AMERICAN- VOLUNTEER. iOHS B, BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor, CARLISLE, PA., DEO. 10, 1857, (Js“Hon. John A. Ahl, member of Congress from this district, will plonse accept our thanks for sending,nsxlocilments. Wo are also indebted to Hon. Lemuel Town, onr lata member, for bound copies of the Con gressional Globe and, Appendix. These nro valuable works, arid wp feel under obligations , to Mr. T. for bis attention. . SOPERINTEMDt;NT op Printing.— Onr" friend, "Gen. Geo. W. BoWman, late editor of that old, able arid fearless Democratic organ, the Bedford Oaxette , has been appointed Superintendent of Public Printing, at Washington. Tho appoint, merit is made by tho President, and reflects cre dit upon tho administration. Gen. Bowman is a gentleman of decided ability, and few men in. onr State have labored, more zealously in de fence of Democracy than lie has. Wo congra tulate him upon his good fortune, and wisli him success in ids now vocation. The Scuneb Court-martial; —A report of tho court-martial which tried Col. Sumner, on tho.obarge against him preferred by Maj. Deas, has.been transmitted to Uio President. The court finds him “ not guilt every charge affecting his personal reputation!, and “ guilty?’ on the minor points relating to discipline or et iquette. Ho is sentenced to four months’ sus pension from command. Ills sentence has not yet been approved, hy the President. A per sonal difficulty, arising out of .the matter, is ponding between Col. Sumner and Gob. Harney, the President t of the court. WILMOT AGAIN’ IN OFFICE.— TI(o Governor has, appointed David Wilmot,* the Black-Re publican candidate for Governor, President Judge of iho 13th Judicial District, which po sition Mr. Wiimot resigned in August last, and to which Gov. Pollock appointed the Ilpn. Da rius Bullock. Mr. Wilmot’s commission will bear date the 7th of December,, and extends for one year. In (he meantime an flection will be held. Imcoutant Decision - . —At a recent trial in Broome county, N. Y., it was decided that a passenger having purchased a railroad ticket from ono pomt to another,- bad n right to .ride on any train ho chose—stopping over at any place on the road a day or more at his pleasure. The notice, “good for this trip only,” was of ho legal force. K 7” Late advices from Washington stale that the administration have determined to adopt measures with the view of securing to the- in habitants of Kansas o fair opportunity of ex pressing their opinions at the ensuing election, on Iho subject of slavery, in the form proposed by the Constitutional Convention. The acting Governor (Stanton) is intrusted with the duly of carrying out the instructions. DOINGS IN CONGRESS. The first session of the 'thirty-fifth' Congress commenced off Monday at 12 o’clock. The opening of the two Houses attracted dense crowds in the galleries and other parts of the Capitol. SeKate.—Oh the rail being called, fifty Sen ators answered to their names. The Senate was called to order by the Secretary, who read a letter from Mr. Breckinridge, Vice Prcsideff stating.that howould not be able to reach Washington.at the commencement of the scs- sion t On motion of Mr. Benjamin, a resolution was adopted, that, the oath required by the Constitution he administered, by Mr. Bright, the oldest member present. Messrs. Andrew, Johnson, of Tcnuessscc, and Mr. Clark-, of New Hampshire, new members, were sworn in, and took their seats. The Senate proceeded to ballot for President pro tepipore of the,Senate, when Mr. Fitzpat- rick was chosen, and being couducted to his scat, returned his acknowledgements for the honor conferred. . • The usual resolution was adopted for the ap pointment of Committees to inform the House and the Presidentof the United States, that the Senate was organized, and ready for the trans action of the business. The Senate then went into executive session, and confimred the nomination by the President, of George.lF. Bowman, editor of the Bedford Gazette', as Superintendent of Public Printing. After the Executive session, the- Senate ad journed without transact! ng any further busi ness.- House of Representatives.— I Two hundred and twenty-one members -answered to tho call of the House. ' A'quorum of members being thus ascertained to. bo present, the House proceeded to the elec tion of tho Speaker. Sir. Orr was nominated by Mr. Jones, of Ten nessee, and Mr. Grow, by Mr* Banks, ot Mas sachusetts, On the ballot tho vote stood as follows: Mr. Orr, Mr. Grow, Scattering, . The announcement of the result was greeted ■with applause. On assuming the Chair, Mr. Orr- expressed Ms thanks for the honor conferred npbn him. Tho delicate and responsible duties of tho Chair, ho said, would bo comparatively light, if bo should bo so fortunate as to secure the co-ope ration ol the members in dispatching business ariddn upholding tho dignity of the House. He promised to administer the rules,which may bo adopted, with firmness and impartiality. Tho great business confided to thorn by the people L admonished thorn to cultivate a patriotism as expansive ns tho confederacy itself. Ho cher ished: tho hope that tho public business would he transacted so as to promoto tho interests and happiness of the entire people.and the Oonsti tulion would be maintained in its integrity, and that the Legislature would quicken tho great ness'and glory of our common country. . Tho members were then sworn Inj advancing in delegations for that purpose. - 1 Tho House then proceeded to elect officers, when the following uanied gentlemen (all Dem ocrats,) were chosen: - jEor Glork, i. . <•: : Mr. Allen, ol Illinois. ■EoTiPostmaater, - Mr. Clnskey. of Georgia For Doorkeper. - Mr, Hackney, ot Va; - For Seirg’f-at Arms, Mr. Glosshrenner. ' Mr. Florence, of Pennsylvania, gave notice of his intention to introduce a bill for the entire suppression of all 'bank notes as currency, or of bonk notes of a less denomination than a hun dred dollars as a circulating medium in tho Dis trict ol Columbia. ; The President’s Message was read in both .Houses on Tuesday. It is said to he very long. We shall give it in our next. THE KANSAS CONSTITUTION. Our political opponents—we cannot call them by name, lor they have* none—this nondescript parly,-without name, head, tail or principles— is