AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BBJTTOS, Editor k Proprietor CARLISLE, PA., FEB. 5, 1857. Ukioj* Fintf Company's Lectures.—The next Lecture of the course will be delivered by Dr. Lamiwum, this evening, (Thursday.) Sub* ject —The Federal Republic. The Rev. Dr. Dougherty will lecture on the 12th inst. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Lecture to commence at 7i- Mr. Henderson's Leotur*.—Circumstan ces prevented us hearing the lecture of K. JR Henderson, Esq., delivered before the X T nion Fire Co. on Thursday evening of Inst week. From those who were present, wo learn that the speaker acquitted him handsomely, and that his address abounded in much useful and interesting information. ft'T’Wc arc indebted to Gov. Gbary, of Kan* sas, for a copy of his Message to the T/Ogislaturc of that territory. It is a well-written and able document, from which we may have occasion to publish extracts. Cy” The President elect has accepted an in viiaiion to bo present nt the National Inaugu ration Ball, saying, he has no doubt it “will •&»*, do credit even to Washington.” gjfy Appointsiksts.— Jons Cnis- ol Ilollidaysburg, hn.s l>oen ap pointed Deputy G. 11.. P. for the counties of Blair, Cuml>erland and Franklin. B. A. Lamuektos, Fsq., of Harrisburg, lias been appointed D. D. G. M. for the c.mnius of Dauphin, Cunibcrloiid, Franklin and Northnm- i bcrland. I \£y s ' The Treasurer of (lie United Stales rep resents the joint indebtedness of the several States aa reaching $100,000,0(10, and that of the General Government *at s:iO t (iUO.(iUO ma king a total of $220.000,000,n00.0d0. The figures appear large, but when compared with the indebtedness of Great Bniian, lliey arc quite insigniticant. Indeed, our loin) debl.j State and National, is not equal to one year's , interest of/the National Debt of the United i Kingdom, cdrijfhiting it at our rate of interest, I si* per cent. This exhibits a big liitTercnce in the pecuniary liabilities of (he two countries. [The Kne (,’ily Bank has closed its doors, owing as some of its apologists very truthful ly say, to the "hedvy outside pressure.” This is one of the banks created two years ago as belonging to the “judicious increase.” The Cermitritnini Trlrpi uph trusts that the legis lature wilt be be very careful how it yields Ibis Ression to similar “public necessities" for new banks. Tin: Si’AM-ni Qiautkiui. There is some baste nnmn«: shopkeeper* find others to be nd of the old Spanish quarters Indore (he bill ho fore Congress bccom.ia a law. The New York | 7 imft sn\ s that on it><juiri nf; of Messrs. Rcliec, [ Ibe bullion brokers, we flnd'llml 24 cents will be paid for tbern for Uie Havana market. At I the assay office sums over slno m Spanish' quarters can be to net full 2d cents, i The Po*l says • “Holden* of Spanish quarters need not sub rnil to the large discount „f 2(1 per cent. crraletl by the new art of (ongress, for (lie bullion bro kers will give 2-'t to 21 cents for them, which they are worth commercially, according to weight of silt cr. " C Jo fin JJ.irncy, formerly a member of (buigren from Baltimore. and for many \ oars i -M>r ns a m.ui of fashion and address, died i'i Washington (jly, on Monday week, at an ii'l v .inr-nl age. For a'lnigl line past In* has been at lon In rh i'4l-i i n ili-' | j r»*[»ar.xt inn of a w <>rk i' r i 1 1 11 ■! • K'i-I''l > 11 s ->( Fifty Vi-ars,” winch •'nil"- h -i a \ iM aiimnnl ol gossip respecting tin- 1 le »<lmg pnhiicil and literary culcbrilk's that have figured in this country during tlio past half century. 07"* We find tbo following singular paragraph in Hie C.mii'li cmrespondenco of the Loudon TtUgrnph. in a Idler dated Toronto, Dec Ttb Col Fremont, Hie defeated Presidential can duliitc, iuia liecn sojourning lor ten dujs in I lie city of Ottawa completely incog, lie Imn fled I hither, iI is said, to save himself from Iho iin- porlnnilies of In* ti lends, uho Here dtiuaing” fii 1V I'm. I.OCR AM) TIIR CiI'UKaNATORI.U. Ciuiii. -The Harrisburg 7V/rgrnpA of Tuesday week, has the following in relation to the re nomination of (Jov. Piiu.ocK ; “ We are anthormed by (Jov. Pm.i.OfK to say that her w ill nnl lie a candidate for m-cleeiion to the place lie now hold*. Thin determination was formed long wince, and haw In-eii often ex pressed bj’lum, publicly and privately, to bis friends, lie is not and will not lie a candidate." "Wo arc Sorry his Excellency has concluded not to be Again a candidate. We always feel gratified losco a Black Republican Know Noth ing bold enough to run for office a serum/ tune, for he is sure to be laid out cold by his Demo cratic competitor, Gov. Pou.nnc is wise in not permitting (he people he lias so gross'y mis represented to pass judgment upon hts nets.— His admimslrnlion will only be- remembered for its weakness, ami bis election ns a stain upon tbc character ol our Slate Next fall I lie De moeracy of Pennsylvania will inlly as one man to the Klnndaid of tbc nominee of the second of j March Convention, and Ibuw rvaonc one Com- i inonwenllh from the tilths and Vandals, in' n hose keeping she is m al present. The De mocrats have resell ed in their hearts that the next Governor of Pennsylvania must lx; a Demo crat, and our Black Republican opponents may as well make up their minds to be defeated, “horse, foot, and dragoons." (T7*ln a town In Orange counly, New York, arc living a inamomL his wife who have not spoken together for eight yearn. They sleep In one bed. take their meals at the same table, and show not the slightest anger towards each other. The only reason- fur (heir obsh* riatcsilclrco is that each is too proud to speak first. A Mammoth Scheme. —The New York Her ald soya, a scheme is on foal to fuse the two great Railroads in New York—the Central and Erie,'bach built at ochstof forty millions.