AMERICAS VOLDNmK J9M B. BRiTTOS, Editor & Proprietor, CARLISLE. PA., APRIL9.AB67. ;Bcra«cjatlc Sliile Ticket. t' Fbtt'GorEßKon,- *; PACKER, ?*'itf.~Lyc£ming- County. pOt JtXOTB-OT TUB StJPBEMB COURT, EfitTS LEWIS. pMatklpfcia. City. \ For O-Aft&fc CbHHiMibiiEn, NIMROD, STRICKLAND, Of Chesitr County. apprentice wanted. AN apprentice, to -learn the’ printing busi ness, la wanted at this office. An IntelU coat, well-educated boy of W or 17 years of ago, will be offered a fair bargain by ranking early application. POiiTfMASTEU AT CARLISLE SIIRINOS. llEZ ekiacG; Chandler has been appointed Post- M&steV kteariisle Springs,’this county, vice A. P. Norton, resigned. Death (WBo?». Charles B. Pen-hose.—We regret to announce the death of Ciiaiu-es B. PE!TOOBg,&q--. 'eng 0 resident of our town, and at thatiroo ot his death a Slalo Senator from Philadelphia. He died at Herr’s Hotel, in Harrisburg, on Monday afternoon last. His discaso.w&s plurisy. Mr. P. was a moat esti mable and much-esteemed gentleman, and Ins sudden death has cast a gloom over a largo cir cle of relations and friends. Ooa Cousins in Lock.-AI the recent elec tion in Bratton township, Mifflin county, our respected cousins appeared to be in luck.— Charles Bratton, sr.. was elected Supervisor; Charles Bratton, jr.. Inspector : James Brat ton, School Director, and Richardson Bratton Constable. They arc all Democrats. Tnß Fusion Repudiated. —A large ami en thusiastic meeting of Americans, was held at the Sons of America Hall, corner of Seventh and Sansoni sis., Philadelphia, on Friday even ing last, In which strong resolutions were pas sed denouncing the proceedings of the Black Republican Slate Convention. The President of the meeting was authorized to appoint a committee of twenty-four, with the view of re organizing for the State campaign. The idea IS to call a Stale Convention to nominate a full straight-out American ticket, in opposition to Black Republicanism in particular, and all other sectional isms in general. During the speeches made it was asserted that at least 65,000 votes m the Stale of Pennsylvania could bo depended on in the next fall campaign for the straight out American ticket. Result or Hastt Legislation.— The Sahon- ( a l Intelligencer mentions an omission, resulting , from the hasty legislation of the late Congress, , which Is of no little Importance. It appears; that although the Committee of W ays ami Moans j had reported an Item of three hundred and sixty thousand dollars for the national armories, no such Item appears In tho law, and the manufac ture of arms for (ho cg|fet y«“r must bo con sldorably curtailed, 6¥*tifo financial ingenuity of the War Department must bo exercised (o And a method of borrowing from some othei fund. ___ Ma. Appleton Ketibes raou the “ Union.” Wc rcgrol to loam from Washington that the Hon. John Appleton has been compelled, in consequence of the disease ho contracted at the National Hotel, to retire from the editorial de partment of the t/m'on. He has become, U la said, so debilitated by Ibo disease, that ho doesj not feel ho will bo able, for some time to como, to discharge actively tbo duties of editor of the administration organ. jp- The Washington correspondent of the "Exeter Sews Letter says that Gen. Pierce has had the good sense to avoid extravagance in the Presidential mansion during his term of of fice, and the consequence is, ho retires with one half his four years salary in his pocket—suffic ient to make him comfortable for many a "wet day,” and protect him from the disagreeable necessity of depending upon the "uncertainties of the law” for his daily bread. The trial of the Rev. Isaac T. Kalloch, ef the Baptist church, for ndultry. which has created a great excitement in the religious cir cles of Boston and vicinity, was commenced in the Courtof Common Pleas at East Cambridge, on Tuesday. The evidence shows very clearly that the Rev. gentleman is guilty. jjy* A bill has been Introduced Into the Senate of Now Jersey, which provides that (he wile ot A drunkard, on proving him such before a jus tice of the peace, may become entitled lo hold her own wages and those of her minor children until bo reforms. A Jnst law, ami one that ought to bo adopted by every Slate In tho Union. The Fish dealers about Boston, are get ting up a story about fraud in the packing of fish. Really, there is no end lo Yankee hones ty—^wooden-hams;-wooden nutmegs, pumpkin seeds, ect., and now we suppose we are to have wooden mackerel. A scaly business. Ho ! Ladies. —There is a chap in Philadel phia who wants a wife, lie advertises for one, and threatens if no one will respond to ins “Call,” to drown his sorrows by going to Cal ifornia. Take pity on him ladies. “LtKon Law*’ in a Mild Foiiu — A few days' since, a man named Thompson, from Pennsylmnf** was drummed out of Charlotte. N. 0., for alleged tampering with slaves. Tob Newcastle Failure.— John M. Wag onscjler, the absconding Cashier of the New Castle Bank, has been finally committed to an dwer a charge of embezzling 527.000 belong ing tb lhat'..ln<ilUullOri l on the oath of Dr. .Charles T. Wliippo, President, and Mr. Joseph Klsaickr v Director. (CTTbr Washington Union, of Saturday eveniog,contains the valedictory of Mr. Apple ton, who goes into tho State Deportment as Assistant Secretary of State, in place of Gen. Thomas. His successor in the Unton la not yet announced. • gy Mrs. Mnry Travers, a young woman of 24 years, was murdered by her husband, in l/mlMlUe, on Friday, 110 then attempted sui olde-by catting bis throat. Tiio same day, in Washington Ky., a Mr. Baker shot his dough* Ur, and then shot himself through tho heart. GEN. WILLIAM F. PACKER. Never have we known a nomlnattoivfor Gov ernor to give more general satisfaction than has that of Gen.- Packer. Every Democratic paper in the Siotc supporls him with zeal and energy. All is hartnbny and good feeling, and when this la thccasc a Democratic victory is sure to fol- Gen. Packer is well-worthy the support of tho people of Tiis native State, and tho Demo crats feel proud In presenting such n man as their candidate, lie is, emphatically, one of the people, who has gained his present high po sition by indomitable energy and frugality.