jubilant over what they term “a split in tho Democratic party.” Because, forsooth,. there nro honest differences.of opinion among Demo crats in regard to the Lecompton Convention submitting tho Constitution for .Kansas in the shape it did, our zebra opponents arc in oxta cies' over tho fact, and proclaim a split in our ranks.' They know and'feel that they have no power to contend against the Democracy them selves, and tlidit only hope for years has.beon, to see a schism in the' Democratic ranks. We have no objections whatever, to- see, our oppo nents enjoy themselves. "occasionally,, but,.in tho present case—notwithstanding wo have no de sire to' spoil their fun—we assure them their hopes 1 and expectations will not be verified. — They have shouted too soon, and nro congratu lating themselves upon a state of things which does, not exist. There is no “split in tho Demo cratic party,” nor,is there likely to-be. Men may entertain different opinions in regard to the doings of tho Lecompton Convention, but they have no desire to create difficulties in the De mocratic ranks, nor to do anything that might embarrass the National Administration. Demo crats are in the, habit of giving expression to tbeir feelings ireely and without much reserve, but in- dfdng so they have no idea of favoring Black Republicanism—no disposition to distract the Democratic party; ’ V While on this subject we may remark that wo have road tlio proposed Constitution for Kansas, as tornaed at Lecompton, and, notwithstanding it contains one or two features to which some object,"wo confess wo can see nothing in it to raise a breeze about. Tlio same oloctiori provi sion which appears in" the Kansas Constitution, appears in the constitutions of Ohio, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Mis-, soini, Michigan, and, wo believe, ip every State Constitution which has been adopted since 1802. On the all-absorbing subject of slavery, the ques tion is to be submitted to a popular veto. If a majority aro opposed to slavery, they have it in their power to prohibit it. Is this not fair?—is it not honest I What more do the shriekors want ? And yet the New. York Tribune and pa. pors of that ilk council their followers in Kan. sas not to go to the election on the 21st instant! By refusing to vote, the Republicans arc entire- ly sure that Kansas will become a slave State, and then our opponents will have an opportuni ty to shriek more vehemently than ever. Not witlistamling all (heir loud talk and hyppciilical professions, the abolitionists of the North are anxious to see the pro-slavery men carry their point in Kansas—they desire Kansas to become a slave State, for they think they will then have an opportunity to assail the administration and the national democracy. 1 But they cannot evade the responsibility that rests upon them. They say they cixn poll nine votes out of every ten in the territory. Wo take theih at their word, and of course will hold thorn responsible for the re sult of the election-on the’2lst... If they permit the slavery clause 'of the .Constitution" to be adopted, it wilt then be plain to every one (lint their object is to fasten slavery upon Kansas.— They alone wilt - be answerable,for the result. - For peace sake, if for notbing else; it would have been better had the Lecoinpton Conven tion given tho people the. right to vote for or against tho whole Constitution. But, after all, is there - .anything contained in the Constitution to which, our opponents object? No! Then why al| tlri3 blu3fcr,imd “noise ?” Wo have said that lyo would have I|Kccl it butter had tile whole Constitution boon,'siibmittod to tho people, but, ye fit's it contains no objection able provisions, wo feel no disposition to tight a shadow. The Constitution, when adopted, in ’our bumble opinion, will meet the w.isltes of a majority ol tho people, of the Territory, and thus the principles of the Kansas-Nebraska act will bo put into practice. Tho paramount question of slavery, as Wo have said, is left t'o the people | of tho, territory to votq.upon and to decide, and 1 whatever that decision may be, it will meet the 1 acquiescence of tho* friends qi the- adiriinistia -1 tion. ■ t KP” The Commissioners appointed by Gov. | Pollock to examine into and report on tlie con dition of the Bank of Pennsylvania, have con cluded their labors for the present.; .The partial report of the commission was sealed on ITed nesday night, the 25th nit., and sent to Harris burg. Tho Commissioners, Judge J. T. Hale, Eli Slilor, and J. C. Bomberger, met in Phila delphia j)n the'l7fb nit., and proceeded at onco to a .discharge of (heir- d uties. Tlio investiga tion was conducted with duo diligence, and the result, thus far, is in the possession of tho Gov ernor of the Stale. It is stated in tho papers, (hat tho ascertained liabilities- of tho Bank amount to about .two, million dollars, while the assets will figure to the amount of two million seven hnndred.thonsand' dollars. These-assets consist of bills receivable, bonds, mortgages, real estate, &c., and tho liabilities of indebted ness to tho city and country banks, circulation, dL-posits-and. checks marked good. The report sent, to the Governor contains a classification of these assets andliahillties. The Commissioners will probably resume their investigation i,ntho course of fifteen or twenty days; A Toron Head.— The Calaveras (Cab) Olirbn iclp states that two. “ colored gemmon” in thai place,, who had quarreled about “ a lady,” met in mortal combat. Aftor an exchange of shots, tho Sheriff arrested the parties and carried them to jail, when a pistol bullet was found flattened out and lodged in tho wool of one of tho com batants, who was quite unaware of having been touched. DbHSS AT THE FIiEXCU COURT. —TllO pi'Ogl'CSS of extravagance in dress has provoked a slight counter demonstration on the part of the French Court. Last'year it was understood that no la dy invited to Cempiegne could appear twice in the same dress. This season it has been intima ted that the reappearance of a dress once in the course of a week will be not Only tolerated but approved. The consequence is that ladies invi ted to pass a week at Compiogno pack lip pnly eight dresses instcad.of sixteen. liikoand Outdo.vb —The Taylor county (Va.) Court must liavo been frostily imported, judging from the tenor anti-spirit of a resolution recent ly adopted by that august tribunal, winch says the Petersburg Gazette, smacks strongly of the “ ould country,” viz : “ That the Juno term of this court shall be hold in May, and the Novem ber term in December.” If any son of the sod can yoke a pair of bulls to beat the above, 1c him drive them along—lists are open to the vino species of nil'centuries and Climates'. The Or.D Kentucky Home.