— Then It is proposed to increase (heir stock (o one handred. millions, to obtain Hie , Hudson River Railroad, and finally purchase the Erie Canal and its' branches, which cost forty mil' I lions* This done, tho Herald believes that Stale will btfM'tnuch under the control of this I vast corporation, os New Jersey is under the control of tho Camden and Amboy Railroad. i flit Three JudasfJ.- ! From every section of our country, the three miserable” traitors, Lebo, IVagonsellcr and Ma~ near, are tocolvlrtg. tiro"just anathemas'ol the Dcmociatib press. But for their traitorous con duct, the contemptible wretches would hare liv ed and died In their’original obscurity; their gold-bought npostney has, howevet, “ damned them to everlasting fame.” The Washington thubn, relerring to the election to the IT- Slates Senate of that political trickster and arch renn gnde, Simon Cameron, says “ The feeling of mortification and indignation excited by the treachery of the throe individuals in the Penn sylvania Legislature, w ho, elected by their con stituency ns democrats, had the lack of shame and honor to vote tor Simon Cameron, the Re publican candidate for United States Senator, is grmung deeper and deeper, both In the Key stone State and in the country nt largo, every day, ns the enormity of the treason is deliber ately comprehended. The first Impulse every where, on the receipt of the humiliating tidings, wastoventupon the throe Judases maledictions. Every Democratic exchange that had in season received the news came to us levelling their curses upon them. Every republican exchange that came to us came to us exulting over the election of Cameron, but ominously silent ns to those whose treachery was procured to secure j it. The feeling of morlillcntion was not con cealed by the democracy, and uilh a slight ex cept ion or tan, was manifested in I ho silence of the opposition. A feeling of Indignation nt the defeat of Col. Forney, under the peculiar I circumstances, ran through the veins of the de mocracy, ami through flic veins of the republi cans everjnlierc mu tingling a burning blush of shame at the means by which Gen. Cameron succeeded, that, in their very ( (foils to conceal it, has been hut the more openly revealed It is natural Mint it should bo so. Treason i is abhoired by nil nations and nil parties, and I only becomes more degrading (Inin In itself It is, when, ns in this instance, it is suspected ol being purchased with money. It is said that these three I’ennsjlr.inia Ju d.ises w ill now he rewarded with place and pow er by the opposition. W'a wifi speak lor the re publicans once, nml vouch that it w ill nut be so. The old illustration is not) cl so trite but Mint it may be called into service again. The Ame rican colonics pointed the finger of scorn at Benedict Arnold. The English gloried in the [ treason, lint ever despised the traitor. So the American democracy to a man point the finger of scorn at la-bo, M'agonsollor, and Manear.— The republican parly may rejoice in the fluffs ol Iho treason, but they will erer dcsplso (he traitors. There is no longer place and power tor them; there is no longer respect loxrards them , there is no longer pence of mind for them. Tli o cruel Injury I hoy have done the party that, confiding in them, has wanned them into political life, is irreparable ; biillhe injury they have, in thus doing, indicted upon themselves, is what «ill carry with It a punishment terrible enough for each to hear. ( It is over. Let them go 1 Let them go where I I hot can,' The republicans mil not receive them! and repudiation from her ranks ami a sneer of contempt are oil that tho democracy will hoc fit to bestow upon (he fliree Judasta.’' i Mouk lh:vKi.m*KMKNTa —U is charged hy ’ the Washington correspondent of the Cleve 1 land i’/uiiidefilcr that one of officers of the I present national House ol Representatives has 1 been in (he habit of laying an extensive syg ,' Um (,r mail iijioii his subordinates. He 1 1 has retained a portion of their pay at (he close , of each moot h. and those n ho i enlured fo corn /plain were n moved. The latte/then gave/»ub /»r»(y fo (he fact, am/ demanded that a change should be made KOorls lime bmi made lu [uit llie fellow out of the place lie lias so dis grnreil, but he licmg a •‘Republican,” the Spea ker of the House and other leading members of that party have interfered to prevent it, be cause o( the scandal such a devclopemcnl would 1 create upon their organization. Tuk Biuiikuy Bestntss.—The New York Mirror states that a letter has been received in that nty, written by a member of Congress, in which the writer intimates that Mr. Simon lon ran piobahly gel any amount of money for his silence before the Investigating Commit lev ; in oilier words, that certain implicated gentlemen would rather give the reporter ol the Tunes all their ill gotten gams than he should “tell all he knows " If this W true, Mr Simonlon. to use an ugly expression, “has I got 'em foul," ' It is said that a large sum of “hush money" has been raised among the interested and ten der-fooud |>ni lies, in Minis of from £-100 to We repeal that tins rumor comes from a distinguished member of Congress. Tuk Onto Vai lkv **i> its Commkiu:k. —Ef forts are being made in the West to Improve the < Muo rl\ cr, mol Uni Stale of Pc rum h unin is ■ deeply int el filled In the movement. All util 1 railroad improvements are not sunictenl tor the I great Inulu of the Ohio i alley. The total Tfilue jot tin* commureo ol Dio Ohio valley Inal year J "as s*l7l,26fi,HJKt j half o( wtiicli is carried on h) the Ohio ilvor, and tire other half hy ennuis and railroads. In a survey by the Cnlted Slates Topographical Engineers, it was estimated that the length of (he Ohio river, when full, la nine hundred ami lifly miles, mid It drains un erea ol fionj In o hundred thousand to two hundred and twenty thousand sijtinre miles—very nearly e qtml to double the area of Groat Britain and Ireland. The natural resources of this extent ol country are probably not surpassed hy any ! c, l ual “tea on the oaith. The aggregate value I“ r l,u> annual commerce ot the Ohio river, by | Hluainfrs and llatbontn, tnny lie ttms summed up .