— He is a gentleman in the prime of life, an able and fluent public speaker, who is as well “book ed up” in State affairs ns any man in-the Com monwealth. That ho will he elected, by a Jackson majority, wc consider entirely certain, and that ho will make a wise and discrete Ex ecutive, we have a guarantee in his past public services. The Black Republican candidate, Wilmot, will be lost in the fog on the 2d Tuesday of i October. The Know-Nothings will not sup port him, and it remains to be seen how the old tariff Whigs will relish his nomination. It is buta few years since all manner of hard things were said of Wilmot by the men who now lake him for their leader. With him "free trade” has run along with "free soil for he has al ways been a restless and discontented spirit, hanging on to some visionary and extreme no tion. In 1846 he was the only one of the Penn sylvania Congressmen to vole for the tariff bill of that year ; and in this case, his position was very different from that of Mr. Dallas, who. as Vice President, was a representative of the whole Union and not of Pennsylvania alone. But after the Republicans last session rcduc cd even the tariff of 1846 it is not strange that they can swallow Wdmot’snomination. They have confessed that all the clamor about the “tariff” was a delusion to catch the votes of simple minded people : and so, since they have reduced the tarifl of 1846, they may as well run Wilmot for Governor. But will the men who were duped by the , hypocritical cant about “tariff” be a second [ lime fooled by the same demagogues who play |cd ihat trick ? The old Whigs were taught a few years ago that Wilmot and Dallas were some sort of kin to Beelzebub; and but few will like to be told by their leaders now that those lessons were all a farce. We think we can see in our mind’s eye some of the bullies who used to guard the election polls from morning until night to see that none of their hands voted against the tariff, now sneaking around to deal out tickets for “free trade Wilmot.” A Bold Fraud. At a into meeting of Black Republicans, held at Harrisburg, to endorse the nomination of Wiluot, the following, among other resolutions, was adopted : Resolved, That an amendment of our natural! • Tuition laws is essential to tho preservation of our vitality as a nation and our happiness as a people, and that we will join no party mid sup poit no man for olhee unless pledged to this measu re. This resolution was adopted for tho purpose of pleasing the Know-Nothings, and Is about ns hold a fraud ami piece of impudence asuo have ever known political tricksters to be guilty of. icy say “ they will Join no party, and support no man for office. l , un/<jt pledged lolhis measure! 1 ami yet tlicro is no! one word in Hie whole plat ( form of the Convention which nominated Mr. Wilmot, and niiich ills frinmis gave him tlie credit o I having written, in favor ol such a mea sure, or pledging him to the name. Could hare faced duplicity go further than this f Eitlici i the Convention was, or was not, in favor of such I a measure. If It was, why did it full to say so 7 I And having remained silent on the suited, why docs the Harrisburg mooting of bogus Ameri cans, in resolving to support Wilmot, declare i they will not support n man who is not pledged 1 to tho measure, when they at the same time full well know he is not ? Why all this duplicity,il not for tho purpose of liaud upon honest Know Nothings? Wilmot is not --pledged to Dili measure.” Indeed, il is well known that ho I. opposed to the principles ol the night owl parly 1 and had a resolution like the above been olleie ' in the Slate Convention that nominated him, it would have boon promptly voted down by his - friends. The Harrisburg politicians, therefore, 1 in passing the above resolution, committed an Intentional fraud and falsehood. IssriU'crriONfl to Gov. Wai.kku.—Theout linc-s of ihe instructions to Robert J. Walker, tljo new Governor of Kansas. Imvc been agreed upon by the Cabinet. They proceed on the principle of recognizing the statutes of Kansas as valid. The principal business with which he is charged is. ns heretofore surmised. to see that the people have a free, independent and uninterrupted expression of opinion, and the exercise of suffrage concerning the affairs of the territory, in carrying out the provisions of the census and registry law, and that for the elec tion of delegates to the constitutional conven tion The troops heretofore employed iu the territory are to bo removed, and others not en gaged in the former difficulties are ordered tin* (her : but it is not apprehended that there will be any use for them or the militia. Th 6 ad ministration have resolved that the laws shall be maintained, and have full confidence in Mr. Walker carrying out their instructions. (CT* Wagonseller, the cashier of the New Cos tie flank. which has just exploded, and the available funds of which ho is said to have np pmpriaUd to ins own use, is a brother o( the Wagonseller who sold ids vole to Mr. Cameron, for United Stales Senator, lie was at Harris burg during tho election. A Western paper asks whether he used the funds in procuring the result. Tub Americans of Easton. —The Easton says that the straighlout Americans of Northampton county held a meeting on the 21st ull., at their Hall, an dadopted resolutions recommending the call of a State Convention, to mcet*ftt Harrisburg on tho 4lh of July, to nominate an exclusive national American ticket for Slate offices. They declared their opposi tion to a union with any party calculated to destroy their distinctive national character, or Americanism, and recommended tho Ifon. E. Jby Morris as their first choice for Governor. Methodist Collkok in Kansas.