— lion, John C. Breckinridge, Vice 'President of the Uniled States, lias sold his residence in Lexington Ken tucky, to Eev. W. C. Dandy, of the M. E. Church. Washington will, for spine years at cast, be the residence of Mr. Breckinridge. The Times. We hoar from nil quarters that the times are Stocks—those indices of tho llnan. dial pulse—which Were depressed by Ihe panic to the lowest possible figure,- have again run up to- noarly-what they were before tho crisis.— Gold pouring in upon us, and wo are importing nothing to drain the spe cie from us. Coin that hid itself in dark cor--, norsat the first sound of alarm, is coming out fj-om tho places of concealment to empty itself once more into the channels of trade. .Manu facturers are taking heart and starting their hammers and looms again, and operatives find employment at a lime when they thought they saw the dreadful necessity almost upon them.— The Banks of New York now hold in their cof fers §21,302,145 in specie, more than double what they held on the first of December 1855 and the first of December 1850 ; while at the same tinio their loans and circulation have large ly decreased. Capitalists are embarrassed to know how to invest their money", having lost confidence in many of the 'securities that used ;o bo ranked as first class. The same Causes that have operated to lilt tile New York Banks with specie, .will relieve tile Banks of this State from the dreaded scarcity of" the precious met als, and enable them to resume specie payments at tho time fixed by tho suspension act. On every, hand the signs of a «< better time a coining” are manifest. In material wealth the country is noiy better off than it was before the difficulty, aid when a healthy tone of public confidence is again restored, and onr banking system is placed upon a now and more secure basis, wo will bo enabled to look back .upon those financial difficulties, and regard thorn ns a purifying storm which broke off the dead and rotten branches clinging like dead weights to the living (roe. - Death op a Millionaire.— Jas. Morrison, the eminent English merchant, who died recent ly, commenced his career in London as a ware house assistant. . lie died worth nearly £4,- 000,000. lie was a lover of art, and formed a large collection of valuable pictures of; the old masters--Italian’and Flemish—-and also a gal lery containing some excellent examples of the English schools of painlipg. Dr. Waagen, in his “Treasures of Art in Great Britain,” enu merates 30 pictures of Mr. Morrison’s irpllarly street as of. the highest value; and observes that “the specimens of-costly plate, objects in ivory, Raphael ware, and other tasteful ob jects. are quite in'keeping with other works of art in this fine 'collection!” Tlje pictures at. Basildon Parko the German critic also describes in detail, as " a . collection of q very high class.” An Important Invention. James E. Ca|h cart, Esq., of Georgetown, D. Cl , has at length succeeded, perfecting the navigation of canals by stcami power. I’ho great draw-back hither to in the application of steam' to canal boats, has been the injury accruing to the basks by the revolution of the wheels. The new inven- tion removes this objection, as the propeller and peculiar arrangement of the machinery attached to the boat actually increases the depth and width,of the channel by washing the bottom and depositing.the mud upon (lie banks. : Mr. Cathcart deserves credit and profit for his sci entific improvement, more particularly as the undertaking Was accomplished during the few hours of leispre allotted to an,official-.existence iffWashington., . ■ , I 4 -A Molimon of Bi3ptfGß.~lfc is sUted thafc'dhe'Wdnnons, among their other prepara tions; have not forgotten'to look out a Canaan .of refuge, in case the United Stales should dis agree too severely with their patriarchal insti tutions. ; The “ Saints” have, it appears, ah excellent open road from their southwestern valleys, to a settlement of their own on the con -1 fines of Lower California* This colony con -1 sists of between one and two thousand picked' 1 setllers—bravei prudent, industrious, and well, instructed not to give, cause of offence to their Christian neighbors. The colony kccpTup a I steady communication with Salt - Lake, GOO miles.distant; and it is scarcely to be doubted that they have planted other stations in ihe pleasant and fertile,valleys scattered along this route. The inference is obvious, from this systematic arrangement,.which opens the way into Sonora and Lower California, that the Mormons have contemplated the possibility of a retreat beyond the United Statcs jurisdiction. They affiliate with the Itidihn.s’, are strong enough to hold both Sonora and Lower Califor nia against Mexico ; and nothing but a large volunteer force and and the establishment of a cotdon of military settlements con-reduce the Mormons to submission: ;xy The extravagancoand prodigality of the aristocracy of Europe may be estimated from the following, wliich we clip from the Paris correspondent of the Memphis Bulletion, who writes: “The young Countess Marie Doretheo do Castclline has just' been united' to Prince Frederick do Radziwill*, a Prussian officer.— Portions of, the-lady ."a wedding equipment (or trousseau) have been exposed in-Paris.