AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., FEB. 4, 1858. Meeting of the Democratic Stand- ing Committee. Tha members of the Democratic Standing Commilloo of Cumberland county, arc request ed to meet in Carlisle, at Marlin’s Hotel, at 1 o’clock, P. M., on Saturday, February 13/ft, for tlio purpose ol making arrangements for electing delegatus to tho 4th of March Convention., i Three or the Committee. Lower Allen, Israel Boyer, Wm. Stephen; U. Allen, W.'li. Cocklin, B. Tilzel; Carlisle, E. W., Henry Saxton, James Armstrong; W. IF., Wm. Zettlo, R. Spottswood; Dickinson, B. Puf fer, Jesse Kurtz; Easlpennsborongli, Chas. P. Wilbur; jr., Dr. J. Bowman; Frankfort, James Wallace, John Monntz; Hopewell, Adam Eber ling, J. o.Elliott; Hampden, N. Eckles, David Hume; Mcchanicsburg, W. EckltfSJE. Lamont; Monroe, Wm. Senseman, Poter'Baker; Mifflin; Wm. Patton, Moses Connor; Nowton, Samuel Cope, P. G. M’Ooy; jMewvillo, Johnßrickor, J. K. Klink j Mew Cumberland, G. K.llursh,. A.. Freeman; M. Middleton, Peter Brind!e,Wm. F.Swigert; S. Middleton, Geo. Otto, G. 8.- Hosier; Southampton, Wm. Coffey, T, IX.- Brit ton; Shipponsbilrg 8., B. Duke, L. K. Dorin vin; Shipponsburg T., T. B. Blair, J. P. Nev in Silver Spring, Samuel Kast, JohnClendehin; Wostpennsborough, D..S- Ker, Abm. Myers. Biography op Elisha Kent Kane. —We re turn our thanks to thopublishcis; Messrs. Childs & Peterson, of Philadelphia, for a copy of the anxiously looked for work, the “Biography of Elisha Kent Kane, by Wm. Elder.” It is a work of 416. pages, and is got up in excellent style. Dr. Elder, the author, commences witli the birth of the Polar navigator, and ends witli his death. The work is written in a plain but very interesting manner. This work should command a ready sale, for it is, beyond ques tion, a book of rarest interest .and instruction. The. name of Dr. Kane, like tbat.ot Henry Qrinnel, will remain nn honor to- Ilia country. . Mr. John Miller, of this Borough, has been appointed agent for the sale of the above work, in the (dftfnties of Cumberland and Franklin.— He can bo found at Martin’s hotel, East High street. Commercial Institute, York,.— Some of the moat elegant specimens ot writing that wo ever have seen were shown to us during our, recent visit to Harrisburg, executed liy T. Kire White, Principal of the Commercial Institute at York, Pa. This Institution is said to be one of tho best of the kind in tho tliiitcd States. Mr. White’s advertisement will be (ound injindther column. Gokguessional. —Nothing of .intcrest.lrans pircd in either branch of Congress during the past week. The Army bill was up for consid; eralionin the Senate, and that with Fillibusler-. ism, the Public Printing! and a little sprink ling of Kansas, made tip the sura total of the speeches in both Houses.. The Senate adjourn ed over for the week ou Thursday, raid the House on Friday. Re-ohoanization of the School Depart ment;—The School Department has been' re moved from the Executive office to a room in the Capitol building, adjoining the Canal Commis sioners’ office, which has been refitted, and is much better suited for that department than the old quarters—which-have also been renoVatcd and fitted tip for the Attorney, General. That oAloiir will, therefore,-he always in rendinoeo-io. communicate with the Governor. The arrange ment is an admirable one, and will bo a groat Convenience to both the Sohbop Department and the Attorney General’s office, Tbn State Superintendent has made the following appoint ments: , - Jons M. Sullivan, Deputy Superintendent. Clerks—. Geo. W. Chads, of Harrisburg, and Jas. G, Sample, of Crawford county. K?” Ice put up during the tore part of the aeaeon is more durable than that put.up towards spring. Those intending to put up ice this spa san, should remoinbw this -fact.—. Ex. The above ddvfco may be very good, but the question just now is, where is the ice to come from? i TT” 'the government is again in funds to an amount ample for immediate purposes. The new Treasury notes have been received from the hands of the engraver, who has executed , them with great skill, representing upon their faces admirable likenesses of the distinguished men, under whoso immediate direction they were issued—the President and Secretary of the Treasury. It is found that the notes will ' be current at three per cent interest, any bank being glad .to take them on deposit at .par with the accumulated interest. . Good Move in'the Senate.— Mr. Slidell has'introduced a bill in : the United States. Sen ate, prohibiting the . circulation of all bank notes in the District of Columbia of a less de nomination’than fifty dollars. IVho will fol low the example in our own Senate 1 ? Too Late. —rMr. Bernhisel; the Delegate from. Utah. Territory, is desirous of a peaceful settlement of the Mormon difficulties; Bather too late we apprehend for such a pro. jposal to emanate from the source it does. O’ The Senate Committee on French Spolia tions have decided to recommend that Congress appropriate live millions of dollars, in five per Cent, stock, for their liquidation. Should the claims exceed the sum specified "by the Commit tee they recommend a prorata distribution. 05?»The British Boat Office Department is complaining of. the mean fraud, largely practis ed, uf writing upon newspapers mailed in this country lor England. The Department will di ,rect the attention of Postmasters throughout the country to exert special efforts to protect the revenufe. The British Postal Department lias 'been, requested to return such papers, in order, 1 Utah those sending, them may be prosecuted ac ■ cording to law. - Peepahed to Resume.— The’Directors of tile - Banks of .Northumberland, Danville, and Lew isbnrg, have adopted resolutions declaring that they aro prepared to resume specie payments as ’ eoon as the Philadelphia Banks do so, and de siring the co-opora.ion of the latter in as early ri resumption as practicable. Tub License Law.—The Committee on Vice and Immorality of the Legislature, think they have a sufficient number of petitions for the re peal of the present License Law, to justify them in making some radical changes in its provis ions. - ■ Anotueu Muhuekeii Convicted.