—Tho Methodist Episcopal denomination has decided upon building a college near Palmyra, Kansas. QST A slave of John Travis, Lexington, Ky. ( being o/lbnded at something his master Inul said, last week, caught up a knife and slabbed him to tho heart. DAVID WILBOT. WHAT WAS THOUGHT OF HIM IN 1846, That our renders may know the political posi tion of David Wilmot in 18-lfc, ttnd what was thought of him then by those who have now no minated him os thoir candidate for Governor, wo republish the following extracts Irom tbo Harrisburg 1 'elegraph,- then edited by Theo. Finn, Ksq.; From the Harrisburg Telegraph, July 15,1816. THE BRITISH FREE TRADE BILL, It must be gratifying to every friend of his country, and particularly to every Whig, to know that of the 111 votes which were given in tho House, for the Administration or British Free Trade 1 Bill, ONE HUNDRED and THIR TEEN were Loco Tocos, and but ONE Whig —and he from tho Loco Toco State of Alabama. Of NINETY-FIVE who nobly stood up for tho Tariff against tho Tree Trade policy, SEV ENTY-ONE were WHIGS, SIX NATIVE AMERICANS, and but EIGHTEEN LOCO TOCOS, eleven of whom were from Pennsyl vania, four from New York, two from New Jer sey, ami one from Maryland. But ONE British Fbee Trade Tout was found in all Pennsyl vania ! and that was Wilmot, ot Bradford! , The execrations of evert friend of Penn sylvania WILL FALL UPON AND FOLLOW HIM UNTIL HE REACHES THAT PLACE * c WHERE THE WORM DIETII NOT, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCH ED.” From the Harrisburg Telegraph, July 8, 1810. What will the people of Pennsylvania say to this outrage upon tier faith, her Interests and her honor 1 Will she turn and lick tho hand that dealt tho blow, or will she spurn tho treach ery, and say, henceforth, let there bo but one party in this State, and that devoted solely to the interests, tho prosperity and tho welfare of our citizens? Will she not say, henceforth, Southern Free Trade shall be made to feel our weight, united, and standing shoulder to shoulder in our own cause, and in that of our country! Hereafter, let there bo but ono party in tbe Keystone ; ono strong, united, indivisible part), with tho determination to ask nothing but what is right, and submit to nothing that is wrong. Wo rejoice in being ablo to record tho votes of all tho Loco Toco members in Congress, from tliis State, excepting Wilmot, of Brad ford county, against tho repeal of tho Tariff ot 1842. This recreant ion trAo basely betrayed her interests anil voted with (he Free Traders, should be bannhsd from her territory. His in famous I treachery should be revenged by dtsou-n-.ng and ' /timing him upon the South for support. His 1 NAME Asms DKFD WILL STINK IN THE NOSTH ILB OF EVERT TRUE HEARTED PENNSYLVANIAN FOREVER ’ —whilst those of llrodhcad, Thompson, Foster, ! anti nil the other Loco Focos, and the Whigs, I who honestly and faithfully did their duty to j I’eiin.-\lvanta, will bo held In grateful rcnioni -1 biance; and the more no from tho tact that Kit,-Imp of the Cnton. Secretary Walker, and the President's private Secretary wore in the House using all their influence against them. Such were the sentiments of tho Harrisburg Telegraph in 1840. And yet this same Tele graph has tho name of the “ British Free Trade Tory,” us it then culled him, at its mast-head for Governor ! This “ recreant son ” Isnowlho idol of the very men who. fen years ago, recom mended that lie ho banished from tho State! Tariff-men—you who have so long been prating in favor of tho protection of homo labor—can you now give (ho lie to your foimcr professions and lend your support to the “ British Frco Trailer, David Wilmot f” This same man, who, in 1840, sacrificed what you believed to bo your interests and those of the State, and was de nounced for it ns recreant and faithless, whose “ ticachery should ho revenged by disowning ami turning him upon (he South for support,” is now, as if to mock the cause of Fioo Labor, nominated as tho especial champion of Free dom ! He whose-namo, as Ids deed, it was pro phesied, would “stink in the nostrils of every true-hearted Bennjylranian I'oiiev kr,” has wash ed himself of all Uis political Bins> and atottad for Ins treachery, by becoming an Abolition Agitator, and Is now considered a fit man for Governor. I Now, (ho opposition must iako position ono «»i«y or another- They must either acknowledge j (hat their former professions concerning the tariff were not sincere, 01 If they refuse to do llila, they must confess that they have changed their views, and are now In favorol FreoTrado. U will not do for thorn to continue to preach up Homo Protection, and at the same tlmo ask the 1 people to support a free-trade man fot Govtr -1 nor. Wo care not which horn of the dilemma 1 the Black Republicans may take. No shifting 1 they may adopt can save \\ iluot from a hnmi • hating defeat. Late rtiou N ioabaoi a. —The steamship Toxr has anivt-d at New York from Aspimvnll, wit later news from Nicaragua. Walker is said t have attacked the allies at San George and r< treated to Rivas, where Gen. llenningson un Ids men had meantime repulsed an attack made l,y the allies. The latter were mot retreating, hy Walker, and being thus placed between two Hies, snlleied aloss ol 827 killed unci 800 wound ed, while Walket lust 2 killed and 21 wounded. There were reports that President Rivas luul been assassinated, General Cams arrested for making overtures to Walker, the allies retreat od to Massya. General ('billon bad raised a loice in Leon to join Walker, Col. Lockridge had received reinforcements, and that the Costa Ricans had opened (lie transit route to (ho Eng lish. Sap Waiinino to ‘‘Fast” Yolno Men.