—ln this collection there were a number of rare hand kerchiefs; so bcautiful are they that one could think they .had escaped from the’ slender weav ings of fanes, and not from the mortal hands of sewing-women- I counted in the window where they were displayed no less than sixty handkerchiefs, costing from two to three bun. died dollars each. On some of them the em broidering of the arms of the house alone cost eighty dollars. The arms of the houses-Cas tellano and Radziwill were interwoven’and sur mounted by the crown of the Prince; all this was in pure gold. The threads were metallic, malleable, pure, and so arranged as not to dim' in washing. There wore seven cashmere shawls; of seven different colors one was of white, embroidered with gold and turquoise. PttESEKTATIOK Of TunKEYB. —Nwlj* tWO 10IIS of turkeys wore presented lately to the employ, ees oftho Boston and Worcester llnilrbad Com pany. The men to the number of four hundred and fifty assembled'in the hall over tlio depot, when a speech was made by GcTwisbell, Esq., President of the road,’ informing those present, that in consequence of the hard times, thoeoln. pany was obliged to cut down their wages ten per cent. Mr. Twisboll ‘ said ho was very sorry that such a step was obliged to bo taken, but that there was no help for it'." The turkeys wore (hen presented, and the monlclt io- ' Look OOT,FOR a Change ok Fashion.—A; Pa ris letter says :—“ Atprosenf there isat (ho Im perial Court nn organized, crusade against the small bonnets now worn by the ladies. It is wished to give them a circumference more in harmony with that of the crinolines. This is why some of the guests have appeared in velvet hats with largo brims, in the English style, call ed chapeaux de I ’ alliance . The Mormons nml our Government. This bybl'ia politico-religions people, it would seem, are dotet'jnincd to draw down upon them selves the refributivO'jiistice which our Govern ment has been so* reluctant to administer. What with former outrages on gubernatorial and Judicial officers appointed by the General Government fir tlioTerritory of Utah,, compli city with savages in the horrid murders on the Overland Koiite to California, and their bravado and insults toward (lie military forces now on tbeir.way to that Territory, together with.the destruction of the train of seven wagons accom. panying the expedition; there has grown into a conviction with our people, if not with our'Go vernmont, that it is about time to “ let slip the dogs of war, 5 ’ and reduce'the most insulting, refractory, and traitorous combination dt per. sons upon which the sun shines. Government has tolerated the outrages on all religious sentiment and common decency wdiich Mormon polygamy lias practised,'together with serious and studied insult offered for a length of time; but its lenity has boon converted into li cense for intolerable outrages and daring trea son. 'The recent nows from the Plains shows them dyed in the blood of peaceful emigrants, and the Indians, incited by the Mormons, too thrown fearful perils of murder and death around every company and every wagon making itswaj over them. The infatuated and villainous Mor mons, more, brutal than tiie Indians, and fai more criminal, seem to court a conflifituith om Government; and by every insolence lyid out rage, to solicit, what wo hope they will got— iat is, retributive -justice and universal, subju- gallon-.- 0=- Tlie Choctaw Nation intend at some fu ture day. to present another star foronr nation al banner. . The territory .which they hold by treaty with the United States lies in the south .wc'stj' adjoining Kansas—a fine, fcr.ile, rolling country, rich in mineral and agricultural re sources, the soil, and climate well anapted to. the growth of cotton, graft], &c., in thectilliva tion of which the inhabitants are generally en gaged; The population number twenty ■ thou sand. They have a well organized govern ment, .with governor, house of delegates, and the usual state officers. Good , public schools are established througlit the territory, wherein arc taught, both hi Choctaw and English/all the elementary branches, with sonic of the or namental. : Their leading men are intelligent and well educated. ■ . - . ' O’Dr. Septimus’A. Ogier, a highly respec ted Physician of Chester Valley, was killed last Thursday morning, while crossing: the Penn sylvania Hailroad near the “Steam boat” station, The engine of the way passenger train] which came along without the usual warning, stiuck. the horse and vehicle in which ihp Doctor was riding, threw him violently to the ground, and fractured his skull. He was taken, up insensi ble,.and died, in half an‘hour. The carriage was broken and.the horse killed. ■ Mr. Bond,, who was ridifig with the Doctor when the acci dent happened,’escaped almost miraculously.— Doctor Ogier was a native of Charleston, South Carolina, and-studied medicine at'the Univcrsi-’ ty of Pennsylvania, lie was married to a daughter of Col. Thomas 11. Brinton, of Dela ware comity. *• Nkw- Way tockt jud or a Bauy.— On Thurs day. morning' la£t as a small girl was on her way to school, uri Philadelphia, shc r was met ;by a guntoply man, whip stopped tier and enquired Whore slid was going. She replf ,cd to School," adien Ilia'young-' mail asked the name of the mitfess. Oh being informed bo requested the little girl to convey-a bundle to her, at the sain A time cautioning h»r to carry it very carefully ,'hsatmmight breakit. -She took the bundle and (carried it with great care to her teacher, Who, upon opening it, found a white child apparently about four dtiys, old. The little one was pro-peris'- taken cave 61. . . tEF" The lliofloht papers publish a call ibr a mooting of the cultivators of the Chinese sugar cane in that State, to be bold at the office of the State Agricultural Society,,in Springfield on the 7th day of Jamjary. Tlie Springfield Journal says that the growing of the. sorghum, and the expression andi manufacture' of its juice into syrup, has been highly successful in Illonois in the season juJt closing. A comparison of “notes” by practical cultivators, on the subject of tins now branch of agriculture fit the North, cannot tail to be both interesting and proflita blo. ■ ' V ' Three at a Birth.— The Lancaster Express says that on Tuesday last, Mr. Daniel F. Bren eiser, residing in East IXeiiiptield township, was presented by-hjs ‘better half’ with throe,little rosy cheeked pledges of affection at one birth— two hoys and a.giri. This is tho second time Mrs. - B,- has been 'blessed with theselittle ob jeotstof‘materrijil solicitude’ in the plural nnm bor. First twins, and then triplets, or five chil dren in twor consecutive births ! OS'- Tho Banker Hill‘Aurora; a paper always lerotofore opposed to the democracy, iii a late issno, says “'But.where are we to go ?