— William Muller was tried last- week at Wilkesbarro, for' the murder of an old gentleman named George Mathias, and found guilty of murder in the first degree. He killed his victim with an axe,while lying in, bed, and afterwards threw his body into a well neat tbo house, whevo-U was subsequent ly found. KANSAS IN THE LEGISLATURE. Ever since the rise of the Kansas excitement it has been Customary for the opposition to in troduce into the Legislature resolutions in structing, our representatives in Congress how to vole on (Ids question. At the Session of 1854 it was entire opposition to the repeal of tlio Missouri Cotupromisc, and the passage of the Kansas bill. At the lasi session these res olutions took the form of instructions against the admission of Kansas ns a'slave State, no matter how a majority of the people should vote, and on Thursday of last week a scries of resolutions were introduced into the House by' a Republican member, Mr. Miller, of Craw ford, Rsfollows: Whereas, it is the imperative and indispu table duty of the government of the United Slates, to secure to any inhabitant of Kansas the free and.independent expression of his opin ion by his vole; to leave the people of the Ter ritory free from all foreign interference, to de : cide their own destiny for themselves, and to protect them in the exercise of their right of voting for or against the Constitution, without the fair expression ol the popular will being in terrupted by fraud or violence. "And whereas.- the organic act unde? which the Territory of Kansas is now governed, expressly declares its true intent and meaning to be —“to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regu late their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States therefore. Resolved, By the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of Pennsylvania in General Assem bly met, that our Senators be and are hereby instructed, and our Representatives requested, to resist the admission of Kansas into the Un ion as n State, until a Constitution, is presented that lias been fully and fairly submitted to the people, and received the unqualified sanction of a majority of the bona fide citizens of the Ter ritory. The evident object of those concerned in get ting up and offering this resolution, was to con sume the time of the House in a long and fruit less discussion. . This, the majority determined to avoid. After considerable. debate and a number of pointed and satirical hits were made by members of both parties, the preamble and resolution were referred Ip a committee oT sev en —all the Democrats voting for the reference, and the Republicans against. On the day fol lowing the Speaker announced the committee, as follows—Messrs. Calhoun of Armstrong, Goepp of Northampton, Miller of Crawford, Jackman of Clinton, Lawrence of Dauphin, Rhodes.of Northumberland, and Turner of Luzerne. It is understood that the committee stand two in favor of the Lccompton Constitu tion, to five against it., The determination and entire unanimity dis played by the Democrats of the House in dis countenancing this effort to agitate the Kansas question, was doubtless a, sore disappointment to the opposition, who imagined that an actual division existed in our ranks, and that it need ed but the mention of this subject to.excito tho factions' to open warfare. They found, with extreme mortification, that the Democratic party was still , united, and that no movement of its enemies could bring disruption to its sol id ranks. Public Opinion. •The Easton Jlrgtis of Thursday week says:—. The Democracy of the old 10th Legion which gave our noble old President over 7,000 of a Imryority, and which ha? always stood by him in ■days #qjjoby r Eoiv btajtdb oy nia AX>axj-viSTni.- tiox and will continue to do right.. On the Kan : saa question,.every Democratic paper in the district, nine in number, approve his'policy and support his measures, and the same unanimity exists among,the rank and file, tho bone .and ' sinew of the party. ; ■ ' j • -1 The Democrats of Carbon county had a glor r 1 ions meeting at Mauch Chunk on Monday the ■ 4th inst.y which was attende<H>y every promin ent democrat in the county. Hon. Asa. Pack er presided, assisted by Dennis Bauman, Con rad, Keener, Andrew Grover, W. ,D. Tumbler,- and Francis Reed, Esqs.j Vice Presidents, and Enos Tolan, and P. SpcersnydorjEsqs.,Secre taries. The following resolutions were reported from the Committee appointed for.that purpose, of which Mnj. Shortz was Chairman: ■ Rcsolvcdf That the Democracy of Carbon co. have, and ever had, fullconfidenco in the firm ness,. integrity, statesmanship, and' Democracy ot Janies Buchanan ; 'and that, confidence has 1 steadily increased with tho progress of his ad ■ ministration; and looking to his recent message to’Congress as'the exposition of the principles upon which lib proposes to administer tho gov ernment, we desire to express our cordial and unqualified approval'of tho .principles therein enunciated; .. Resolved, tfhat-the Democracy of GArbon co. stand on the platform where they have always stoood. They maintain that the principles of the organic law .of Kansas.and 1 .Nebraska are right and Democratic; that we support the doctrine of non-intervention, and therefore shall not dictate to the people of Kansas or anyothor Territory or State, how or in what way, they shall make their own laws, provided such laws, rules and regulations are republican in form,and not repugnant-to the Constitution of the United States. ■ ' ' • The resolutions wore unanimously adopted, showing that the Democrats of Carbon are sound and true to the ■ Constitution, Huzza for old Buck! Wo are proud of the Democracy of this District in the unyielding attachment displayed for the Chief Magistrate of the Union, and for thoir fifm adherence to the principles and plat form of thoparty. ■ The following resolution was unanimously adopted at a recent iheeting.of the Democrats of Allegheny county:. Resolved ,' That the administration' of President Buchanan has thus far, met the highest expec tations ot-tho Democracy