-Steamboats on the Ohio river, 40U{ ton ■■ago, 2,692,000; \ nine, $120,1180,000; ant-lnaits, I 0000} tonnage, 460,000; value, $1,600,000. l.mKti in lowa.—Tho Davenport (lowal (lazcttc soys that butter, at that place. U sell ing at :i0 cents ( >er pound, eggs 35 cents per dozen, chickens 25 cents each, turkeys 75 cents to 81 25 s potatoes 1$ per bushel; coal 10 to 18 cents pn bushel: wood $0 to 38 per cord. Tnn yOmtAT Eastern."— This mammoth steamship, which is expected to arrive at Portland, exceeds tho length of Noah's •250 feet, ami that of the Persia, (ho largest steamship yet afloat, 310 feet. The wharves erecting for her accommodation arc expected to be completed in Juno. ID** Mrs. Partington says that when she was a gal the snow never stopped the males— ' ihcy were always more plenty then, especially her dear departed Paul. | ACT” Pkksidknt Pierce, according (0 the f Richmond Enquirer, will probably make a southern (our after the 4th of March- Foreign Coins. A bill hns passed Congress providing for Hie abolition of small foreign coins. The bill pro* vidcs ns follows: • ‘Truslcn'Polk, the democratic candidate, That the pieces commonly known ns the Vns yesterday elected to.the Unjtf’d Slates Sen* nnnrlcr, eighth and sixteenth of the Spanish ate. He takes the plnccof Mr. yoycr—-the full pillar dollar, and of the Mexican dollar, shall term. Mr. Polk received 101 Voles; Benton be rcccivoblc at the treasury of the U. Stales, 23 ; Gamble, 34 ; scattering, three. iotnlvotc and at its several offices, and at the several ot the opposilipn CO. Mr. Polk’s majority post offices, and land offices, at the rale of vul- was. therefore, 41. ‘ ‘ , j nation following—that is to say, the fourth of “Mr Polk is oheoflhe first rnerrin the coun a dollar, or piece of.two reals, at twcnlv cents; try. and will exert ft powerful influence in the the eighth of a dollar, or piece of one real, at United Stales .Senate. Ho.linß few superiors ten cents, and the sixteenth of a dollar, or holf os a man of cultivated inlcllcdt —stands at the real at five cents. head of his profession ns a lawyer—a fincschol* The bill also provides ttml these coind, when, » pleasing weaker, end . , , 1 „ , „ , ' 1 icnntation m every respect. Under Ins lead received by any of Hie officers of the Govern- the democracy of this State have the first gun ment, shall not he paid out, but shall he rccciv* in the Buchanan campaign : and they have now cd nl the Mint. II also repenis nil former laws "town (heir appreciation of him by sending , . . ' , .. I him to the Senate to civeKtrcnglh, by his cotm making these corns a legal tender, and author- nm| |o g |o Piwil fi nt dccL tzes the President to issue his proclamation lc- “Tims has ended the war ilmt has so lon® galizing a new cent piece, composed of copper raged in this Slate over the senatnrships, hy and some alloy, so ns to be more convenient for the selection of Polk and Green. Missouri may • . well be prond of the result. The sovereignty 11 ... of the Slate is represented hy men who, for nil All the coins affected by this bill, except the (qualities which go io make up the accom quarler, arc passing in this community ni the plished slnlesmnn. will immediately take rank value fixed hy the hill, bill should the bill with llui foremost members oOluU body." pass, some of our friends with plain pillared quarters in their pockets, will fevl them sud denly shrinking into twenty cent pieces. We advise nil to keep these coins moving. AvFAins iv Nic WiAfii A.— 1i he Idlers mid pa pers by the James Adger, bring detailed ac counts of Ilio operations of Walker to relievo Granada, where Ilcnningsen was shut up, sur rounded by the Costa Ricans. A body of thirty men was landed from the steamer which Walker possesses, and which has dune such good service in keeping him from his enemies when hard pressed. This was done in the night, but they had not marched far before they encountered hirricndcs across the road, ami Abkhniish en sued, in which twenty of the Costa Ricans weto killed before they retreated* A second skir mish ensnod and four Costa Ricans lost their lives. Within (hrec-qiinrlees of a mile of (hej fort which commands the approach fo (Iranadn, I they had another fight, and ft.un Ibis info what j was formerly the town, there was a ninmngfighl . maintained by (lie flljhnslrrs uiffi fhe Costa Ri cans, fill they got possession.of the head-quar ters of (lie Costa Rican gemial, and relieved lieiiningson. The flliLiibUw loss was fourteen lulled and tidily wounded. The Iwo commands lion united and went down lo St. George, on man! the steamer Virgin; there the artillery md men were landed. The next day Rivas was evacuated by Iho enemy, and Gen. Walker took possession of it. It is his head-quarters at pre sent ; he has received largo supplies of provis ions and clothing from California and (lie At lantic States, so his army is well supplied with Ilium, as well ns with ammunition, lie has 1 ( a thousand of the best men bo has over had un der ids command, nine pieces of artillery, two |, howitzers ami five mortars ; lie Is able to bold j his own, his adherents say, for at leas! live j mouths, against any force that can he brought [ j against him. He has full possession, (hey say, of the Transit route from Virgin Bay lo Sun Ju an del Stir. But (Ids is ridiculous boasting, for Costa Rka fiaa seized on all the boats, ami a part of Walker's men at I’liento Azomis have no means of joining him How to Dismsß or Utah.