_ -We answer tins' question in tbnp words: To Desiocratic party, v'o other party.now existing can claim or receive the, living whigs ot'Massachusetts. — Mo. other party is national cnouglr for. them." BC7”Thc New York ■ Tribune has tilled out and hired a Corresponding Staff to procure in formation of a reliable nature from Hath or wherever the Mormon War may bo conducted Resuming Work.—The Pittsburg Dispatch says that several .of''-the Sligo iron works have resumed this week,.and, are now running half time. This will furnish employment to many who have been itjle for some time past. Several of the mills in the Fifth Waid. also, the Dis patch Says, will .start again shortly . An Oddity. —There is a farmer in Bethany, Cotm., who has |iot worn a hat,or any covering on hia head, for twenty years, winter or summer, and-who says Ills head is never cold. During the recent soVetb weather ho might have boon seenworkingroa|ls‘tlirough thesnowwith thick, warm mittens on his hands, but no coveiing on hishead. ' •]fy Two of tjio shoe manufactories in South Deerfield, N. 11., which have been idle for some time, started oil the 10th. These establish ments wili givopniploymont (or the winter to 300 persons male and female. . ■KT-New York is in a deplorable i slate,— Murders lake place nearly every’ night, and the papers are filled horrible detailsof sickening crimes. . i ’ : C7“The Philadelphia papers say that tire, hoarded money If those who gave way to the fears during the panic is coming forth from its hiding place and,seeking for investment. Caution to Parents. The Delaware County Republican notices the death of a child about ten days old, caused by having administered by its nurse three drops of landnnm.' Medical works contain well au thenticated cases of death having occurred from a-single drop of laudnum, after being adminis tered to children of a similar age to the one above mentioned. The ignorance of mothers and nurses is the chief cause of the great mor tality among children. It is stated upon reli ablcdalnlhatono halfofall the children born die before they reach the ago of five years. One of the mast fruitful causes of this mortality, is the abominable practice of dosing infants uiih nar cotic drugs to keep them- quiet. It is true, they are seldom hilled at .one blow, but the re peated doses of patent nostrums which are sold for gain at all the shops of the apothecary, and many of the stores, ruin the nervous system, and Break down the general health of the child, before it is old enough to walk. Better that children .should be kept “good” by, that care and judgment which secures pcrlect health and, constant comfort, than to. neglect their wants and then stop their, cries with a stupefying drug. Many of the neuralgic pains and ner vous diseases have their origin in the drops,, cordials and carminatives, which arc given to helpless infants, as.a substitute for proper care and attention.' We hope the time*is.not dis tant when parents trill see the impropriety of making tlicir children dead drunk to keep them quiet. Let mothers institute a reform'in this matter if they desire their offspring to live and enjoy good health. ■ Price, of Hogs. As thisis the time when hogs are'chiefly brought to market, we annex the prices at pres ent paid in different pans of the country : . At' Vinccnns, Indiana, fanners.are asking 85.00 but this is'above the views of buyers; At Anderson,-Indiana, prices range from •$3,25-10 3.4,00, with the expectation of a fur-, ther decline. ; . ' - ~ At Louisville, Kv., buyers ofler $5,00 nett. In'Bourbon count)', $3,50 gross is the common rate. ■ At Oyulliiana, $4,00 gross. •At Chicago', 111. 1 , $4,15 is paid, for extra weights $4;30- .( At St.'Louis, Mo., $4 DO gross is the ruling la At Paris, Ky;, $3.50 is paid, and the hogs are generally large'and fat. ■ At'Cincinnati, the prices range from -§6.60 to $5,00, but this is not expected to hold good tliro’ the season. . . At Cleveland, hogs this season, says the Ohio FarmcT' arc generally better,.both in -size and fatness,- than. the usual run*. 30-25 nett, is asked for heavy weights, SG,OO-for lighter. Reception of John Bigler as Minister to Chill , Hon. John Bigler, -United -States Minister- Plenipotentiary and Envoy -Extraordinary to Chili, presented his credentials to that Govern ment, accpmpanied.by an autograph letter front President Buchanan to President Montt. The correspondent of the M. Y, Times sends the following translation of them : ADDRESS OF SIR. BIGLER ■ I havolho honor to place in the hands of yorir Excellency an autograph letter from the Presi dent of the United' States, accrediting me' as. Envoy Extraordinary and.. Minister ■Plenipoten tiary neay the Government of-ydur Excellency. In this letter ypiir Excellency will ho assured, of the continuation oT friendship which the Government of the United. Statss .has always | manifested towards the Governmeilt of Chili. . As iter representative, I have hut little to add tollio,assurances already given, further than to express to your Excpllenp.y how Happy I '■‘dtdi be ill ad my intercourse with tic; Gov.ernnpfnt ' of’ your excellency, to cultivate the closain friendship, and to strengthen, as,fur as I est able, tho ties that at present unite, and should always unite our two Republics in a sincere and cordial friendship.. .As lhe most zealous defenders of liberal Re- ' publican institutions, the people of the. United . States syrapatldzcd cordially with Chill in her struggle - for independence, and since its happy ' land glorious termination, have observed with I pleasure and with pride her progressive march 1 towards tho elevated position she now occupies among the civilised nations of the world. The people of the United States recognize in Chili a sister Ecpnhlic in the enjoyment of equal liberties with themselves, nnd’ardcutly entertain Ihohopo that her destinies will always ho direct ed by a liberal and just government which shall possess tho moans and the desire' to dispense the benefits of a wise Constitution, purchased at ii price too dear to,ho easlly forgotten. Truly desirous as I am ofcontinningthe friend ly relations that at present happily exist between tho two governments, and highly important as I judge those cordial relations, I can do no less than congratulate' myself that the' Executive power is in'the hands of a person so distinguish ed as your Escclicnoy lor his elevated ideas and liberality of character, when I'shall have to treat upon subjects tending to augment the hon or, happiiftjss and prosperity of IheUnitod States and Chili. REPLY OF PRESIDENT JIONTT. * The people of Chili have always sympathized ..with the United States, and sought constantly to augment tho good understanding that hinds them together; and ray Government, as the in terpreter ol such sentiments, lies directed its ef forts to tho same end, observing.with' pleasure thatthose relations', founded on a basis of friend ship and mutual convenience, aroboingoxtend ed and consolidated. " , Tho sentiments expressed in tho letter of the President of tho United States, and those which his Minister has advanced bn his otvn part, are now guarantees that' these ties, will every day grow stronger, . 