to such appropriations. By this plan many valuable measures will undoubtedly es cape a veto which might bo tho ease If they were embodied in a general bill. Mr. Forney has retired from the editorial ehair of the Union, but retains his interest In tho establishment as printer to tho Senate. Mr. Forney’s known adherence to (ho fortunes of Mr. Buchanan, and the probability of that gen tleman's receiving the nomination for tho Presi dency, has undoubtedly Induced tho present step, As Clerk of tho Houso, during tho protracted struggle for tho Speaker's chair, Mr. Forney made troops of friends among all parties, by ids gcntlomany hearing and impartial decisions, and their bast wishes will follow him where ev er ho may go. There Is another spasmodic effort on foot to ralso money lor to purchase Mount Vernon. 1 Hon. Edward Everett Is delivering lectures for (hat purpose with consldt-rablo success. It seems to mo that this sacred spot should be rncucd from Its present deplorable condition. Tho proprietor, anticipating that it will bo pur chased some day, studiously avoids repairs of all kinds, and tho whole place is in a shame fully delapidatod condition. But tho owner docs not hoslato to exact (ho sum of twenty-five cents from each visitor to tho place, and is an active partner with his negroes at tho sale of canon and other little mementoes of tho spot, receiving fifty per cent of the receipts. A man certainly lias a right to follow his Instincts In such n matter, but—l hope Mount Vernon will owrranothcr master soon. Cumdealand. Cormpondeuce qf the J r o/«n/ a letter like this. The country back of us is fast filling up, and is now as thickly inhabited an many , older countries of the ago of sixteen and eight , teen years. Mechanics command a blgli prlqc • for their labor, getting from $2 to $2.50 per , day, and teamsters five dollars a day—other i trades in proportion. We have in the iinmedi | atc vicinity of our town, five beautiful Lakes of freshwater—Lake Isabel adjoining tho town plot. Fish in an innlimci able multitude, em bracing a' great variety of species, swarm in onr lakes, rivers and smaller streams, and arc to be bad for the taking. All the interior streams abound in speckled trout. The lovers of wild game, (for there is plenty of every kind of game hero,) lovers of water, wood, or prairie, may hero gratify their taste, however nice and fastidious. Land is cheap and almost any one can get 100 acres of Unde Sam, if lie will live on it, and make improvements. Can get land at 51.25 per aero and the moment his claim is made it is worth, and sella readily for $6, and $lO on acre. So there is a chance for every body; our country is large and plenty of land yet to spare. Como, all ye that wish to have a homo cheap—como to this delightful, hcathful climate, where there is little or no changes winter or summer. It iq truo. our win* ters are a little colder, than In Pennsylvania, but on account of the great uniformity of weather, (the change being gradual) wo do not feel it any more, if ns much, os you do there.— Consumption is almost unknown, in fact it is vefy healthy as a general thing. Perhaps none more so in these United Statvs. I Imvo spun this letter our to a greater length than I expected to When I commenced, but ! hope that it may prove' interesting to some of your readers, as perhaps there arc some Who have no person corresponding with them from this great North West. Yours, in Friendship ii. n. IlASTitfns, (Min. Ter.) > March 25, 1850. J 07* It is thought that about 00 persons in all woro lost by tho burning of tho stonmor on the Delaware, on Saturday night, tlio 15tlj ult. ' said the cost of tho new dome for the centre of the cupUol at Washington will ho 81,000,000. From the N(w rorkp^ pjTT'itS Harrowing Calamity hr S Pa FEARFUL EjCOIWTER.OE THE jnn V • ledge mm AN icelem. BCt ‘ Probable Loss of 150 x iivos rniamrux. narrative.ov surra,^xo' The nows which troubled the cite wns very terrible in Us character mania, a packet ship, eommandnlibv Wood, sailed from Havre on thoSOth ar“P Uil( iary. l She encountered severe- westerly curing the entire passage. OmPeWSiL few chip's beatwas observed In the'di®?J&« or steered by no beihgs were plainly seen front the foftiS 61 *'' the Germania. She rose and fell with tiSSW and was evidently gt their merev kW Wood foreboded a tragedy, and lostiin dispatching a bbaUoahe redone of theanJuJl 1 on board the little drifting craft. Whm'i 1 reached a very shocking'speelaelo itself, and one which will never bo BrmSr those on' whoso eyes it fell.' -- : beneabjr There were five people in the.boat. nf«.v four—and one of (hose a woman— A yqung.Bcainan aged-23, years. Thoia“ a V Nyc, of New Bedford, sat.among,(he bodiL Ins more, unfortunate companions •hjq t,7 j and feet terribly frozen* and hie streneth gclhor exhausted by starvation. Hfccoulil rise wilhout-asahdance; ho could bot tnn* feet .when he had risen. .They lifted him t,u care info the Germania's boat.'.aiid ftm-wt w to the ship. Then they learned fioih therm™ sailnr the whole of the dreadful tragedy *° UD ® The. packet ship John Rutledge, comment by LaptainKcUy o( tins city, and owntib. Messrs. Ilowlnlid & Ridgeway, snilfwi l.ivcrpqqi qn January 10.' . She met with weather, and fell in with ire, bn Fcbmir*i# in lat. 45® 30'N., long. 46°'60 W. - Tljn lowing day, about noon, she entered a ice, but cleared it. _A few hours later shofri* precipitated ngahrfftn icchprg, which tlo™, hole m her bow, into which the,water ■ in a volume. At sunset slio.ftyas cridenn! sinking, and had to bo hastily, abandoned i Besides the crew, there were 110 board. When she sailed from Liverpool, iU, were 120 passengers, but one of them met nijk an accident before the ice was encountered,md dad in consequence. There was ohly onecih. in passenger; all tho rest were iii the sterran. and were a mixture of English'; Irish nndScoteh but belonging to a -Letter class of tmignaij than those which usually land upon our shout As soon ns it was certain that there*»ftn possibility of savingithe, Ibtdn must soon go. to.thc, bpttppi. her five boau were lowered, and as many of the passingm and crew os could lind their waj» into them ia< mediately djd so.. What food,oould'.bcgniteh. ed up, m tho citrimlty of desperation tu placed in the boat, together with demijohns of water pud. compasses. Men, )vomcn, children, were huddled together, with no more wrcriir thnn they had on them at tho time cC it*.