— John Miller, aged twenty-eight jours, died at Indianapolis on last Friday night. The Journal gives a biiel history of his sad case. Flu was born in Dayton, Obi ‘—was left an orphan with a hugo estate, ami to iis own guidance—became a “ fast young man,” ai d rapidly spent a fortune which was counted by Ims of thousands. He kept a circle of dashing young follows about him until Ids money was gone, who then desoit ed and lelt him. Ho sought Indianapolis fur a home, and there, In some menial capacity, lived lor a time, and died in a strange garret, friend less and alone. S. Sprague, of Portland, Maine, linn escaped punishment, by being proved more guilty than be was charged with in U»o Indict ment. lie was hied by the Supremo Court lor bigamy, hist «oek, and the fact ol his having bad two wires was clearly established, when bis counsel introduced evidence to prove that he already had one wife when married to the other two, In fact that ho had throe wives at once, and ns the Indictment was based on the assumption that the second marriage was the first and legal marriage, It was contended that ns to the last marriages considered by themselves, no bigamy was committed, because Sprague was the legal husband of neither. The judge sustained this position. Mb. Mauct upon Notation in Otiice. —A story Is told of Mr. Marcy, says (ho Warrogtown Flag, to the effect that ns ox-Socrotarlos Guthrie and Marcy were returning from a dinner parly since the lib, the conversation turned upon (he subject of rotation in olllco, and Mr. G. asked Mr. M. what ho thought of the policy. Mr. Milrcy replied that ho “ had (ho credit of origi nating the doctrine, ‘ to the victors belong the spoils,’ but heaven forbid that ho should over countenance the pillaging of our own camp!” (£7* The election of Portsmouth, Va., on Saturday resulted in the success of the whole Democratic ticket. Poor Pollock! ' The Harrisburg’ -(lnion saj's; The severest stab that has ever upon our pres ent Governor was given turn last week, and that too by his brethren in State,CJouneil assembled. Wo have at different times advised our readers 1 of the waning popularity of Governor Pollock I ~\mt wo doubt much whether any of them aro 1 prepared. to hear, without, surprise, that the opposition Convention! which was. held in this ! place fast week, adjourned without passing a single resolution, without saying a word in compliment to poor Pollock. Wo don't believe that the history of conventions in thisior any other State furnishes d parallel to the treatment of Governor Pollock by his woolly brethren.— Ho was not only .slighted, but was passed by with silent bontcnJpt. Who ever heard of so wet and so cold being thrown upon an acting Governor? Instances have occurred, within our knowledge, of opposition fJx-Gov ernors becoming BO powerless as to be almost unable to bo elcct'Cd delegates .to a county con vention—but wopever knew of one, whilst in office, to be treated with such indignity as has been poor Pollock. VPV thought the refusal ot his brethren to re-nominate his Excellency was a sufficiently severe blow, ns heavy a one as we considered him Capable of sustaining; but tho uncourtcous manner In‘which lie was passed] over by the Convention, was ‘‘the unkindcst cut of all.” We arc at* loss’to know how n man of his inordioalqyimity and vaulting am bition is to brook such scvere treatment. After doing all in his power to Serve his party—save in the appointment of Jjk DeWitt, which was, of course, justifiable, aa ; lho Doctor had made an excellent Librariaa/ind there was no one of the ismilcs capable of filling tho office—and having exhausted in Buncombe manoevers, then to be fbssed up and nothing thrown under him to protect bis center of grav ity from severe contusions, was a barbarous usage that is rarely approached in civilized countries. Why did they not dispose of his Excellency in some mpes Christian way? Why did they not garrote him. or quarter him, or even bury him without the benefit of clergy?— We have no sympathy with his inhuman mal treaters. Why do not the Telegraph and Her ald denounced the ingfites ? Have they, 100 given the Governor the cold shoulder ? Alas ! and alack-o-day ! his days are numbered, and . his power will soon hatf departed. Poor Pol lock ! PaEßEavEs in Tin Cases. —The New Bedford Mercury learns that a lady in that city was bad ly poisoned a few days since, by eating a few spoonsful of preserved whortleberries, which bad been put in a tin case. The liquid from the berries had forced verdigris on the surface of the metal. Bor sovotai, hours tho lady above mentioned remained in ft nearly Insensible con dition, and was with difficulty brought to. Tho article was procured for tho purpose of making pies. All preserves of Ibis kind should bo put up and kept in glass. Two questions to tho slavery agitators, who are so horrific;! at the late decision of tho Supremo Court, arc well put by a correspondent of tho Provldenco /’<«/, as follows s Ist, Aro the blacks cnfolled in our militia 7 if not, tvky ? 2d, Are tho blacks deluded from our Jury box ? and if so, u-hy i ad- [£7'on Tuesday afternoon, Caspar Fenn, a young man ami a moulder by trade, was shot dead on the comer of,Prcslon and Chestnut streets, Louisville, TCy., by Joseph Sweeney, a I pilot. The unfortunate young roan received | two shots, one of which penetrated his heart, I causing instant death. He was walking on the street at the time with a young woman. I \f~s* E. C. Glasgow fell from the suspension bridge at Nashville, a fetv nights since, a dis tance of 140 feet, and was killed. The President, &t;ls said, has tendered a re-appointment to Sir. Reason, the Commission er of Patents, who. it is believed, will accept it. QT - Alfred Countryman was executed, ac cording to legal sentence, at Rockford, Illinois, on the 27ih nit . for thomurder of the Sheriff of that county, John F. Taylor, on the lllh of November last (FT*The fisheries on-the Susquehanna arc about to commence active operations. Royai, MAUiiiAnt.—The New Prussian Ga zelle announces that (l}o marriage of Prince William with the Princess Royal of England is appointed to lake place on (ho 21sl of Novem ber next. A heavy galo on Lake Michigan on thy Ist Inst., did a great dual of damage among Ibu shipping. A dispatch ft-om Chicago states that six vessels were wrecked along the shore in (hat nemity, and liftuen live* were reported lost. CI7“ In the Supremo Court of New Vorlt, on Wednesday, Hie place Of trial of Mis Cunning hum and Mr Kckel was changed from the Coml of (letieral Sessions to tho Com t o| Oyer and Tenninei, Tho trial will take place on (lie 8d Monday in April, as bofttro provided. (TT* We have a rumor from St. l,ouia that one hundred ami fifty filibusters are about leaving that city for New Orleans, to join an expedition being fitted out In Ihc latter city for the invasion of Costa Rioa—thus relieving Walker by directing thtf attention of his ene mies m another direction. DT* Uvcr one hundred nnd thirty-three thou sand dollars w orth of bpndy was