1 I feel gratified that a gentleman so honorable as yonrsell should have been charged with this important mission, aud it will bo gratifying to mo in the course of it to give now proofs of the bencvolenbtk'siros with which my administra tion is animated in respect to the people and government o f the United States, and towards the person of their Minister. THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER To His Excellency the President of the Republic of Chili; Cheat and Good Fiiiend : I have appoint ed Johnßigler, one ot otir distinguishedcitizens, to reside'near the Government of tile Republic of Chili, in the character of Envoy Extraordin ary and Minister, Plenipotentiary of the United States of America. He is strongly impressed with the friendship which wo hold towards your ■ Government, and with our desire to cultivate the harmony and good understanding that so happily exists between ns. Knowing his prob ity, intelligence and good conduct, I have full confidence that he will he acceptable to your Excellency and that ho will strive to effect onr desire to preserve and advance, on hll occasions, llie interest and the felicity of the two Republics 1 . T pray your Excellency to give lull credit to all ho may say on the part of the United States, and more particularly to hia assurances to your Excellency of the friendship which ho professes towards yonr Republic, and of hordesiro to see it prosper. May God grant your Excellency health and happiness. Dated at Washington, the 9th day of April, in the year of onr Lord, 1857, By the President, Yonr good friend. JAMES BUCHANAN. Lewis Cass, Secretary of State. Mail Rodder Akuested. —W. T. Tucker man, who was formerly 'proasnror of the Eastern Railroad Co., was arrested at New Haven) on Sunday night, on the charge of mail robbery, lie confesses ins .guilt. The evidence against him is conclusive. Ho acknowledges having $BOO worth of postage stamps. Five hundred* dollars in notes on the Leo Bank of Mass, were found on him. Good—Read. In.n recent issue of the Danville .Iti/cllig™- cer, wo And the following lirst-rato letter, which, with the Intelligencer’s preface, wo transfer to onr columns: . , ■ . A brother compositor,,in a neighboring town, i received and read to na, one day last week, the J following piquant off hand private letter, from , a New York city, dry-goods'clerk, of “ yonder ( of rags,” to use his own simile. Being well . acquainted'with his clever and somewhat ec- ‘ centric young author, it amused us vastly : and believing that its publication would.not damage , Uis fair reputation, we earnestly solicited the privilege of publishing it. Our brother printer 1 very kindly consented—we promising l°o use f stars for the author's signature. The author, ( it will be observed, is quite dramatic ih his style. Perhaps the fact that Miss Charlotte Cushman, 1 decidedly the greatest tragic actress of the day, , ism relative of his, will account for tjjis; Nkw Youk, Nov. IS, 1857.. 1 Mine Ancient: Verily “ procrastination is ' the thief of time When last I brought my 1 visual organs to bcaron your benevolent I promised both you and myself that no very 1 long time should elapse, before I opened a cor- 1 rcspondence with you ; and, awakening this | morning,'lb a realising-sense of my neglect, I plant thl after part of my pantaloons on a slop!, 1 and, seizing my,goose quill, I proceed to afflict you with one of my scrawls. You. I suppose (lucky dog.) are luxuriating . in all the delights of country .life, and making those immense whiskers of yours the admira-. lion of the town. Ye gods and litile fishes ! how I wish I were with you for a litile While. We the disciple of Ben Franklin and the vendor of rags—would startle the .worthy'denizens of *'** *** oiit of their senses qf propriety (by some piece of deviltry) before we had been to gethcr four arid twenty’* hours. ■ Since I saw you. I have been one of the ac tors in a farce, yclept “ Mairimony”—having officiated as groomsman—which is prodably the nearest being joined in the holy’ “bonds of pud lock” that the deponent will ever arrive at.— “ From those and nil'other evils, good Lord de liver us,” etc., etc., s,iys the prayer-book. As a short hislory of the proceedings on that melancholy occasion may’-afford a poor devil qf a “Benedict” like you, a'kirid qf gloomy’ satis faction, t subjoin it: ■ P/qce—Long Island. ■ Time —l 2 m. Dramatis Persona —Bride and groom,brides maids and groomsmen, sundry and divers rela tives and friends of the family, and numerous retainers, understrappers and hirelings; 1 Scene First— Groom arid groomsmen in the basement, partaking-of a gentle decoction of, I cogniao and-aqiia vine, tvhich tends greatly,.to I check the acidity of. the stomach arid nerve them for the fearful ordeal. ~ 1 ' Scene Second —Principal actors in the. back t parlor, with the'folding, doors closed, straight -3 ening out ihcir furbelows preparatory to “sail ing in.” Fat nigger, “as is goin* ” to open the door, ytquivcs (sollo voce) of depbneut “what in thunder’s the use o' bein’ aii hour giilin’ ready 1" I. proceed .to - .eject him ' froiri the premises but .upon reflection, conclude it isn’t best—he being u larger man than myself, anJ..I not having.o.n my-kicking boots or my sitting-down’pantaloons. I smother tiiy indig nation and strike an attitude .with a small piece of femininity on my left arim Curtain