of Allegheny county; we confidently reiy upon his character, experi ence and integrity, which led-us to- victory in 1850,-for an honest and faithful administration of .our national affairs, and for a fair and impar tial settlement of all entrusted to bis care. The Supreme Court op Pennsylvania. —The Judges of the Supremo Court of Pennsylvania have addressed a memorial to the Legislature, in relation to the proposition for abolishing the several districts of tho Court, and fixing its ses sions, tor tho whole State, at some assessable and convenient point. OS’” Col. Jno. W. Forney has consented to deliver his, celebrated Lecture, on American Statesmen, in-tho Hall of the House of Repre sentatives at Harrisburg,'on' Tuesday evening, the 9th inst. The Harrisburg Union says :This is in pursuance of a unanimous invitation from tho members of both houses, irrespective of party proclivities’, having boon signed by all who were in tqwn and bad an opportunity. A very,severe ease of Soro Eyes,.of five years’ standing, was cured by tbo uso of DU VALL’S GALVANIC OIL. It is one s of tbo most soothing And pain quieting agents that can bo had. Byrsipdlas of tho face, If will often re move the pain in 10 minutes. Mi'. Everett is said to have repeated liis address on Washington 65 times, and realized over $BO,OOO tor the Mount Vernon fund. iUUfeUERS AND MURDEROUS WEAPONS. Wo find it, says the Chambersburg Valley Spirit, that it makes n great difference when and whcic n murder, qr a murderous assault, is committed.' The more openly, the more boldly the crime is committed, tlio more certain ; is the murderer’s Where a railrdcr is com mitted in the dark, under no eye but that of the Omniscient; the party suspected of the crime is apprehended and convicted.. There! being “a reasonable doubt” in his case, society gets the benefit of the doubt and the suspected man is hanged—not, however, it is consolatory to his friends to reflect, without benefit of the. best .clergy the market affords. -But when a viliian strikes down his victim in broad day light and in the presence of a cioud of witness es—where there is an absolute certainty of his guilt—where, indeed, the act of blood is admit ted, because it cannot be denied —the murderer is acquitted ! . Bloodthirsty wretches iiavo got to understand this, and instead of attempting to wreak their vengeance in private, they do it in public. . ! The latest outrage committed “according to law,”—such law as Judge Allison lays down is the acquittal of Thomas W. Smith of the murder of Richard Carter, at Philadelphia.— Smith killed Carter publicly, in the parlor of the St. Larcnce Hotel, in Philadelphia. He was acquitted “on the ground of insanity at tho time of committing the act,” and yet uo boby in his senses can believe that. Smith was insane. He was in his right mind ;he deliber ately planned the murder and ooinmittedl.it with the coolest deliberation ; but he.didil un der'circumstances calculated to give great eclat to the not, and this saved him from the fate of less bold.and sagacious murderers. . Some persons justify the killing of Carter by Smith, on the ground that the law furnished the latter no adequate remedy for the wrong done him by the former. We deny the right of any man to take the law into his own hands under any circumstances, and- we deny that Carter, ever wronged Smith. What are the facts ? - Garter had put a girl; of whom he had . the care, at School at Wilmington. Smith’s sister was a tcaohcr in the school. Smith visi ted his sister; saw ihe girl; fell in love with her, like a fool, at first sight : and a few months afterward, without taking much pains to ascertain who or what she was. married her. He got more than he bargained for, as , some times happens with people who neglect to look before they leap. His wife presented him with a child'four months after their, marriage, and told him it was Carter’s. . Carter had greviously wronged tho girl and her family', but he had.done no wrong t 6 Smith. It was not Smith’s wife he seduced, for the girl was ruined before Smith met her. .And Carter, so fair from being instrumental, in fas tening the ruined girl, upon Smith, when he learned of their intehdedhnarriage, endeavored to dissuade her from marrying, writing to her that, in view of her condition, she ought not to think of doing so, It was shown on tho trial that Smith’had seen this letter, but ho married the girl in,spite of.it. Instead, of applying for a divorce, as, he should have done, and leaving the woman and child to. he taken care of, by Carter, Smith armcd.himself and took Carter 'ji life; and’be .cause;he l Judge’.Alli-, son^irtrtSin'offmparaHe’juryadqUitfdd him':'; And how Smith seeks to end the matter wh'tro he should have commenced it. He has applied to the Legislature for fl divorce. lie docs not deserve to have his petition granted. Neither he nor anybody else who sets the law at deft aiiee by taking up deadly weapons to redress his wrongs, be they imaginary or real, deserves sympathy from the public or relief of any des cription from the representatives of the people. It is time to put a stop to the use of murderou s weapons. .... New-btyle Convention.—A convention of some 400 or 500 Gypsies was to assemble at Dayton, Ohio, during tbo holidays.' The Jour na, noticing the presence of n large number, then already on the ground, says: “ These Gyp sies do curious things besides telling fortunes, and painting horses. Some twenty or thirty of botli sexes were at the Metropolitan tbo other day, and tbo women of the pai-ty invited the men to drink, which invitation was accepted, and the whole parly gathered! at the counter and drank together. The women paid for the liquor. A short time afterwards the men re. turned'the compliment, and treated the wofiion,. and they continued (inis doing the polite to each other till the. whole party had drank a half a dozen of times.” ■ Qoy- Mrs. Margaret’Mogo, who left Sait Lake City, Oct. 8, and reached _ Col, Alexander's camp, Nov. 1, says : “ In my opinion, the pro portion of Mormons who would bo glad of an op portunity to escape from the authority of iho church, and who are