—The New York t’onimcrn'fj/ jhirrriiser, in a lute nrllclo con demning the Administration for retaining Brig- 1 ham A’otmg in oflieo—an net which it pronounces 1 a nationdisplace—declares emphatically thntj cilher the enormity of polygamy should fn every way lie discountenanced and put down, or Iho j claim of (ho United .States to Utah shonM t w j nl>.iiulnin'<l , /mtf federal support mul protection j •e u Kliilrtu n fioin It. JVrhap* (fie best (fling < li.it oonld In* done n Jt lt Utah would lie to slnrko ! ( /rail responsibility concerning it, by ulnudon agall claim to it as a territorial possession, and P •viving ibe pcoplo to take care of themselves, 1 citing them remain on the soll.w might be narked on tbo maps as a Monm n reservation. Both ns b territory and ns n State, It can only bring trouble and dingrnco upon tho republic. We would not have the Mormons persecuted, hut their tenets and practices constitute a dan- ' Reruns element in onr mldkt, one that had bet ler not lie incorporated with the Union am! its institutions in any form or degree. Let them understand that flint land is lesemed for them, but Hint to that reset* nlion (bey must confine themselves, and Hint the avenues to American citizenship arc closed against fbcm hy theirown act. so long ns they continue their immorul and disorganizing practice. H /'The Salem 111. Advocate mentions a ease of catalepsy which is exciting much inter est in that town. A young woman, a stran ger, called nt th. nouse of a citizen, where she soon fell asleep She has remained in this slate for several days. She lies apparently in a deep, lethargic slumhyr, perfectly motionless and silent, with a very faint pulse and dry skin, and to all appearance destitute of all sensation, either of pain or pleasure. Thus far, nil efforts to awaken tier have proved una vailing. ITT" An Ex Chtgynmn and Ixitanic Physi cian hy the name of Pier, residing in Stowe, Vermont, being charged with the oflenco of having carelessly communicated the small pox in that town, was taken by sonic of the citizens to a tavern where they forced him to drink li quor, after which they shut him up in a smoke house and smoked Inin vith burning leather shavings. Nkw Exj'rkss Company.—Wc notice that Ir. Mamma of Dauphin, has introduced' n hill in the House to incorporate a company to be called the I’nion Express Company. It Is designed, says (he Harrisburg Herald, to raise a rival to Adams’ celebrated Express Compa ny. We hope the bill may pass and become a law, for (he cliargcs of Adams’ Company ore enormous and amount to down-right robbery. It is time (Insgrasping Company should linvca rival. Ac-unnn, op Smuulock. —Slmrlock, on tri al at Philadelphia, for the murder of ClawgcH fur the seduction of Ins wife, was acquitted on Saturday last There was great enthusiasm at the result manifested by the crowd thron* ging Uio court-housc. Cv* Iho Louisville Courier says there Is great sulk-ring in that city Ibr want of fuel. A bushel of coal costs a laboring man a doy’» work there now, and it is hard to get them even nl this rate. A Miser.— Among tho applicants to tho committee of council of Cincinnati for wood at half price, last week was a man who is esti mated to bo possessed of hard cash to tho amount of 340,000 or 850,000. Of course his application was refused. The Miisontl linitcd Slnlc7|scnators. • We copy the following Jefferson City (Missouri) Examiner of the inst; Tm: Postal Svstkm —The Union publishes a letter from I’ost-Maslir General Campbell, in answer lo inquiries made of him by ft Com mittee of Congress, respecting some proposed changes in the pos;al system. In answer lo the question whether a uniform postage of two cents were advisable, the postmaster says no. The amount of service nmv performed for three cents is probably the cheapest postage in the world. He sees no reason for reducing the ten cent rale for over three thousand miles. The expense now of sending letters between the At lantic and Pacific ih maily half a million of dollars more than the government receives fiom the postage at the present ten cent rate. Un der the system of pre-payment, this tax is equal on all persons If practicable, he would have the mcmwsof the department defray its legitimate expenses : fur what belter or more just rule could lie adopted tlinu that they should pay the expense of the mail service who alone enjoy (he benefit of it? Here Ihe j operation of the lax is direct,just, and certain ; I whereas, so far ns any deficiency is supplied from the treasury, it is indirect, and may, and doubtless does, lo a great or less extent, impose a burden on many who do not derive anyeqmv alcnt or advantage whatever from it in return. On every article of transient printed mailer, he thinks it would be well Tmhavc a uniform rate, say one cent for the first three ounces, and one cent for each additional ounce, or fraction of an ounce, pre-payment compulsory. He is in favor, if U is practicable, of seeing the letter cftiriera’ charge for delivery in cities reduced to one cent, but is not in favor of receiving houses and letters Carried nrthout extra charge in cit ies, as it is giving the ciii/.ens of such places special privileges, winch persons out of the bounds of a city earthot enjoy. There have been difficulties in the way of a system of mon ey orders, but ho hopWycl to to put a plan in operation fur the. convenient and safe remit, tnnee of small sums. Aumfuimand low rale of ocean postage meets ! is approval, but it re quires the general concuirence of foreign coun tries- lie is In favor of an immediate abolish ment of the franking privilege, or charging the I ordinary rales of postage on letters and nil printed mailer which now pass free through the mails, txccyi exchanges between publish ers. The abolition of Corttpulsoty pre-par , ment and double postage on