rises. ’ Grand Tableau —The snbscriberis seen in the fore-ground-(with his usual serene smile illum inating his “rang”) supported, in. the back ground by the siars : , nil looking superfluously hafrjwi '. Gfflntd March to the front-parlor, tyhero we desjfribc a half-circle and face themvsic. Cler gwtpan palavers'' awhile, 'iirid ;winds tip, an ih ra such eases, by' telling the assembled ffnulutmlc (hat, if' they have anylhingto say jabout .it, to jipcak, L -put,. or- else-.forever after \_cork up."' As no one had anything to oiler, (Btitwain weremade.ono flesh. ’ JSktmd:Finale^-A li (trying to kiss the bride; andfnllXlie feminines in tqafs-jmarried ones weeping.Hiase” they were married, and maid ens ‘SknsoV they wa’n’t—l expect. Verily, Corporal, “.sich” is life ! So mote it be. . With an ’ eye single to the Welfare of this njodern Sodom, it is probable that I shall re main,here, at least,, until the Ist January. It is probably useless for me to. refer you .to an ancient work, entitled the Bible—as I don’t think you ever perused it—but it is therein stated that, once upon a time, when Sodom of old was about to be immersed in ignited brim stone; it was, currently reported and generally believed that, if there had been five decent men in that, community of blackguards, that lire would have ended in smoke! With that well-, authenticated incident iii my mind's fcye, I con tinue to do violence to, my own feelings by re maining in this ungodly town; cherishing a hope that I nmy. prove to bo a fifth, part of the salt that shall finally save it. Let me hear from ypu at once.' Meanwhile, ' ■ l am decidedly, \ • National Exi'EsomißEs.—l*llo corresponds cut ol the Now York Times makes, the follow ing announcements ih regard'to tho iiallonal'ap propviaticns for the coming year Y “The Treasury estimates of appropriations for the next llscal year have been made up, and, despite every effort to reduce them, the total amount estimated' is ■ about'seventy millions.— The estimate TOr tile War Department alone is twenty and a quarter millions, being largelyjn v creased by the anticipated Mormonwar. The total naval estimates, including the special ser vice mid tile Construction of the now steam slbop-of-war, amounts to' tory'teen millions: — Secretary Cobh still thinks that the treasury’ will not he compelled to resort to loans or treasury notes,” “Root 11.00 on Die,” —Mr. RiveS, of'the WashingtonG/oic. seems to be a staunch be liever in this popular saying. In some recent remarks upon alleviating the distresses of the poor of that city, ho says: “ X don’t believe in this feeding the poor from the public'crib. I always noticed when we used to foed,,tho hogs down in Virginia, two or throe big bogs got all the corn and did well, and the vest got loan, but (hey all staid in the lane where (he coin was thrown, and never put their noses to the ground to help themselves the whole winter. But those that were turned out and not, fed from the' crib went off to tlfe woods, and in the spring they were all as tat as butter, and their tails curled so tight that they could hardly get their hind legs on the ground.” Chinese Sugar Ca#e. —Nyah Seward, Esq., of Caroline county, Rid., has this fall made one hundred and thirty gallons of molasses, (equal, it is said to the best New Orleans syr up,) from one acre of the Chinese Sugar Cane, after milting and shocking a considerable -por tion for fodder. Thcremro in New York a great many people who “don’t sleep in houses.” A night or two since the station bouse reports showed the names of 400 lodgers. The Day of Small Things.— lt is a fact, though not generally known, that two hundred and thirty years ago twenty four dollars pur chased the whole city and county of New York. Heavy V ote Over 84,000 votes were polled in N. Y. city, at the election for Mayor. Quite a village it must be getting to' be. • [CT" The work on the Northern Central Rail road is progressing as rapidly as, ever. The Sunbury American says the masons are busily engaged in raising the abutments of "the bridge over tho Shamokin creek, a mile below town.— The bridge crosses immediately above tho road bridge, at an angle of thirty degrees. Tho. company has decided to locate the road through the lane and up Deer street, through the bor ough. ‘ , -.^Kossuth. —information has been received at Washington of the confiscation, by tho Austrian government, of all tho property of Louis Kos suth within its roach.- '[From the Piltsbitrg Union nf H'crfncsrfoj.] Tlio McKeesport Tragedy. Since the confession of Henry Fife and Clmr lotto Jones, the public mind has been agitated to a great degree, and with a great many per sons the truth' or falsity of Fife’s statement, seemed to tifi-n upon one point—the reco.vcryof the bloody treasure. Jailor Phillips, to whom the confession was made, was told by Fife where the paper money had been secreted,' and ■ also .where the gold and silver were deposited. As wo have already stated, both Henry Fife and Charlotte Jones exonerate Sled-art from ail complicity in the murder. Wc are not ccr- f , lain, but infer that the hiding of the money was unknown to any person save Fife himself; He slated that the paper money, amounting, as he supposed from a hasty coupling, to about fifty dollars, was secreted in Wolf's stable, be. tween a flooring board in the haymow and one of the joists ; that he entered the stable, jp which were three stalls, and climbing upondjio manger, in' the middle stall, ho raised one of the boards from the joist by pressing against it with his head : that ho then shoved the paper money in on top of the joist, and when the pres. ' sure was removed the weight of the hay in the mow forced the board down nightly upon the money. He further stated that ho had two small bags of gold and silver. The largest bag, he thought, from'a hasty glance, contained twenty dollar gold pieces, and the other silver half dollars.