brought to Philadelphia last week, and warehoused. \T7* The Jewish passover commenced on the Uih of the present month, being the first full moon of Spring. During that time the faithful eat unleavened bread. Little Thorns. —Tho sweetest, the mosl clinging alie-ction is often shaken by tho sligh test breath of unkindntss, os the delicate ten drils of the vine arc agitated by tho fa'ntest air that blows in summer. An unkind word from one beloved often draws the blood from a heart which would defy the battle axe of hatred, or the keenest edge of vindictive satire. Nay, the shade, the gloom of the face, familiar and dear, awaken grief and pain, There arc tho little thorns which though men of rougher form make their way through them without feeling much, extremely incommode persons of a more refin ed turn, in their journey, through life, and make their travelling irksome and unpleasant. (£7" A lady out West brags that none of her relatives were over sent to tho State Prison or to Congress. ITT* A now M. E. church is about to ho erec ted at Havre do draco, Md» The Shrieks of Freedom. The recent decision of the Deed Scott case by the Supreme Court has aroused the freedom shrickers. The Boston Chronicle, speaking of the members of the Court, says; “A great majority of its members are great scoundrels.” The Boston Atlas says, the Judges are "men whoso pomes arc in tiro same category as- that of Arnold, Ike Traitor." The New York Tri bune says, “it is a dictum prescribed by the stump to the bench —lire bowie-knife sticking in the stump ready for instant use ifneeded. What musl.be thought of men who would thus set law at defiance, arraign Hie character and denounce the decision of the highest court known to our Government. 0. e universal iiisa of scorn from the whole American people should follow these men until they arc hidden from public sight. Art Negroes Citizens. The Albany Jrgua has an able article on this subject in reply to sumo observation by the Journal. Wo extract from it the following paragraphs: But when and by whom was the doctrine that colored men are not citizens first officially de- cided ? Not during the present month by the Supreme Court in Died Scott’s case. Not in 1838 by the Supremo Court of Tennessee in the cane of the State vi. Lovelace. Nor Indeed in 1881 by Chief Justice Daggett in Prudence Crandall’s case. It had an earlier, and doubt less in the estimation of the Journal, a more distinguished origin. It was first oflicially an nounced by William Il'irt in 1821, when Attor ney General of the United States—and lest the Journal ’j recollection should be at fault in rela tion to that learned and distinguished J urist and Christian gentleman, wo add that he is the same William Whit whom the Journal ajtrrward* in 1882 supported as the anti-Masonic candidate for the Presidency ! It is true that Ids ollicial ml- vice to Mr. Monroe's administration not to re-1 cognize free negroes as “ citizens of the United States” set (ho Journal to “ howlingand shriek ing. ” but strange as it may now seem, the howls and shrieks were in favor o( his election to the highest office within the gift of the American people I Wo proceed to slate the views winch Mr. Wirt pul forth on this subject, and invite to them the especial attention ot tho Journal: Tho navigation laws ol the United Slates re quired that masters of vessels should be citizens. Under this statute a question arose in the Trea sury Department whether a free negio ol Vir ginia was a citizen ol the United States, and therefore entitled to bo placed in command ol a vessel. The point was referred by the then Secretary of the Trensmy to the Attorney Gene ml of the United Suites in Hie follow ing loim : I conces-sign of the entire Bar of Ins Stale and of “Whctherfrec pcrsonsof color nro, in Virginia, jjjj, profusion throughout the country, upon citizens of the United States, within the intent I L q |Uf j uMice u) ac k u mt /,,. s nuuHle fell. A aiul moaning: of the nets regulating foieign ami | j n|ld honorable distinction. Imt one coaBtingtr.de, >o a< to be. imthllcd to command | im|dly i, Ollora |,i y borne. Ills opinions vessels t . are models of judicial reasoning and logic To (Ins qnerv Mr. V irt gave an official reply , , , J In a letter It. ■tin, Secret.,vv of tite Treasury, d ™ r ' terse, ami vigorous, net er w ear; B h ,‘, dated November 7. IH-1, trim ..bleb wo make trader, but always exhaust,ng the subject the following extracts: lf no other record of Ins life should so. v no, Locking to the Constitution n« the standard they will runain an imperishable monument to of meaning, it seems very immilest that no per- hi> fame, stamping his name meliaceably upon son is included in the description ol citizen o( the jurisprudence of Ins country, the United States who has not thu (nil rights o( I Among (he numerous questions argued be a citizen in the Stale of his residence. Among! fore nnd decided by him, now and then one other proofs ot this, it will lie sidlldcnt to ad- would arise involving the discussion of the fun vert to the constitutional pro'isioii that “ the dnmenlal doctrincsofn Republican (lovenuuent, citizens of each State shall he entitled toall iho Q p ( ] K . na [ Uro nui ] extent of Legislature power, privileges and immunities ol citi/.viia in ti |o J n nd the construction of the Stale nnd Federal several Slates.’’ ... ( ’ouMitulimiH, His decisions upon such ques- Now, if a poi son horn and residing in \ ngi- tj ons oxluliit the qualities of the eminent .stales ni;i, but possessing none of the "g m nn.ic ent«- ||lftn W ith (hose of the profound judge, tie provisions (,t n eih/.eii '• j ,l '’ * ", A The Const it uiicms of his Stole and his country ie ess «i i i/i n o ''H lll '*> ’ ‘ . M ere the only rules by which his judicial mind ( onsiilntiuii, then, on Inn icinoval to iuiollm i J ' State he acquires all the immunities and privi-. " governed Beyond or above these he knew !<■({!