nil matter not pre I paid, be limihs it would be a retrograde move - ment, nor does bo believe (but the return of I dead letters unopened is desirable. Unless I they arc returned free of charge t would im-1 pose an additional, and for the most part use less dot) upon postmasters, without anv com- pcusalion (hereof, and would considerably add to the expense of ihr Ovprtlmcnt in oilier re spects. ITT” lion. Andiikw Stbvknson, of Virginia, died at his residence in Albemarle, o.i the night of the 2. r uli till., in the 75ih 3 car of Ins ngc. Mr. S was a distinguished man mid n proud, niiu Democratic poli.ician. lie had been a member of I lie \ irgmia Legislature, and Spea ker of the House of Delegates, member of Ton gross, Speaker of the Hotifie of ffepnaienlftlmi, and Minister to Knfilaiijj' For u\ oral years past lie had retired bin public life. 1.1 M U Law in Ai.aiuua.— Duhn'ino a Np.cjuo.—We find the following account of the burning of the negro, at Abbeville, Ala., in the Lufanla Native. The orime fur which Moso nas burned, wan the murder of his master. A large concourse was assembled at Abbeville, numbering from -1000 to GOOO. The negro was taken from the jail by the guard : no op position was oflered by the sheriff. The place was arranged before the negro arrived. A green pine stake was set in the ground firmly, and around that, a pile of fat pine wood was arranged m diameter about six feet, and about four feet high. He was bound hand and feel to the pole, and la-fore fire was placed to the pole, the wretch made.the following confession ; “Thai he bad murdered his master, but would not have done it had it not been for a white man.” He made some other confessions, im plicating a white man and onothcr negro In the affair. Our informant says, llial when he left the fire had already consumed his bond, legs and feet, and that they were piling on more wood to fhiish the body. O’" Ukckkti.y in Cincinnati, where fuel famine hns been raging one of the oily officials saw a man come out of an alley with a load of wood on his shoulders. He went up to him and charged him with stealing It. The reply was—“l have slolcn it. My children are freez ing with cold. I have no wood and no money. Tho man from whom! am taking this has plen ty of wood. When belter times come, I will go anil tell him what I hove done! and pay him. If you wish to put mo in jail, I will go to the station house with you without a word, but sir. for God’s sake, let me take Oils wood home first!" (T7* A young womiwl in'Qocbco', Mrs. Bison, a French Canadian, lm(j,becn committed to jail on a charge of poisoning her husband, to whom she had been married only six weeks.. It ap pears that she had been forced to marry Bi son against her wishes, and during tho short time they lived together, they led a very ufiy pleasant life. It tins been proved that a few days before tho tho dbccascdjsho pur chased a quantity of arsenic it a drug store, and the same poison sufficient to cause death, was found In the stomach of the deceased. A woman named Fortier Jmfl been committed to jail ns having been accessory to tho murder. New Post Office Law and Decisions —In- sanctions to Postmasters. The following instructions pf-lhc Postmaster General, under the late low of Congress, nettles the controversy in regard to postmasters offic iating as clerks to newspaper publishers: Post Office Department, Washington, January 3.1857. <5 E r. 4.—lt is no part of the duly of a Post master to receive and deliver to subscribers any oilier newspapers than those which come in the mail, or In pul the address on newspaper* sent In clubs, or In deliver ihnn from u furnished list, nor should he do either, even through roar- Icsy, unless it may he done without interfering with the legitimate business of his office. JAS I'AMPHKI.L, Postmaster General. "t This Is equivalent to ft positive and total pro hibition of any such service ns writing names of subscribers on papers previous to their deliv ery, ns it cannot be done ‘'without interfering with the legitimate business of the office.’’ This decision is not only timehj but eminently just. We hope our colcniporaries of the press will give it a wide circulation. Another decision of considerable importance to postmasters has just been called out by the following corrsspondcncc: Cleveland, (Post Office,) Jan. 10, 1857. Dear siu : Under the late post office law and decisions of the department, requiring pre payment by stamps of all transient printed .mailer, including lottery circulars and papirs, I would respectfully ask Ist. Can the publishers of such papers by tendering the money lluow upon the officers of the Post Olfisc Department the labor of affix ing sminps to said papers ? 2d. Does duty or courtesy require of post masters the affixing of stamps to letters and other mailable mat ter where the money is ten dered. Bespcctfnlly. fee. J. W.tiUAV, Postmaster. Hon. Horatio Kino, First Assistant Postmns lerthneral, Washington, D C Reply of the Department. Post Office Defartmksit. Appom'ment Office, Jan. 13. 1*57. Sir : Your letter o( the loth ins'nnl is re ceived. In answer to r<-nr first inquiry. I am in slnietcd by tbe PoslninMcr (icnernl to inform you that It is not tbe du'y of the posiuiAslei to place postage stamps upon circulars and o'her transient printed matter dtpnsiUd for mailing in Ins office. Tliis must be done by the sen der. With ngnrd to yonr second inquiry.! have to stale that in directing postmasters to sec that the provision of the law is earned out. which gives him the power to require them “to place postage stamps upon pre paid lei tors' upon which such stamps may not have been placed by the writers,” it was neither the intention nor expectation of the Post .MnsterOeneral that it would throw upon postmasters the labor of affixing stamps to letters, where the writers might, without inconvenience, have dune 't fur themselves. ...Themain thing is fur postmas ters to keep llumsehcs supplied wnh s amps, that all persons having occasion to use mat readily obtain them. I am, respectfnllv. Ac . Iln'KA'l IO KIND. First Assistant Post Muster tuncral. J. W. Ghat, P M., Cleveland. Death or Hon. Preston S. Brooks.