— These he hid about daybreak, on the morning of thq murder, on the M'Keespnrt bank of the Youghiogheny river, V short distance above Mrs. Alexander’s tavern, which stands at thS junction'of . the two rivers. He could not lei? the exact spot, within two or three hundred feet. a$ he had two hours after tried to lin'd it himself, but could not. He did not make par ticular search, ns it was Ihtn daylight, and ho was afraid of being seen. The bank was tpiito' steep, and by throwing his whole weight liporl 'oho heel, by jumping forward, made a hole id the soft earth, which was deepened by further ellbrts with his feet, lie then took out the bags, placed them in the cavity, and covered • them up. .. . .. '.Yesterday morning, Jailor Phillips, John SI. Irwin, Esq., Win M. Harlzell. of the Dispatch, . and a son of the jailor left this city.in the C. 30 A. SI. train for McKeesport. - On their arrival there they were besieged by a jargo crowd Of curious .rind anxious citizens, who' seethed to understand the object of the visitors. The par ty inquired for tlie residenceo.f Capt.. Hendric kson; and were followed I hither by a large and constantly increasing crowd. . They left there in company with the Captain, and proceeded to iYulf's tavern. Hero they were joined, by the barkeeper, who conducted them' to the stable. Sir. Phillips mounted the manger in the middle stall, and 'raised the board front one of the joists. . There whs no money found, and the crowd began to show signs of incredulity.—- , Another joist was searched .with the same ill success, and the spectators ridiculed the seek ers. The board was then-rinsed from thethiid and last joist above the stall, and lo 1 a tightly compressed roll of paper was drawn forth.— Astonishment now took the place of ridicule, and all were fully satisfied by an exhibition .of .the bills; ‘ There were thirty dollars in all, 20 of which were on the State SiOck Bank of In diana, and of course'worthless.- The other trn were counterfeit. Two of the fives bad . tinct marks of. blood upon them.-. ... The party then proceeded tb the bank of the -‘Yough” j-ivef, to search .for the. gold and ver. Tht diiy Was moderate, and the previous rains bad- made the ground quite soft. By this time about one-half of ihe population of M - Kcespovt had congregated upon the spot, and a large number volunteered to dig for the hidden treasure, -..After digging with the Vigor of Cal ifornians for, some ttvb' hoprs. and going over the supposed, liniit wiihout success, the search was abandoned by .the juilffr and his pdrly. al though n number still conimued to tlnfiV dj) tlio up the earth. Should they succeed in finding the money, it-will he put-into safe hands and delivered to the proper person. The party took the afternoon boat, and reached thecity before evening. At no one point of timein the, development of this tcrVihle tragedy, had there been mofc citcmcnt iiLM Keesport, if we except the srt'nc connected vndkihe arrest of the parlies. Ihe finding of. the paper money has, in one point, undoubtedly' ■ corroborated the .conlcssiow. Of Henry Fife. The... poodle of M’Keesport, with t one accard, deemed Stewart.guilty until yestcr: day, and the majority of them, still adhere to that opinion'.' The finding of the money, Ijow ever, has wrought a change in public' senti-' nient. Sorghum Molasses .is Inhiasa .and lowa. Col. Morris, of Indianapolis, an amateur far mer,’of'twenty-seven acres of suburban hinii,' raised a field of Sorghum, and in order to make molasses from It, and to enable others in tins vicinity, to do the same w.ith their 'crops, pat up asiOO’mil\, turned by horse power, pressing out 150 or ‘4oo gallons per day. . . Suitable wooden boilers, with cast-iron bot toms, were erected near the still,' and this “hje tory” has been going night and day fora month. Triumphant success lias crowned the expen- ment, and domestic molasses may now be lonnd in all eur best groceries, and on many of. the talilOs of the poor as.well as of the rich, linn all pienounce it delicWua. One of tile most clleer ing results of tlds'enterpriso of Mr~ Morris and others is, that the price rtf “Orleans” Ims fallen to 5(1 cents instead of 80 Cents'. Sorghurii. o*. Considered .cheaper at 75 cents, than OrleamYat 50 Cents'.' ; jhi :• *** * ****** li is an crier tin say that' the sfled of the SSfcr glium is poisonous,'or .even injurious. Stock are fond of. it. and it is, good■ for them. The seed will ho doubt- make excellent flour, simi lar, perhaps, to buckwheat, but at' loast as pula-, fiiii’D rtn'd noifrisbfug; there are albumen and ■saccharine matter in it in good' proportion, with flbrino, arid; the trial'iMll lirovU itb value for flour.'- , , .. o. Equally successful experiments; says tliCTn hime, have been made in lowa.i pun Bubble CuilttEScf. —The Loiidon Tjmes comments with much force upon-the de based nature of our currency, IVe subjoin an extract. “The uncontrolled issue of local paper money in .the United Stales has given to. the whale me dium of. exchange the same uncertainty' wind corrupt'coinage, gave to the European medium iii the middle ages., ... - , "A man who sells an article in a shop.l ter ally does not know, what the thing called mon ey which ho receives in exchange for ms wo> n. A bit of paper is banded lo bun, bo Ipo • . * it is a nole issued by the “incorporat . ers” or “Boot-makers he turns it over holds it to the light, and with the significant lion, “You have nothing else? 8 .n -“Detector”—a hook which, as our cor p , dent says, “is itself a comment °n ?he » system”—to see if he can find anything , his new. paper acquaintances tOCTO- - i ndex expurgatorious —that b.aek list . ken hanks, suspensions and known countcrlei does not include the offered note, he ace P ' but still reluctantly and suspiciously. - storekeeper in the Union is thoroughly lamm with,this process; he repeats it many every day.” , Oa.etVin was fairy inaugurated last we ® k * °" , rrhomp sibn of the first “rccep.tpn 0*” M*' B * . of' son. the accomplished lady of ’the Sec X gg the Interior, who bids fair to become q popular in this respect as her prcdeccss . McClelland. These festive occasions wi.U.P ably bo nupierous during the winter. . lt from the regular presidential levees, I * A. 0 f •‘receptions” will lake place at t ' le . ma .' mcni the Vico President, Gen. Cass, and oil hers of the cabinet, Hon. J. Glancy J°» > , cSS George Taylor and others. W® . y ge »a destined to have a gay as well os a J sou.— Cqr» Phila Press. try- A young lady in Cincinnati, a <c "°?, 0 ago died froth bleeding at the nose. • . ft( standing, blood rushed from both nostu 3 ■stream.
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