privately opposed to tbo course which Brigham Toimg has adopted to wards the United States Government,-is aboiit one quarter of the men, and- certainly one half of tlio women.”' Timowiho a NEono 'WENon in A Heated Furnace. —TVm. Cl ■ Chamberlain, living near Providence, Miss:, met. with quite a loss .on Sunday, ilio 14th ult. One ol his negrowomen moved by toolings of j ealousy, attacked'another while she was in a sitting position-, giving her a blow upon tlio head Willi an nxo, and then put her in a healed furnace, where she wa's found shockingly burnt. The murderess confesses the act of-killing, hut denies putting her in the furnace. About twenty minutes after the body of the murdered one was found, his barn, con taining a largo quantity of oats and fodder, was discovered to bo on tire. The same negro who committed tlio murder is snpp.osed to have ap plied the torch, though sho denies having done so. Mr. Chamberlain’s loss is about $2,500. K7"lt is stated-that a Aon of the original Joe Smith, tho prophet, founder of tho Mormons, now resides at Nauvoo. Ho is about 24 years of ago. A correspondent of tho St. Louis Re publican is very positive that Joseph intends to assume tho leadership of the church next spring, and, as a method of Mor mon problem, suggests that our,Government should encourage tho people, of Utah in ac knowledging him, andjthus rid themselves of tho traitorous Brigham, DC/'The Presbyterian Advocate announces tho death, in Washington, Pa., of the Rev. 0. Dodd. Mr. Dodd was tho oldest member of tho Washington Presbytery, and was much es teemed by all who knew him. [£7» The New York papers say that- there is more gold and silyer in circulation in that city, at the present time, than was ever before known.' The RcTqiylibn in Mexico. The important-nows from Mexico, which we published in n special despatch, prove? .that Comonforfd coup (V etat has not been ns suc cessful ns Loms.Nnpplcou’a. The whole popu lation seems to be rising against his usurpation, and the singular spfcofntlo is presented of 80-1 1 publicans nndadheWnfs of Santa Anna taking up arms to' put doWn their common enemy.-- It,may bo. however,-'that the friends of the lat ter have taken advantage of the public senti ment against Coinonfort’s overthrow of the constitution, to strike a blow for the old repro bate Santa Anna, and this revolution is their work. It secfus impossible, however, that Mex ico can again accept that pr’oflgatc chieftain as their ruler. A man who could bargain to sell his country While it hostile force is invading it, is no fit ruler for any people, and can have no popular sympathies in his favor which could give stability to his power. Comonfort is pre ferable to Santa Anna, but constitutional Gov ernment is preferable to the Dictatorship of either. There are enough friends of the repub lic, doubtless, to. see that the liberties of the people arc sacrificed by neither. Remarkable Januaries. The month of January of-1858, thus far, has been a most remarkable one. The mercury in Philadelphia, has scarcely been down to freezing point, and the weather generally has been more like that of April or October, than the second monlh.of .winter.. .Looking back, we find that the January of 1790, was also a remarkably milJ,pnc, tho medium temperature being 44°. The mercury often run tip to 70 in the shade at mid-day, and boys wcre.seen 1 swimming-in the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. This mild weather continued".until' February 17, when a reaction took place, and; cold set in, in good earnest. The Januaries of 1793, 1810, 1828, 1838,1842,1845,-were also, mild, and there have been several Januaries-since, which wore by no means what may bp called hard. During these, mild Januaries, fogs have as they have at times the present month. . It is possible that wo may have a cold snap before long. We dodbt. not our ice-gatherers are imping that it will be not much-longer delayed; though there arc-hundreds and thousands-who are effected by.thclaic panic, and to whdinjm in definite postponement of bitter cold will be an inestimable blessing. The cold Januaries from 1790 to' 1846, have been .those, of 1815,1820, 1821,1831, 1832, 1840,1844. In-1815 themcdium’tcmperature was 20. Tile Schuylkill and ’Delaware were 1 both frozen hard during the whole hmnth. In ,1820 the medium temperature was also 20. In 1821 the mcdinni temperature-was 25, and there was an 'uncotrimoh amount of snow all that month. On nine mornings. the mercury, in Philadelphia,was below zero, and on two mornings as many as 9° beloyv. Down in Maine, during the month, it frequently fell to 409 below zero. ■ -Qniy. three Januaries previous to this, during a'ccntiiry, had been so cold, and those-were in 1741, 1705, and 1780. The „ sleighing was good from Buffalo to the mostex tremo part of Maine, and from St. Johns, New Brunswick, through the Canadas, and for a thousand miles .westward.. Every harbor was -,ice bound from Alexandria, Va., to Eastport, ■ of-Portsmouth, N. »thwooidcßt. on -1 record, (&' niedijiJß iemperniure Being ns loty is 24. ■ The raontH was without a single thaw, arid there was good deal of snow upon the' earth. On sixteen mornings during the month the mercury ranged from 10 to 20 degrees be low zero in Philadelphia. Tuckeratin, the Mail Mlicr. One offence, against the law frequently leads to. another, and_,forThe purpose, too, of mere concealment.