— The Washington Union of Wednesday Inst chronicles the death union. Preston S. Brooks, member of Congress (rum South Carolina, who expired suddenly at his lodgings, in Hint city, on the evening of thu ‘27th ult., trom an attack of croup. The deceased had been In his seat in the Mouse, on tho Saturday previous, in the enjojaient ol his usual health. Tito Washing ton correspondent of the New York Herald thus refers to tho last illness and dealh ol Air. Drooks ; <• 11 0 had boon unwell since Sunday, but only/ called in n physician on Tuesday niornlng'. < "s*l l itf|’ doctor cauterized Iris throat, and it was Mippn.v I se<l he was getting heller. In the evening hit I symptoms huc.amn slightly worse, and Doctor Hull was called In. Just ns lie arrived, ,Mr. Brooks gave a convulsive movement and breath- ' od Ids list. Ills death was entirely unexpected. Uu was twice married. He was only Uurlyso ven years old. lie leaves a wife and lour chil dren at homo In South Carolina. Judge Holler arrived at bis room shortly after his death, and was greatly affected. Mr. K.i.iU and Mr. ()rr were present when ho died. Jitr. Brooks had been in bed for a day or two. an tier lug I rein the effects of a severe cold, lie was telling his friends he had passed tiro crisis of his illness and fell considerably improved in health, when he was sei/.-d with violent croup, and died In about ten minutes nllerw aids. Hu expired m intense pain. Iflio event, so sudden, has eansed much surprise and sympathy throughout the i capital. Until Ihe occasion of tho outrage on Senator Sumner, Mr. Brooks was regarded hy nll as a kind and gentle hearted man, and he possessed warm and attached friends. It is imt onr purpose lo revive tho sad remembrance of 5 Hint deed i its ignominy belongs to South Caro ■ tini, more—much more—Hum to the impulsive , young man who was solected as tint fool of Its huharous vengeance, and in ado to believe that ho was acting a chivalrous, not ftdastnrdly part. , Thin ono sad, dark spot u|mn bin memory, must , now look still rnoro grim and indoleiialhlo, and nuke truthful tho words of the orator over the bier of Cush ir : “ Tho evil that men do, live niter them; Thu good is oft interred ultli their bones. So—ln alt charity and Christian feeling may it not he with Preston S. Brooks! Strange, pinning strange, that onr paper of Tuesday, w Inch contained tho announcement of Ida sud den death, also presented (lie h-ltor of Senator Sumner lo the Legislature of Massachusetts, accepting the honor of re-election to tho Senate Chamber, from whence he Inis boon detained lor months by the blows which fell from the hand now stllU'd In death! The coincidence is look striking nut to bo used lo *' point a mo ml” In this connection. Dratii vrom KxPosirnK.—On Friday last. John Schweitzer wan fount! frozen to dcnlli about four miles from York, Pa. DT7” The new coinage bill provides for the issue of cent pieces, comjKiscd of copper and nickel. The coin will be while, and about tho size of tho present half cent piece. It will he ornamented on one side by a spread eagle, on tho other, “one cent.” Du. ICanh —A letter hns been received tn Boston, dated Ilavnnah. January 14, stating that Dr. Kano's health had improved, mndh to the gratification of hm friends. His parents had reached Cuba by tho Quaker City on Urn 12lh Snst., after a very rough passage. Dr. Kane’s mother was treated with marked res pect On the passage, and was received at Un vana with much consideration. MlmiO IN CiiDiiouus.-—The Now York Churchman insists upon a thorough referm in sacred musio in the churches, and as a necessa ry beginning in that direction, it urges the ex clusion of females from the organ lofts. Tho editor argues that they have no business there, and St. Paul Is quoted as authority tbit “wo men aro-uot pormilteiL to-teach/*''and ought to bo “silent” In tho house of Godi Tlw choir, it thinks, should consist of mala 'adults and the choirs U-r boys; and, as'another reform, it would have oil these brought down from the gallery, robed in surplices, ami placed with the priests in (lie chancel. The last Kansas Outrage. Kansas has become tp be a country.to which wc.havo grown tired of directingour/attentiori. In fact Kansas lias got to be a bore.- Her vir gin eoif, her fine climate, her magnificent loca tion, even her splendid prospccla of future free dom, bare become to be mailers of.jpdiflercnt interest, on account of llio intolerable din to which tliis much abused, much lauded, much talked of, and much lied about- territory has been subjected. It is not the fault of Kansas that she is gelling into disrepute ns an enter taining subject; but is the fault of the thou sand and one editors, orators, and preach ers, who have been conspiring for the last three years, with united pen and voice, lu render her a nuisance. Hut distasteful As’KanSnfl evident ly is to the general render, it is well enough to look after her occasionally to see .whether the Border Ruffians have not s'olcn the trrilo ry and earned it into Missouri, or, whether the •‘shriekers” have not bundled it--up surrepti tiously and made tracks with it fur “away down East.