-en counter, and well nigh paralyzed with Itnw. The wpther was very murky, A thick dood fell upon the heaving waves. When the lot boat—thq' cue found by thc.Ckrmaim-tp nearly full, and as the matcr.Mr, Atkins*, and several others, were ■ about 1 stepping in, It broke adrift, with the thirteen persons ilrwjjj in it, and the mate and bis companions vat down with the wreck. A wild cry rose; the flvobpats parted com pany; the shades of night cnvclopnl theocoq: and when the morning broke, after nianfbpnn of Buttering the boat in which the young w* man Nyc had escaped was alone ,upon. the waves, with nothing in view but. distant )«■ bergs. Soon some loose floating ep* countered,,which greatly impeded herpfngrcsij and in the struggk.bf those who rowedher (9 get" free from, ft, the compass which'wm on board was brdken ahd'rendcred useless. overspread .the Bky, and a thick snow sipnn succeeded. They knew not which wV tbpull. and were seized with dismay. From thebwta tn which they were compelled tolcAvq«ftr»OJi|* mg ship (hey had only been able to pts.ee pn 'board tv few pounds of -small biscuit, ondi demijohn containing about a gnllon-of water. : , -A ? - small piece of biscuit was the dally raitiort appointed for each individual', and adranghtof water could not be permitted to any one. A suck through the cork was all that could be allowed, and if any one obtained enough for 1 swallow the demijohn wiis immediately !ik«f from him, and he was deprived of hisvcvcnlng'i suck. The consequence was.ithat on- the first day out nil onboard were tormented witht raging thirst, which hourly grew ipore fright ful and unendurable. The second day dawned, and there was no sail, and neither of tho othw boats visible; Haiti and snow fell, and them* fortunate creatures were nearly frozen with cold, in addition to tho pangs of hunger and thirst. They kept up bravely, however,cji«r iug each other. The women especially, wrre brave. They always are in trying circumstan ces. * Day- after day passed by, and. on thefiflk day, a woman, the wife of. ono of tho passca* gers, died. They had no shroud to wrap hif in, bo they throw her overboard in her clothe* Tho hearts ojT,: jjjo surviving twelve bepin tff fail in Monv weroi in i sinking condition, tliougfcjhcy iW but the Bight oftuc oiet« board unmanned them. Thfc-'nwtt day lU husband of tho woman died, find they -ihre* him overboard. A huge shark had followed them for two days past, find when this second body was consigned to the. Waves,, hp.dirid deeply after it, and disappeared* That evtfl' ing the provisions failed. .There WcrcnoriMßl biscuits, and the demijohn Vras sucked-dry. ■ Early on the morning of the seventhdafjtvfr boys, who were brothers, died, and shorn/ *l* lorwarUs their father. There wore three shark* In the wake of tho bent now, but after the** three bodies Were thrown overboard, there. only one visible, ami ho soon dropped-away an 4 disappeared. •• • Some time during llio night another’WMm* gcr died. They threw hint over at daybreak- On the eighth dky, the' boatswain died. Dto* they threw overboard*. All that were lluwj oveitoard were in their wearing' apparel. were so disposed of, just as they died. Oh tn« some day, another passenger diod, whnw*iii» ff last that was thrown overboard. • Mrs. Atkin' son, the mate’s wife, died abmiV two h* ter, and oflcr her, in quick succession, tlrr* other passengers. Tho young scatiiflW, nty was tho solo survivor, find ho WftfrßO'macht*’ hnuslcd that ho had) not strength Id give W# dead companions to the sharks. ITcfiat fro« n in their midst, and tho boat drifted it thomcr* 'ey of the winds and waves; - ■ On the ninth day, tho Germania carao m sight, but ho had not power .to hail her, or w wave fi signal.’ The drifting boat, as fro said, was fortunately espied, and the P young fellow was rcceivcdon board. u U«, to*’ l his story, and Captain Wood humanely resow; cd to look after the other boots. For twoaajf ho sailed to tho Northwest and tho SoutWWc*b keeping watch. ThickßnoWetorßisftHdumw this time, hut when • they cleared'away tD "’ were no boats to bd seen. They hadcomp* B * 1 * on buanl. They hod more food than too * fated boat from which Mr. Nyd was rcsc 1 u l c^ l , *T But (ho weather was very, stormy and cold or ing oil those subsequent days,* and then* Pfo . able fate is dims of painful conjecture- Wfi«u. that wo shall- hear something of vhir good ship may hove nicked them up- m rhJ should hoVer bd heard of, then only l ll V. vidual, young Nye, will-have; of all tno, padfiongers- and crow of - the p»v. ship Johrt Rutledge.' 1 Ahd It-is not cycn tain that ho will recover. lie remain B ,n "’ J r low state on board tho Germania, noW *° Another terrible hurricane wan cr Kcd by tbo Germania, orv March 11, which • 1 three days, driving her back 150 miles fa a, Gulftstream. Captain' Wood adds hj* . ; moviy to that of tho many experienced coo d«rs who have lotcly crossed tho AtUjji » . specking the unexampled wvcrjty of tns 7"“ *}< . '■ - * ) " • -