- , ' ,^|any', a man of extravagant habits has beep|induced to appropriate that which did not belong to him, which was en trusted to him fcjr safe keeping, and who from “breach of trust” has gone on to theft—aye, even murder. Ilis lirst offence wasnot, strict ly speaking, an 'indictable crime; but he was forced to commit' such a crime to conceal the lighter wickedness, and at last is overwhelmed. Tuckerman, the tnail robber,,is one of thokind who, but for a lifst comparatively light offence, brought on, we dare say, by extravagant living! by trying to apijlhe habits .or.mode of life of wealthy people about him, might now.be a va lued citizen of Boston, instead of the tenant of a prison in New Haven. It seems that he Erst appropriated moileys of an Eastern railroad, and while awaiting Job- trial, was induced to rob the mail,.hoping to- obtain sufficient money thereby to pay off the deficit in- his railroad.ac counts, and thns.induce those who had-proceed ed against him tb. release him from durance of the law. The result is known; it will'make, him, past hope, si felon. A writer, speaking of Tuckerman, says hois a gentlemanly looking man, and about 37 years old. He would have escaped, it seems, on his first oftence, the appropriating of money of the Railroad company, but for an old gentleman, in a rural district;! who owilod'one or two shares of stock. This man. it appears, sent a letter to Tuckerman, representing that his interests had been injured by the defalcation, and' that unless he (T.) would' send' him some four Or five hundred dollars, he would prosecute him. Tuckerman,.under the advice of counsel, re fused to comply with the request. The old man was as gdod ns his word. He had legal proceedings instituted against Tuckerman, and he was pu t under bonds to the amount of 516,- 000. As intimated above, to get rid of the prosecution, he doubtless robbed the mail.— There is a moral in his example which all, and especially young men, should heed. ffZr’ Col, Johnston, the Commander of our Utah army, is p, Kentuckian by birth, and graduated at West Point, but resigned his com mission, and beciime a volunteer in the Texas revolution. He was Colonel of a regiment in the Mexican war, and shared the honors atßu-. na Vista. In 1840 ho became a paymaster in the U. S. Army, and in' 1855 was appointed Colonel Of one of the hew regiments. VTj- Hon, Sami. Bill, of Westmoreland, who represented that for nearly ten years in tho House of Representatives, died suddenly at his residence, on tho 9tlr ult. He was a man of high character and a'useful citizen. Hy- The Manufacturers of cotton and woolen goods in the city Of Philadelphia holdameeting lately, and adopting resolutions limiting tho term of Credit to six months. A committooavas also appointed to.confer with other Slates on tho propriety of reducing business transactions ,to a cash basis. . Central American Affairs. Senator Mason, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign, Relations, has made a report to the Senate on the subject of Central American af fairs. After reviewing the facts' of tfio case're specting the arrest of Gen. Walker and his fill ibusters by.;Commodoro Paulding, it fully sus tains the course of the President, and concludes with the following resolutions : ■ . " First, that no other provisions of law were necessary to confer authority on the President to cause arrests and seizures to he made on the high seas for offences against the neutrality laws of 1818; because such power was necessa rily implied from the Bth section of that act. — Second, That the place where Walker was ar rested, being out of the jurisdiction of the Uni ted Stales.’the arrest was without the warrant of law. But viewing the circumstances and results, the .act did not call for censure except from Nicaragua. .The further consideration of the subject was postponed until the 9ili of Feb ruary. A bill also accompanies the report au thorizing tne arrest of (filibusters on the high seas.. Senator Douglas, a member of the com cbminiltce, dissented from the report. Messrs. Ridgway and Wise—A Desper ate Proposition. —The Richmond Whig has lately been more than usually severe Upon the lion. Henry, A. Wise, Governor of Virginia.— A few days ago, tWefore, the Governor’s son,. Mr.,o. Jennings Wise, went i.nto. the office of the Whig, and asked for Mr.'R. Ridgway, the editor; was shown into his room, and proceeded to give him a most severe castigation, breaking a stout stick over him. The combatants were separated and no more damage was done. The next day Mr. Ridgway sent a challenge, propo ,sing„a meeting on the following terms: “I, propose that you and I select only one friend oach, and, with one pair of pistols, we shall all meet in cither your office or mine, at an hour to bo hereafter designated; and after thus meeting, and the door being locked, you and I shall bo securely blindfolded ; that then the seconds shall load one of the pistols asd leave tire other unloaded ; that they shall next determine by lot the choice of pistols ; that the pistols shall then he handed to us, and that yours shall be placed directly against my breast and mine against yours ; that, next and finally, at the giving of the word we shall both pull trigger, and let the consequences take care of themselves.” . . Mr. Wise, in reply says: “I must call your attention lo the fact that,, by the code of honor, the chiillengyig party is not entitled lo prescribe the weapons nor the mode of using them. Moreover, the mode which you suggest is one cn irely incompatible with the usage which obtains among gentle men, since it would leave the issue entirely to. the decision of; chancei lain not willing to permit you to use a weapon against me with out ah opportunity, fully .secured to me, of cquel resistance. Still less, will I consent, un der any circumstances, to use a deadly weapon against an unarmed man.” In conclusion, Mr. Wise, expresses his wilr ; lingness to accept, a challenge-recognized by es tablished usuage, and without conditions inva sive of his rights as the challenged parly. Mr. Ridgway, in his rejoinder, ' claims (lint Mr. Wise had already ■ placed himself outside the “ code” by attacking him hi his office, and adds:,;. ‘Tn a word, you set out with a deliberate vi olation of the‘code’and now claim to have conceded (0 all .'the rights, privileges and ad vantages wjticli the ‘code’ accords to those who recognize it, and-.regulale their conduct by it. This unjust and extraordinary concession I am not prepared to make to you or any other man. U der. the pirourostanoes, therefore, you are .Pot entitled tunny recognition from the under the code. I have; therefore, submitted to you h proposition out side of it, whiefr yoii are at liberty to accept or not, ns suits you.” AIIHEST OP TXIB PItESIDENT OP THE M.UIIXE Bank op Hoboken, Ciuhged with Embezzle ment.