*’ ‘ The lust account from the territory, up to present willing, is that the State prisoners, confined at Lerompton. had been spending a verv miserable Christmas. Twenty-one pris oners, marl; cs of freedom, were sentenced on Christmas day, by a bard hearted and obdu rate sheriff, to go from I<ecomplon to Law rence, on their parol of honor. In cal lin-koy. Their keeper, a fellow by the name of Hamp ton. a perfect brute in human foim, with a view of satiating his innate ermlty. went along to witness the infliction of litis unlawful pun ishment. It is said that the poor suflerers were so overcome by tins inhuman treatment that they been"- e lon full |o express their feel ings. Where Horace tlrcelv to give vent to his indignation ? Ji nr'K roK'Xi.;mi.\sKA TuttniVimr.—Klrnzcr V ukily, of Wisconsin, was on j’esU’rd.iy noin innlcil. and unanimously confirmed by the Senate, ns Judge for llie Territo-v of Nebras ka, m the place of James Bradley, re.-igned. Judge Wnkily has the character of an able lawyer, and jhissikscs in a high degree qunlifi ca ions lhat (it liim pcnihnrly fur the place. : e congmlnlnlo llie Trr« lor}* on thefortunn'c 1 selection : mid this unanimous confirmation by * the Suinie is certainly a tnlm'e of w Inch Judge Bakel) and bin frienris mnv f«i! proud. Tiik Cnunir or Pk.nnsvi.vama.—All re mom her the latter taunts which Sydney Smith hurled upon IVnns\ Kanin during her tempora ry suspension of the payment of the interest of the public debt. A .striking proof of how com pletely our credit has rccovmd from the shock it Ih'n siidered. is furnisheil by the fact that a daughter of Sjdney Smith, not long since, in vested S«ltl OuO in the same slock her father had so bitterly denounced, in preference to ttn In vest nunt in any other rliyss of securities. Mn. Bren.iNiv ix \Va*uiinctox.—The Wash inglnn T/mo’i of fn<r iMli till, speaks of the nr mal nC Mr. Ci. iiaxan in that city thus: Hun. James Buchanan, tho President elect <d (In: I uitjjji St.Ues, arrived hi this city yes terday maining, and proceeded at once to the N at Inn a) ) I nu 1, w here apartments hail prevlous l\ been »re ned lor him. During the nltcrnoon and e\ i-ning he « as walled upon by large nmn- Im-is ol oui oilmens and'members ot both bran ches of Congress, who welcomed him to the federal city with the utmost 'cordiality of feel ing. It is umjerslood that his present visit is limited to ft few days. Tho Presided! elect, soon after his arrival, , called upon President Pierce, at tho Executive Mansion ; and it Is searcelv necessary for us to add, lhat the brief visit, winch was strictly of a social character, was equal]* to tho distinguished guest astd Hie Illustrious bust wlio-ls mm on the t*Ve ol retiring t<> private lile n mid llie nppl.iiiHe and Idessmgs ot cicry Imu PffTlot in the land. Srpni'Mi: Cni a j |ij i i -in.\. - The Supreme (hv following points were ruled: A miftrdian Is ovt pnMfy ot »n*tv negligence as to render himself liable for money winch i might June* been received ns Ins ward’» share ot I an nitesl.lie’s estate, bccuiiHe bo dlti not proceed ■•gainst the ndminstrulors of (hat estate at the eailinM possible d.i\ ; and this especially where I he administrators did, w llhin a icasonahlu time, tile un account which was not finally passed up on until after (ho ward became of ago. fho statute of limitations Is ft bar to Ibo pro ceeding by a ward against Ids gu irdlan, insti tuted more Hun six years after Ids coming of : age. to ch.rga Mu- (tiur.li.iu will, n li.ddliu f ( „ ! matters arising iron, the relationship of o.nr- 1 dian and ward, 1 ° ll "", J "'‘" of M«i„„ | V ', LV, ll ’“ U '“>""Rlon mon. altei tin- -Itli oi March next. Mr A aiiMums a lnyli ivpninuon ns nn able writer. Ditit. ' At his rcsirKnce at f)mn Hpnng. in Niwtnn Hmnslitp. on the night of tire 2Htli tilt.. Rev Ai,k.x.vm»kk .Smaiu', I) [). in the Gist \ car of Inn np<i. Jllnrrirb. On llm 27 1 h nil., at the resilience of her 1 r.Ahor in- Lmidinburg. In the U,v. V 11. I.mo -1 ' a !l>,- Air Iwic (niiuiAs, loMik»Mauv A. Ih'caiKS, all of t'mhslu. i\olarr, AM, prisons Knowing llirni.xclvf'x l imT^T.( to C. Inhi'tl’, Agt. a re hereby notilicd tocall ami nettle their lespecth e accounts us soon ns possible, ns lie In desirous to make n goncrnl settlement. Notice is also Riven to those linv. InR claim* or demands against 0. Inholf, to pro- Hunl Ihu Bnimi without dohit for nuftloiuetit. 6. INIIUFF. Art. Carlisle, Feta 6, !Ho7 111 Affvlciiitui al Implciiieiilßt Ac. rilUJi undersigned, whoso sh{*p U in North A street, nour to Glass’ hotel, Carlisle, ivonlci Inforin Ihu imhll(i,tlmt thewiro npw |iropaixi<) to inniiulnclnre Agricultural Machinen ami menisci vmioits kinds, such as 11.. i m-omi ci s Tread and I,ever Thresheis. Shakers of dinw’ 1 uni kinds, Clover She!lets, Fodder C'iillci r he. Straw Cnlteni, Com Rludlern and Tiend I'oiver# now on hand. Hepniring promptly attended to 1 orms reasonable. ~ . iu;tz & j.osii, I' übrunry 6, !Ho7—Um* IJmltrd l’ai'i.noi'iil>J)i, "W 1 ?' lho wilwcrlliom, liavo tills day colored ~ lain a Limited I’nrlnorslilp, ogmiulily lu III III!) nut of Asa,'iiil.lv of llm Coniiiioiiiu'iiltli of l‘e liiiov lin n in, 11:1 in ml the Ist iliiv of Man'll, 183(1, onlllloil " An Act rob,Him to Lindled I nrliuTßliljiH," and do bo rob v certify llmt Mm iianin nftlio linn under wliieli r;i l.l nurl. nnrsliip Is (O In, eondncHid Is ■■ Jnculis Si KnV r ■■ llmt llm Rormral nature of lli„ llnarncss to (m transacted la Dislillhg and Milling, mid dm Mini) will (ho tniiraaclod at Hlddlosox, In Norlli MlddlolOn Inwnalilp, Cumberland county, that tlio iiatims of the Roimral partners ol sold drill are A linn S. Jocolis and Calvin Eller, liotli „f llioltoroutth ol Garllsln, and that Hid spools A ' "[, nr ,' lulll -fJ're.U.rlck cmin. TI »' «“ l I* I ?'“‘'liltal. coiilillnilDd by llm said Jolin A. 11 nrllold, spcolnl parlncr, Is unti limn. Band dollars, In cash. Hint llm p or |od at wldel, ™id linrlnnralitp la to coninmnco Is llm -2d day Of February, A I). 