* Of u citizen of that Slate, although he p.uu' no law hy winch, as a Judge, he was bound, scssed none of them in the Stale of his nativity : and to these he adhered with thcslric'cst fldeli a consequence which certainly could not have i ly, interpreting them as one who had carefully been in the contemplation of the Convention. \ studied, and was intimately acquainted with Again: the only qualification required hy the 1 their provisions, their objects, and their theory, Conatituhoa to render a Beraoqeligiblojaß Bresl* I Qijd as pne profoundly versed in thojyorUmgs donT, Senator, or Representative, of the United ! 0 f our complicated but harmonious system of States, is that he will ho " a citizen of the United [ (Jovernmeut. Slates” of a given ago and residence. Free, _ . . negroes and ninlalloes can satisfy (ho requisi- LcltCf (lons of ago and resilience ns well ns tho while man i and if nativity, rusidonce and allegiance The following is Robert J. Walker's letter of acceptance of the«t»ouTnorf>hip of Kansas; Wism.vuroN. Marcli 30. 1837. Jamks Ih i'iiana.v, President of I lie United .States: Mv Dear Silt—l hove at jour request re considered my determination, as announced to you. declining your lender of the office of Gov lernor of the Territory of Kansan. In the view of the opinion now presented by yon. that the safety of the Union may depend upon the selec tion of the individual to whom shall he assign ed the task of settling the difficulties wnich again surround the Kansas question, I have , concluded that a solemn sense of duly to my i country requires me to accept this position. 1 I am brought to this conclusion with an un nlfecled ditlldesce In my own ability, but | with a fervent hope that the Rftuic overrul mg Providence winch has corned my beloved country through so many penis, will now at tend ami direct my humble efforts for her wel j fare, and ilml my course will not be prejudged by any portion of my fellow-citizens m or out MmtDßit in Piiii.Anm.rniA.—On Saturday 1 Kansas. i >r I ■ . . , I I understand that you and nil your Cabinet evening a dreadful murder was perpetrates! mi„ , .. , ° 1 c °rdially concur in the opinion expressed by one of t lie low drink itig simps in Shippen Si.. | MlO ,| l|U 1)|0 „ cl „„| f lltc rra id cn i s of lhl . near Fourth, Philadelphia. The keeper of it, I Territory, hy a fair mid regular vole, imaflcct' Wm. Kelley, was killed liy Lawrence Kelly !cd hy Iraud violence, iimsl lie pencilled in who went 111, re in senreli of a nolonous won,an ! ■ , ‘ lo l ,t "|K ‘hem Slnle ri.nsllli.lion In decide in , . . , ~ , , , ... I themselves what shall be their social mslilu l.vniK will. Kelley, nick .mined Liverpool Live, T |, ls ls ri „ u |„ lm .„ U | prinoi . but who had formerly been Kiley s wife. Kel- J pie of the act of ('engross organizing that Ter ley told him to lake her, and said that if she jntory. affirmed by the recent decision of the would not go peaceably height get a police- 1 Sl *P r<f,nu ( ’ ourt oi 1,10 ' Slntc - s - on<l il »« . . . ... ... in accordance with the views uniformly enter ...an lo aid him. 1 hereupon ll.ley slal.hed , u „„, d |, y I | l , oug |l l ray him in the neck, cutting the jugular vein, so I public career. that he fell and bled to death in a few minutes , 1 congratulate a peaceful settlement of this combined, fiviUiaut tiio rights and privileges of a ivhJto man.) an* sufficient In make Mm a ■< citl- ren of ihe l T nifeii Stales ” in the sense of the Constitution, then fine negtoes and innlnltoes arc eligible to those high oflices, and may com mand the purse and sword of the nation. 1 Mr. Attorney Uunoral Wirt, alter further dls l cussing llui subject, states Ids conclusion in the 1 following words: Upon the whole,l am ol the opinion that free persons of color In Virginia ore not citizens of the United States, within the intent and mcam ing at the acts regulating Ihe foruign and coast ing trade, so ns to be qualified to command ves- Wo submit to an honest public, whether the attempt of the llluclf Hepuhlicnn press to slh up tiie prejudices of the people against (he V. S. Supreme Court, for deciding what Wirt in tlit* year and Dngget in IHfi-l, endorsed ns true conshnrtion nl (tie CcmMlilniloif, is not a hare-faced imposture, and uliethei ire liuie spoken 100 «e\ erely ol it. in characterizing it ns a mere •« howling ami shrieking” foi the most contemphhle partizan puiposes / The murderer then started to run and ns lie went out of the door a man named Russel ; struck him a desperate blow on the head I Nevertheless he made oil* and hid himself in an | alloy, where he was soon afterwards captured , and taken to a police station. The murdered] man was one ol the most notorious characters. 1 and was well known to the police by the soub liquelof “York liill." The murder was de liberately threatened in the street a short lime previous to its execution, and the threat was immediately reported to Kelley who laughed nl it. The informant then went to give the infor mation to the police, and while he was gono the murder was perpetrated. The sccno of the murder was otic of the lowest dens of vice, mis ery and crime in Philadelphia A Hard STuumn.ii for Life.— The Living ston, (N. Y.) Republican announces the death of John McDonald, who resided in that town, and who was found on one of the coldest nights last winter lying in the highway nearly fror.cn to death. At that lime both hands and feel were amputated. Since then his legs have been twice amputated. This was certainly a re markable struggle for life. 17” Same of the most conspicuous and opu lent of New York, with William B. As ter at their head, have subscribed largely to purchase a service of plate to bo presented to Governor Marcy, as an evidence of Choir high appreciation of his services as a member of the Pierce administration. Wo learn that tho cost of this well-deserved testimonial of respect and regard will not fall short of $lO,OOO. tt7" Wo aro glad to loam that tho lion. John L. Dawson Is rapidly recovering from his aovoro and protracted Illness, Tlio New Attorney General. We believe, says the Maryland Republican, (ho Cabinet of President Buchanan is composed of statesmen eminent for their abilities, and distinguished for their patriotism; and that under the guidance ol their counsels tho admin istration of tho General Government will bo conducted wisely, safely and well. We wish, however, to speak now more