—The Marine Bank of Hoboken has had a brief existence. The doors were thrown open for business on the 11th of this month! and were closed on Tuesday night with the arrest of Mr. Lewis M. .Van Ellon, the president, on a charge of , embezzlement and. swindling, lie was taken, before Justice Crane, and in default of §l,OOO bonds, was committed. He surren dered the notes which he had t-cccivcd for the bank stock. The bank had no bills in circulation. The funds which were in the bank, amounting to SI,OOO, have been disposed in the City Bank at Hoboken, for the benefit of the depositors.— This amount is not sufficient by'several hun dred dollars to pay. oil the depositors ; but being it is understood that the citizens who were , drawn into this financial operation will make up the deficit from their pockets. ‘ Bank of Pennsylvania Stock. —The stock of the Bank of Pcnnsylvahia, which sold at lour dollars por share on Saturday last, has. advanc ed since the .-return of Mr. Afiibonc, its late President, to ten dollars, being a rise of five dollars since his return. Wo understand that immediately after the return of Mr. A. iu Phil adelphia', ho addressed a note to the Directors of tho Bank, expressing his readiness to give them in their examination of tho affairs of tho Institution, any informrtion which might bo in his power. Mr; Alliboho has also made "appli cation for dissolving, tho attachment mado against, his property and estate; at tho instance of the Board, during hts absence from tire coun try; and tho probabilities now are, that in a short time tho community will have an opportu nity to know who is responsible for tho disas trous state of things which exists in regard to tho Bank.- „ The American Minister to China.. —The Hong Kong correspondent of the N, Y. Times, announcing the airival ot the U; S. steamship Minnesota, says: “Mr. Reed and. suite are quartered on the ship. Ho was received very cordially by the authorities and the people here, and has been called upon bp Lord Elgin. Sir John Browning, Admiral Seymour and othei-dignitftrics. Nu merous military honors have been showered up on him; for a while the amphitheatre formed by the mountains around Hong Kong smoked like a battle-field in consequence of tho powder burnt in his honor.” K 7” A young lady, 25 years of age, of elegant accomplishments and fascinating qualities of many kinds, arrived at St. Louis, says the Jle publican,altisvi weeksago, from Chillicotlie, 0 , on a visit.' She had for some time been in tho habit of taking small quabtilies of arsenic, for tho purpose of beautifying her complexion, and on Friday last she took an overdose, fell, sick and died. [CT* Severs!gentlemen are in the city, says tho Washington (Titian, who have been sum moned here from Massachusetts to testify be fore a committee of tho House, appointed to investigate tho alleged corruption of Congress by Lawrence, Stone & Co., and it is understood that the examinations have commenced. tt?" It is slated that Ex-ProsidontFillnjore is to be married on the lltli ol Feb’y., to-a Mrs. Mclntosh, widow of the former President ottho Albany and Schenectady Railroad. The Maniieim, Lancaster Co., Tragedy—Convic tion of the Prisoners. • ; Anderson nnd Richards, tlio. negroes who wore arraigned Inal week, before tlio Lancaster Criminal Court, for the murder of Mrs. Garber and Airs. Roam, woro botli found guilty ofnimv dor in the first degree, and sentenced to bo bung. , .» When called upon to say whether they had anything to say why sentence of death should ho passed upon them, ‘they each made a state ment, protesting their eutiro .innocence., Rich? ards, in defence of himself, wholly criminates Anderson; allcdging that his silehco, or seem, ing acquiescence in tho murder, was compelled through fear of tho threats against him by Anderson j whilst Anderson, averring his inno cence, throws tho crime upon Richards. Anderson concluded his 'statement by say infe: —“So help mo God, gentlemen, I am innocent of tho murder of them poor women. They swore about my cap being bloody, but there was no blood on it j they ought to have brought it hero to ho shown to (ho jury. There was blood on my clothes, but it got there from my nose, which had been bleeding that afternoon.' I am'innocent, gentlemen j but, as sentence of death must bo passed, X am willing to go and suffer. But, gentlemen of the court,.l am inno cent of the murder.” The, Lancaster Express says : “The prison ers, on their way out, intimated that these state ments were made by them in the hope that tho' ..denial'of their guilt might still, in some way, benefit them; but now that they see there is no chance of escape from the law, they will make a full and true confession, to bo published' “for the benefit of their families,” after their execu tion. The Eartlninakc- in Naples—Nearly 4000 Bod ies Already Recovered. The Naples correspondent of the, London, Times says the prevalent opinion is that about. 13,000 persons, have perished in the recent earthquake; 3000 bodies have been recovered; The official journal enumerates Cl places which had suffered in their buildings, and many in their population. Under the name of each place is given it description of the disaster, and this last report alone gives the number of sev eral—say, 4000 or 5000 additional known to have suflercd. “Then are described the other casoalities, people maimed, crushed, others drawn out alive, after fearful sepulture of eight days, reminding us of how, many more might have been saved had proper exertions been made. The latest, accounts, 100, awaken considerable apprehensions of further disaster. The whole district of Sala is agitated by contin ual movements of. the earth, stronger by night than by day, and these preceded by fearful de tonations. Moreover, about 9 o'clock, P. M., of the 28th ult., and 0 and half-past 7P. M. of the 29th ult., three strong shocks, lasting.lO to 12 seconds,' were felt, followed by others less intense. ' ■ In Potcnzn, too. on the evening of the 29th, about a quarter to 7 o’clock, a strong undnla-. tory shocle was felt, and other light ones during; ilip night. No injury -was.done, but the pop ulation all rushed out into some open space.