1857, and lo conllnuo for Hio period of live years, wlion It aliall lorniliialo AIJJSN S. JACOIIS, CALVIN ETTlilt, (I ”‘'ral Partners. ■ JOHN A. IVAItFIIiLU Carl , I-!.,,-, o, . ,^' cM • «isTT, ,;~7~ (Now of New Bloomfield., Perry Cauniy^ WILL, In tho mbnth. of April next, movo hf and settle porpinnontly in Omaha, Kcbralir kn Territory,' and make entries of land, locntn* Land warrants and invest funds. In Kansas v* - braska and lowa, on favorrtblo terms, for fl °ii portOna who may entrust'their business In i,/i hands. ' ItKFKiiENOEst— Join’otf Pollock, Goverhhf hf Pennsylvania; Hon. J. 11. Graham and Wm n. Miller, Esq., Carlisle. m,u ' February 5,1857—2 m UsT OF LETTERS. Published in Ihc by authority ‘ LIST of Letters remaining In tho PbstOfiW at Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 1, 1857. Personsln quiring for Lettors 01. Oils List will pleoso sai they are advertised. * Miller Tsabclld 6 Mussclman A B McFecly J Ndslsy C B Nnty Joseph Newman Q S Owens Pearson John 2 PerrymaVt E Q Pitcher M S Robinson Mnr£‘ SAdler Joseph Schlcman E L Allen B F Anderson Elen S Arbegast J W Barnes Alexander Barnes John Bonder Godfrey Draught George Brimllc George Bushman Eli Bntiorf Frederick Cihf Susanna Cox Wm Downing J F Sharkey Barnard? Shaw Alex Eller Val EUlridge G W F 04 Shadier George Foster SQ 2 . Shoofmtm George I (Jarman John Smith Mrs Col* I George Franklin Starry J B , |(«racy Win Slehnmn Jacob I Hnid Patrick Stout Emelina' Ilarilaiid E Stouffer John Hmik Elisha P Wagner P Rev Kuhn David Waggoner J P Kepliart David Wahl Georgi’ Kuslnr Amanda Washington George’ Lank John WattS'llenn i Lehman Benj Wenzel Marlin , Lippe H B 2 Wcrlb Nancy Low Jonathon Welson J H i More Jonathan Wolf Cornelius Moore Mai hew Wondcrly George Moore Win Wouders Marlin Mordorf John Wood J Morgan Lizzie Williams «fc Uuylcr*' Molts John Zinn Bolly Mr On • oout <luo on each lotter in addition tothd postage. JOHN B. BRATTON, P. M. B'nsiiily Groceries. JUST received a large addition fo my stock of Family Groceries, among which will be found Kio, S.igtiym, Mocha, Java and Roasted COF FEES; Citished Lump, Granulated and Brown SUGARS; Lovering’s Syrup, Now Orleans and Sugar Mouse MOLASSES; Ulco;Starch, Soap, Soda, Cream Tarter, fcc., Herkimer, Pino Ap ple, and Sago CHEESE; Black, Hyson, Irape. a rial and extra TEAS; Spicos of every variety. Chocolate, Cocoa, Farina and Corn Starch, Raisins, Currants,. Cit ron, Beans, Hominy, Cranberries, Jfa c-ironi, G rfta, Table Oil, Ketchup, Pcppct Sauce, Preserved Peaches, Pine Apples and ries; Piekols, Gorkins, Onions and Plccolilli.---- Fivsh Lobsters, &6. 1 c.dl special attention to my largo stock of Segars and Tobaooo^ which is not excelled in tho town. LovcTS'Df" tho weed cun be suited either in quality or price. Farmers will find Oils of an excellent quality. Also “ a wiMituto for Tar. MACIwERAL No. I, 2 oud 3. While Fish, Sliftd, Smoked neiiing, kc. A l ol tho above articles nro fresh, and frill be sold low for e ish, or Country Produce taken in exchange. JOHN G. WILLIAMS*. Carlisle, January H, 18 >7. | Fancy Chinaivnre, .&<% WE nre now opening and offering tor. isalo onr Hoilhl iy assortment of Fnncv Art!. ; cU-h embracing u larger and bolter selection than ever In-fore offered, consisting In part of Jewel Boxes, Furniture, 1 Cologne Bottles, , Knick Knacks, ! n.ulrm; • inks, •• Slippers, Cigar-holders, j Candlesticks, Mngs, •’ ■ I PilehiMs, Vases, I 'i<<i Tuns, Tea Sells, 1 Calms, Bird*, Motto Coffees, Figures, Baskets, Wagons. .. , As well ns numberless other varieties, need to bo seen (o bo named. All offered nt low cash prolits at the old stipid—»• Marlon ““l 1 -” , .. w. EDV. Carlisle, Doc. 2 j, 1850. Evan’s & Cn.’s Greal Gift Book Sale, 400 Hroailway, New York. ' Jl 'V‘ lr . v gfvon awnytoTitirclmucr* of Hooks. All hooks will bo sold n« lowfls ein 1)0 hud at other stores, mftny of them far , ’ Nett Hooks received daily. A Gift vary* |"K In value Iron) 25 cents to SIQO, given with each book lit the time it Is Bold. Having o* u! L “ VC . ry , XIS ° Htoc]i <*» now nmT rttltlolili' lan all ;.r ll our moU(> 18 “ laigo sale* and try. • 4 Qri CQni);, THorrmst mionil lnitncfincnts orD VjmfnjHii' I Arc;.,!, a„v i.orkhn l.y Ending f.irlcn l..mk», ivlil, f . ,£?j£o. CfcAlo-nrt extr., Hnl, ..ml Oil,: ’ All oid.-ra lur 1.i.i.1.5, c.„i(,.l,i|ng' m om,T , 10 * ...rlccl ...loty,, m, ouM Oo rer.| JlC ',; t ' B v ' f V" 1 ( {! ncu "I I ",™ "‘O' “ro nifillod, .rjd dl:. ruclod lu I*.v.u.H A Co., -10 U llrondway. N, Y. .ir.lTrmu" VT'T 81 S ™'«.S,„.<l,4,b' nut, IHI In., J. B. Llpplncott & Co., Phila.t> 1 A|.|il.'(i.ii A Co., Ilioii.lw.lv,No.v York. Deri- Jackson. Nassau street, N. V ■ -« .• Send for a Catalogue. ’ ’■ I’rlncli.al Mnro.iaO nm.frK' TJffir'ix o. oto “ u ' Ui-cbniiurre, JBSC'-Sm ■ , * ) 1 -’-i Mats) iiatsi "■ ■ l,ll pfptei I and /rlonds. If o Ims,now ori h%|» 7 n , 1,1 nflfl ni‘<im'nt of HATS of all* f° ,n f,, ° common Woof , n.l, ,lr “ nil Sllk lllltS /"'ll 111 lIIUBI t.ill overy mio iH.o lm« «n oro to ccl. ; I ng Iho wni lli of I.lb mo.loy. ■ Ills Silk,’Mold- 1 Klvlu and Ueavcr Hats, are tuißurpnsaod for llttht- 5 Onrllslg, J«„. 8, IM7. "' ll - «• , BnmL S „fn S,IOES - Anoll,or largo assort-' Moroni 1 n 9 0Ur * 0 " n ' 1 n "“ 1,,,0ls > •■»<*'« flrt0 ‘ drm,“« do 1 p “ "A" 1 Sllocs ’ MlsSon’ nriA Ctdl-' I vo, i lo’ G ° vor Sho ™ k Uuir.ilbo HotllB,; aMery Imv prlcea. ;? l)co. 16, 18511. CIIAB, OOlMlf. „ W Sloic Room to liet.l, H ra-ln r .‘ , " l “ l1 ,roni 1110 l»t,of Aprlfn«*o i lorni ol ono year on moftf If do* son l’lil 00, ° r ? r ?^ m occupied liy-Jarao* I i t !’ A ’ alni nioro rocunllj- Dy 11-' M Onllocli, In M n |i| slrnbl, Nciwlllo. . Tim I Hum V to I’ll 1 ’ 11 occ| ililf«a» a.store, room fyi Si’ONGKS. Hatblng Spongo*. bestial •Small do., SliooplVool do.* Surgeon doK Medium Modlool d 0.,, Common Sworwi r ' ! Just rooolyed and fgr Bftlo by < * ..,'i? . Jwnuary 8 t 1857. 8,. MONEY wanted at this Offleo In payment for , aubscilptloo. . v.i.i* ■ -i. i
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