parti cularly of the gentleman called to fill the im-1 portent post ol Attorney General. It is too little to say that this appointment meets with gencrol approbation. It doea more. It com mands universal commendation, and reflects as much honor on him who made it ns on him to whom it is given. That Pennsylvania was en titled to, at least, one member of the Cabinet, had been conceded on all hands. Public rumor had assigned it first to one and then another of her distinguished sons, but the name of Judge Black, wo had never heard connected with such a position until the final announcement of his appointment and confirmation, and we aver without hesitation that no act of his life has •given to tiic country stronger evidence of the wisdom, sagacity and prudence of Mr. Buchan an, than this. It is one of those instances, so rare in Republics, especially in these latter days, of modest worth and retiring merit re ceiving its due reward, which, while it admin isters a silent rebuke to tho demagogue, cheers tho heart ol every true lover of his country, and assures him that even in politics, something of good, something of virtue, something of an appreciation of genuine worth and true nobility still survive. To himself alone, Judge Black owes what ever of distinction he has attained. 11 red to the ] law, a profession, success in which is the seve rest test of merit, and wherein it may he said. I •• there 5s no royal road " to eminence, lie soon attained a reputation which placed him early in his professional life upon the Bench, as Judge , of one of the District Courts of his native State, I a position which he lllkd with yearly increasing honor to himself and usefulness to the Slate, until, in 18fil, he was elected and commission ed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Penn- sylvanm, (fir Lite term of three years, and upon the expiration of that period, was re elected ns one of the .lodges of that Court, for the fall term of (jfiecn years, which position he occu pied at the time lie was called into the Cabinet. For neaily six years, therefore, he held the highest and most responsible judicial office in his State, and during that pencil he has earned for himself n reputation wh ch places his name mnmtg the fir<l of bring Ainmcnn Jwlgcx.— Dining a portion of this term of judicial ser vice, his associate'npon the Bench of the Sn prime Court, was the late lamented Chief Jus tice (iihson, (a name which cannot be mention ed without exciting ctnoi ions of the pro roundest reverence.) and when he dud. it was, by the question by nn appeal to the intelligence and patriotism of the whole people of Kansas, who should all participate freely nnd fully in this decision, nnd by n majority of whoso vote the determination must be made as the only proper and constitutional mode of adjustment. I con template no appeal to military power, in the hope that my countrymen of Kansas, from every section, will submit to a decision of this matter by n full and fair vote of a majority of the people. I will go, then, nnd endeavor thus to adjust these dililcutiies. in the full confidence, so strongly expressed hy you, that I shall be Bus i lamed by all your own high authority, with the cordial co operation of your Cabinet. Very respectfully, your friend, R. J. WALKER. Hakdsoub Pukmknt. —A beautiful and high ly finished cbciitoirc, or portable writing desk, wns made a present by Lady Franklin to Mr. Morion, with the following Inscription on a brass (dale inlaid in the lid ; “ To Mr. William Morton, who shared tho fortunes and earned the gratitude of her much beloved friend. Dr. Kane, from Lady Franklin, November, 1850.” Mr. Morlort- was ono of tho men in tho Arctic expedition. Dr. Kano was much attached to him fur his fidelity, and took him to England with him last fall, and from thence to tho West Indies. Morton remained with him during his illness, and came homo with his remains. ID** Eight miles of track arc only required to be laid to connect Marietta and Cincinnati by railroad. Win. Kcclc, a deaf mute, has been tried and acquitted of a charge of murdee. at Ral eigh, North Carolina. BC7" In Chicago, tho Mayor always revokes tho license of those hnckmer> who overcharge , passengers, A very proper punishment. Correspondence of the New York. J Daily Timer, Governor Robert J, Walker, Wabiiinoioit, March 20, 1857. Until Mr. Robert J. Walker can prevail upon hia family, and some of his Intimaf6 friends, tb drop their strong opposition to bis making Kan sas his homo for so long a period as would, bo requisite in ortlor to accomplish tho task*, ip that Territory, which tho Administration requires at his hands, I fear it will bo dlftlcnlt for him to go. Ilia health, seriously impaired by tho Nai tional Hotel attack, could scarcely ho benefited by tho anxieties ot a Western sojourn. Ho has never boon physically very robust, and at tho present time caro will bo necessary before ho can recover oven his usual vjgor. Still, tlnS general impression is that ho has made up hiti mind to accede to-tho personal solicitations of Mr. Buchanan, ohd that be will ho Governor Geary's successor. - '. It had escaped (ho,not)co of people hero,-ns it was not regarded for the moment na having anjr political significance, that (ho Prosideht, not witbslAHding tho pressure of public business upon him from all directions, had taken oppor tunities of frequent and lengthy interviews with Mr. Walker during tho past fortnight, which are now understood to have had reference to Kansas. Mr. Buchanan bad, probably, made up his mind previous to the advent of Ex-Gov ernor Geary, whom ho would appoint In his place, ami iienco tho intimations which were thrown out that a statesman of tho first order of talent ami energy would bo chosen, and that opportunities of higher distinction wotild bo nf forded in Kansas, than could bo enjoyed by any other appointee of his Administration. It seems to bo tho common supposition that Mr. Walker is entirely identified with tho ex treme Southern Interest, and that his sympa thies are with tho school of Davis, Toombs and ollicrs ol tho secessionist stripe. This is not the case, and scarcely ought to bo charged