— Herein Naples it is said that, since, the 10th ult., ,wo have had up to Christmas eve. 49' shocks, and it may readily- bo believed. Al most every one finds some trace.of them in his house; the shocks, too, which were felt in Po tenzn on the evening of the 29th, were felt ,in Naples, arid in some cases, created great alarm. However, every one looks to Vesuvius (or safe ty, and on that night it was in violent move ment. People who reside at Kesina tell me that during the whole night the shocks from the mountain were of .a moat violent and con - continuous character. Every three minutes it appeared as if a desperate man was trying to. wrench open the doors' and windows. Noth ing, however, took, place. f have also reports (o give you from private persons who have Visited the scene of ruin.— They describe (ho country in many pjaces ns crossed with fissures, which at first had been very, wide; but now had been much closed.— During the whole time of their visit, the ground was heaving beneath them. There was univer sal panic and grief, and no light part of it arose from the fact that there was no one to search beneath the ruins or to bury, their dead, I speak ot the 21st and the 23d ulH,—that is to say,jjf six days after the dale of the disaster.—r Letters from Brienza of. the 3Lst ult., say (hat no'relief had been as yet received. My ants; in wandering through Pella, could get no food, and even bread was warning in many pla ces. Those who were.dug out alive—some af ter six or eight days of living burial—aw*6ke to famine.and death. The details which"! receive are more horrible than can he easily conceived. Since writing the above, other and more af flicting details have arrived of" the ■ desolation occasioned by the earthquake. Laurenzana, Tito, Brienza, MaViscanuovo, have almost en tirely disappeared. The King himself says that upwards of fifteen thousand have perished, and from what I have heard, says ,roy very-sen ■ siblo informant, the real number must be near ly double. People \vho have come from the spot, report that the groans of the sufferers were heard from beneath tho ruins several days af ter the disaster, and that, horrible to relate, on some bodies being taken out, it was found, that they had devoured a portion of their arms.— There were none to aid them none to excavate the dying, none to bury the dead, none in give bread to famishing. Thousands of soldiers are maintained at the expense of the Slate to sup port “order," but they could not be sent to save thousands from perishing. Many , steam ers, were lying'in the harbor, the expensive toys of the sovereign, but with one or two tar dy exceptions,, they have remained snug in port. .People cannot refrain from comparing the tardiness displayed on the present melan choly- occasion,with the promptitude displayed in the mouth of! June last,, when rebels landed in Sapri. It must haso been late on the night of the l>7tb, perhaps not before the morning of the 28th, when tho intelligence arrived at Gaola, yet two steam frigates were immediately des patched, with troops..and at half-past 9 A.M-, of the morning of the 29th, the Cagliari was captured. . More Gold.— The steamship Moses Taylor, arrived at New York'on Wednesday evening, from Aspinwall, bringing $1,500,000 in gold. A slight shock of an earthquake was experi enced at San Francisco on the morning of the 24th of December. Dowiticville was destroyed by Ore on New Year’s Day. Eighty-two divorce cases have been brought in San Francisco during the last year—a large majority being commenced by wives against their faithless husbands. Kansas Letter Writers. —The Herald of Freedom, published at Lawrence, Kansas, the oldest and most consistent frce-State paper in' the Territory, thus speaks of the letter writers who fill the columns of such papers as the N. Y. Tribune. Under'date of.Deo. 19, it says : We say frankly, that our difficulties have been complicated. and the cause of freedom in Kansas almost ruined, by the falsehoods of the pensioned letter writers in Kansas. O” But fwr them the free-State parly tuould have elected the delegates in June last to the Constitutional Convention, and prevented, the consequences , which have followed! DS?" Green, peas and- new potatoes are said to bo abundant in the vicinity of New Orleans.— On some plantations the orange trees are put. ting-forth their blossoms, and in others are yielding an abundance of fruit. From the: Oreensb'urg 'Republican, ilftrriblD Mnhlor at the Poor Honso by an .: . v ■ Insane Man. ;,, On Jlonday afternoon,.tho 25.1 h ult,, a hor rid murder was perpetrated at the County Poor House, by an Insane Irishman named Dennis, The victim, a child, whose mother’s name is' Fritz Dennis, is the man who somo two years ago,- was tried jri our Court for arson, in burn big the barn of a Mr. Noel 1 in Derry township, He was acquitted on the ground of insanity’ and was-ordered by the Court, to bo confined at the Poor House, as a man unfit to run looso id'Society.' He has been an inmate oi that in stilulion, ever since, evidently insane—ho would lie in bed for about a'week; amt ihen for a like period keep on his. feet most of tho time without exhibiting any indication of vie ions habils. - . , , On Monday .last: a young. lady who teaches a private school in this Borough, at the earnest request of a number of her pupils, visited the Poor House, accompanied ■ by some twenty of her largest scholars. The Steward, Mr. Ilant. nice, accompanied the lady, nnd her school children through a portion of tho building, when'be.was called into the office on bnsiness' The lady visited the basement of the binding! ■find in the long hall met Dennis, who showed evidence of •excitement at the children—he ap, pcared to want to shun them—rubbed his hands and shied off to one side. After passing the children he proceeded to the -hall door where the child aged between one and two years was silting. He stared at it a moment, then took ;! by the feet and struck its .head with all his forcebn the door sill, knocking out its brains and'killing it instantly. Another insane .man named Miller, who was ii?ar .at hand, sprung at him to seize him, but he failed to seenrehim. Dennis then rah out of the yard, met one of lllfi male inmates going towards the house, struck him on tho Head with a stone inflicting a severe wound. Ho ran down the r'oad; near where some inmates where'chopping wood. Mr. Hammer who was.in pursuit halloed to them to stop Dennis. They attempted to do so, when he ran violently against one of them, throwing him down and breaking his collar hone. " Be fore Dennis had recovered his feet, caught him, a struggle ensued, HntnnTef struck him two or three times with his fist, when as sistance arrived. The murderer was secured in chains. . - [Erom Hi e Chicago Press of .Wednesday,] G tent Fire ;in Chicago—Loss From $75,000 to slooiooo. The most destructive conflagration of its class .that ever visi;cJ our city, broke out ip the ,ex tensive lumber yard of ' Messrs. Holt Mason; at the head of Monroe street, about half-past two o'clock yesterday morning; The die made rapid headway, and soon involved (ho ad joining piles, which were very high and near together. . , ' About lialf-pnst five o'clock the wind had in-: ■creased lo a high gale, and the flames had leached the eastern boundary of the yard, when, for the first time, fears began to be'en tertained for the safely of the buildings on the other side of Market street. A little later the scorching heat-had cleared Market street, and driven hchcq thp" fire com panies. At about sis o’clock, the wooden row of buildings on the east side Of Market street ; took fire. Ample warning, hadbecn given, and they were mostly cleared. The flames made quick work with them, and five of them were destroyed. ' ' Losses.— Messrs. Holt and Mason had about four millions, feet of-lumber ih their yaid, of..which oho .million - sis hundred thou sand feet had been sold' to several StV Louis dealers, the bulk being owned by three parties, Messrs. Patrick, Holmes-, and- Ripley, of that city. The entire aggregate of.value, the slock being one i of a high -grade of excellence throughout, was in the vicinity of $70,000, upon which there was an insurance of $33,000. •Tho fire is supposed'Tp-have been paused by an incendiary. ' , ' . IXSPRCTOR OTP LUiyORS - . Tn tho Senate, orfTuesflay last, Dr. GazZam, from Allegheny, introduced the., following''reso- lution ’ Resolved, That tho Committee on .Vice arid l Immorality be instructed to report a- bill estab lishing the office of Inspcclor of .Ijiqnoresfot l each county, or for districts composed of sever al counties j-sdid bill to provide for the com pensation of said Inspectors out of the funds raised by licences grained to wholesale and re tail dealers in liquors; and also-providing for tiie confiscation of allfadulternled liquors offer ed for tale, and imposing such other penalties selling or offering for sale adulterated liquors-, as the committee may deem proper. i Passed finally—yeas 24, nays 3, as follows ; Yeas—Messrs. , Bell, Brewer, Baekalcir, Craig, Cresswell; Ely, Evans. Fetter. Francis-, Gazzam, Harris, ’lngram, Knox. f-.aabach, Marsclis, Miller, Rutherford. Scofield, Shaener, Straub, Turney, Wilkins, Wright, and Welsh, Speaker—24 ;I , „ Kays—Messrs. Coffey; Grcggrand Slyer—3-. Stcamhoat Explosl6u*--Fificcnlivcs lost.- Gi!SOisK.ATr, Jtin.' 28.—The jSta<ftnb‘6ah Fanny Fern, bound from' St.Xouia tdWtlsburg, with a cargo conaist-|ng;pf 400ton8dfyprQdpco’andl5' cabin and 2() dock passengers," exploded her boilers at 2' o’clock this nl'tqfpdqii, about 18 miles below. 15 lives- are reported tp-ba lost* including- Cdpt. Woodward, several.doctctmpds and three "ladies. The boat tookfire; btffnfd 1 to the water’s edge, and sunk. Tfip- Cfbtk*,- Alessrs. llogcrs aiidDunio, were both scalded, the former badly and the latter slightly. -The train bn the Ohio and-, Jlississippi-Kailrortl hrojt thirty of flic passengers,fifteen of whom are wounded’. - The pilot, engineer, and mate escap ed injury.-, the r.EcojirroH constitution AitaiVEp AT.WASp- INDIAN—RESULT OF THE LATE ELECTION. Wash., Jan. 81. —Mr. Clarkson, charged, with tho delivery of the Locompton Conatitntioa,ar rived liero.lnat night, and immediately plaeoiiit in the hands of the,President. The, Constitu tion is accompanied by a letter from'Gen.'Cal houn, President of tho Convention! Mr, Clark son says that .the votp of the Delaware Crossing pvecincfhad been returned,to the commissioner for Leavenworth county; and was in his posses sion at the time wheti the'returns were, opened and counted in tho presence of the Speaker of tho House, tho President of tho Senate, and Governor, and that it amounts to something ov er Undo hundred votes. This gives tho Demo crats a majority in Leavenworth; county, and, consequently, . majority in bofh-branohes of tho Legislature; Gen. Calhoun is expected to reach hero in a few days. OS'" A gentleman writing to the American Agriculturist, States that he thoroughly curt a lino young mare, afflicted with the heaves,"! feeding her on corn stalks, and since then disease has never returned. The writer quot Judge Duel’s opinion as to corn stalks being remedy, that' distinguished agriculturalist j 1 * iiig a horse, afflicted with that disorder wine disappeared after being so fed. IT?” A Chinese woman’ who came to Fid 3 " burgwitliDr. Happen, in the capacity of anurar, was baptized in the First Presbyterian Oluuoiii in that city, on Sunday night, She did not as’ derstand tho English language fully, and tn questions and answers were interpreted by I’ ’ Hopper. The-ceremony was said to-be bon novel and interesting. C 3” At Cincinnati, Mpry Jane CilbbottJ 1 recovered $lO,OOO damages of Wffl. Malnei ' for breach of promise of marriage and sea tion. The young lady is 19 years ot age. (TF* In view of tho exciting affiiirs in Kansas, and tho act, of: Cauioi!- ‘ giving the minority the entire - organizatio the proposed-new State, this will-doubtless, most interesting week at Washington, IC7” A Western, .paper, says,,,lllo, on '? r *i ie ro classes of travellers on the railroads . out i this winter are those who arq running #” ! and those who are running after them.
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