against the man who whs chosen to tho United States from Mississippi, as tho opponent of Mr. Poin dexter, in tho very campaign In which the. latter gentleman stumped the State under the Palmet to ting, ns the advocate of South Carolina nulli fication! Mr. Wolkci’s course, at that lime, met with the approbation of every Uulori man throughout the land. Ills standard was tho flag ’of the Union, which ho wore around his Waist, ; in which costume ho denounced disunion ns treason, in every principal town ami village of , hi» adopted Southern Slate. Robert J. Walker, the son of Judge Walker one of the Judges of the Supremo Court of tho United States—was born in Pennsylvania, and, I believe, not far from tlio homo of jilr. Buchan an. Ho studied law under ids own father, and practiced his profession at Pittsburg, whore ho married a daughter of Franklin Baclic, of Phila delphia, and a gniuddaugterof Benjamin Frank lin. The first nomination of Andrew Jackson for the Presidency was made by young Walker, shindy after he was admitted to tho bar, nt*a Convention of (he Pennsylvania Democracy. After bis emigration to Mississippi, ho became identified with Texan independence, but took no loading part in national matters until tho de claration of South Carolina in favor of nullifica , (ion had excited ills zeal in behalf of the Union. Then succeeded tho famous struggle between himself ami Poindexter—tho latter the rigid band of Calhoun in Mississippi, through whom i lie hoped to gain over that State to tho cause of secession, or un unconstitutional Slates Rights extreme. No Misslssiphin will ever forget that 'anions canvass, nor ought it to go out o( tlio iH-mory ol patriots In the North. Whatever nay have been the real causes of complaint igninst Mr. Walker since, ho did his duty then ininfuJly, triumphantly, and in a way which •aimed him to tako his seat as an equal among the giants who composed tho Senatorial body of Hint period. Walker, in tho Senate, soon became a confi dential friend of Jackson, and took a leading part in the annexation ol Texas \ but it re membered by those who distrust him count of his supposed Pro-Slavery, proclivities, that ho strenuously opposed Mr. Calhoun’s pro ject of making all of Texas Slave Territory, and was the main instrument of making tho freedom ol the soil of the Northern portion ol our newly acquired possessions a condition of annexation. Walker was first rcqxcsted by Mr. Polk to enter his Cabinet ns Attorney-General, that post being deemed most in accordance with Ids tastes; but Bubsoquont-owcnts transferred .him to tho Treasury DeimHflpmt. He then inaugu rated tho “ from the “Protection” tariff system, and drew up am! reported tho tariff of IBJO. I* was n bold measure, reducing duties more than onu-haU, on an average, and that at a lime when the c,.nutty was Involved in a war, and In opposi- Hon to tho views of tiio commercial, moneyed and manufacturing classes. On the passage of die hill, Mr. Evans, Senator from Maine, end considered the financial leader of the Whigs, declared, in his place, that (ho revenue of the next year would not bo $1*2,000,000. Daniel Webster left a memorandum with die clerk of (ho Sonalc, that it would not produce $14,000,- 000. Abbott Lawrence and the banking inte rests of this city and New-England considered the policy as destructive. Walker’s recorded estimate was (hat it would give, in the first year, $80,000,000. It gave $20,000,000 snd some hundreds of thousands, and has gone on increasing until U has readied Us present prodi gious amount. Walker is the only Cabinet ofllcer fix’ h* l had bis reports reprinted abroad. Sir KoWrl Pool had them printed for the benclit ol the House of Commons, and ills Is the honor of !>«• Ing the only financial minister whom the uur/d hat produced, who lias advanced tJovernmcnt Stocks, and maintained them nliovo par, during a foreign war, and while It was borrowing money daiiy. 1/ this sketch sounds to ton like a panegyric. It is because 1 have cared to present yon on 'r one side, and a (rue one, of (hu character ol » very remarkable man, who is about to bo en trusted with (ho practical card of most important question which has agitated In® country for many years, and Who, U is boJlorc here, will db it In the interest of the accordance with the principles °r l 0 Nebraska law, and If the majority (as l» les* the cose) of the people of Kansas are Hoc- Stale men, In a day to fidcuro the trlun p i o Ireoclom over slavery. A Billet Pill. Thu Lewislown Aurora, n Know-Nothing journal, whoso editor favored the Union move ment, docs not relish Iho manner in which the whole affair was turned into Black llcpublicati ism. It says: lii another column of to-day’s paper will M found Iho proceedings of the Convention wince assembled in Harrisburg oil Wednesday last,» noiiiiuato Stole olllccrs, in opposition to I™ Loco I’oeo pony. Tltis body lias .not ach'd n wc hoped it would have done. Its nomine* especially that for Gdvernbr, will, in all prow hllity, receive a determined opposition fmmdie straight-out Americans, who in ' balance of power between the Berneem llcpnhlicans. Wo si,all, for the prr cut. keep o„l P of tile contest, hoping ' f "hoo/' yet bo done to bring all the elements of me 1 P °Tho nomhitdion*of (lover,.or, * consider decidedly a had »sfm nf our most cherished hopes. Last *«' were heartily sick of triangle tights, and J . l" a "o a fair prospect of having the re-enacted at the coming election. Iho which it is an easy matter to foretell. Qjr Anderson, Rio celebrated Swedish volor, was lately killed In Africa, by an pliant, no la Mid to hove reached a port llio Interior of Africa never before pone by any other European. [C7- According to tho official roturnßi- 1 township of Highland, In Elk conn y, 1 M , Binnlloßt district in Pennsylvania, b«»» eight taxable*. Jnekßon townßblp, 1“ county, has fourteen. 0y Huntington, tho forger, has gained pobndß since Ids Imprisonment. Ho do In the morning, and keeps books In no™. . 1 . . b yoi» D3”A divorce was recently gi'an of the courts ol Indiana, where the ° n tlon against tho defendant was that sii , foot,
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