HUERICIN YOIMTEEB. JOHN B. BHATTO, Editor k Piroprietor CARLISLE, PA., FEB. 11. 1858. Meeting of the Democratic Stand' ing Committee. Tho members of tho Democratic Standing Committee of Cumberland'connty, are request ed to meet in Carlisle, at Martin’s Hotel, at 1 o’clock, P. Ih., on Saturday, February 13th, for tbo purpose of making arrangements for eluding delegates to the 4th of March Convention. ■ Three op the Committee. Lower Allen, Israel Boyer, Wm. Stephen; IT. Allen, W. L. Cooklin, B. Tilzel; Carlisle, E. Wi, Henry Saxton, Janies Armstrong; WvW., Trhi. Zettlo,R. B. Pef for, Jesse Knots-; Ekstpennabbrongh, Ghas. F. YYlftor; j;r.; Dr. J. Bowman; Frankfort, James Wallace, John Mounts ; Hopewell, Adam E hee ling, J, C. Elliott; Hampden, N. Eckles, David Hume; MechanicsjhUrg, IV. Eckles,E. Lamont; Monroe, Wm. Serisoman,Peter Baker; Mifflin; Wm. Patton, Moaei Connor; Newton, Samuel Cope, P. G. M’Coy; Nowvillo, John Bricker, J. K. Klink; Now Cumberland, 6. R. Hursh, A. Freeman; N. Middleton, Peter Brindlo.Wm. F. Swigert; S. Middleton, Geo. Otto, G. B. Rosier; Southampton, Wm. Coffer, T. 11. Brit ton; Shipponsburg 8., B. Duke, L. K. Dona vin; Sbfppensburg T., T. B. Blair, J. p. Nev. InSilver Spring, Samuel Kast, John Clendenin; Westpennsborough, D. S. Ker, Abm. Myers. ET" Messrs. Fetter.and Welsh, of the Senate, and Stuart, Wilcox and Zeigler of the House, will please accept our thanks tor documents, papers, &c. D^ - We are under obligations to our member of Congress, Hon. John A. Aiil, for bis atten tion in sending ua documents. ... , QZ7” We have been requested to state that Bishog.PoiTEn is expected to visit Carlisle on the first Sunday in March, (the 7th,) and ad minister the Apostolic Rife of Confirmation in the St. John’s Church. . DC?* Vyc are indebted to President Buchanan for a copy', under his own frank, of his special Message on Kansas affairs. IIP" Hon. John A. Am,, M. C. trom this Dis trict, requests ud.to state for the information of those, who iiavo written to.him, or who may write, from this county, that all the Patent Office Reports for IBS6, ordered by the 34th Congress were furnished to his predecessor, Mr. Todd, and by him distributed. The members of the present Congress have no documents ofthatde ■cription to distribute, unless they order them to be printed for their use, which- we think they ought not to do. FlßE.—On Monday night last, about twelve o’clock, the cry of fire was sounded through our afreets, at a fearful rate. Soon it was as certained that the stable belonging to Mr. J. A. IlL'ifKiiicn, on the north side side of the town, was on fire, and which was doubtless the work of sortie evil disposed person. It was to tally consumedin a few minutes; but the prompt attendance of our firemen prevented the spread ing of the flames to the adjoining buildings.— It is to be hoped that the perpetrator of this villainous act will bo found out, and punished to the full extent of the law. False alarms of Arc have become very frequent of late in our town, so much so, that many of our citizens never think of. anything else, and the fire, is permitted to rage a long time before any force is brought to bear upon it. We think it is high time that'some effort should be made to arrest those who are in the habit of getting up these false alarms. ITaEFCij, Lectdek.— Dr. Canton, of Philadel phia, who has a largo apparatus, and brings with him many testimonials from Physicians, Teach ers and public men; will commence a course of seven lectures on Anatomy, Physiology and the Laws of Health, at Education Hall, on Monday evening, Feb. 22nd. The introductory lecture trill bo fret. The President's Message. On the first page of to-day’s paper will be found President Booiianan’s Message to Con gress on the subject of Kansas and the Locomp ton Constitution. It is an able and ingenious State paper, and produced a profound impres. sion in Congress when read; The President gives to his views an aspect of sincerity and pa triotic devotion which must,charm all r who read them. After going through bis own argument, and consistent statement as to Kansas affairs, tie | «fs that, lot his part, he Is decidedly in favor of the admission of Kansas with the Lecompton Constitution. Ho proceeds to urge this decision with forcible statements and views, which can not well bo contradicted. In the language of the Philadelphia Argot, to Bay that it is calm, clear, patriotic—that its reasoning is profound, and its argument irresistible and conclusive, will ho saying what w-ill be unhesitatingly ad. milled by every candid and intelligent mind.— Among nil the great productions of the gigantic intellect of President Buchanan, the Message .which we publish to-day will hold a high rank. It is a state paper of which the Democracy may be justly proud. It will add very greatly to the well-earned fame of the distinguished son of thi Keystone State. Let none of our read era fail to give it a thorough and candid peru sal., They will heartily coincide in. opinion with us, that’it is one of tho mostipowerful doc uments which has over been presented' to tho public consideration. ~ Gov. Packer's first Veto.— Governor Packer on Thursday sent to the House of Rep resentatives a message vetoing a bill authori zing the officers of the borough of Scranton to borrow money. The Governor takes ground that the bill authorizes that borough to issue small notes, which he considers a direct conflict with existing-gsneral laws of the State. Tho vote was unanimously sustained by the House. Thb Fioiit on the Floor of Conoress The unfortunate collision between Messrs. Kiott, of 5.0., and Grow, of Pa., must bo a subject of -xegret to ever; right-minded citizen of whatso ever party. Who was jp blamo in thb affair, it Is of course difficult to determine. No Accounting for Taste.— Petitions are in circulation, and aro obtaining a large number of signatures in Lancaster county, praying tho Legislature to pass a special act to authorize the public execution of two wretched negroes now under the sentence of death, for the late revolting murder in Neffsriile, in that co. By* The new Douglas mansion in Washing ton, is palatial in dimensions, pud is furnished in excellent taste. The largest parlor (of which there are three) is nearly as largo as the east rooin of thg White House, and is adorned by a large aod. fine oolleolion of pieturea, many ,of them purchased by Mr Douglas while in Eu-- f°r ! - • • PBEJBDICfi VERSUS COMO.V SENSE. Prejudices tire. like facts, in this respect, it in no other—they arc stubborn things; and in a contest between them nnd.common sense, the latter must fight hard if it would.gain the vic tory. So deep a hold do preconceived opinions take upon the minds of men, .(and women, too, for that matter,)-that the strongest argument and the most earnest persuasion are sometimes powerless to induce a rccognilion’of the truth. Not that we intend, in the present article, to attempt a display of either logic or eloquence, our aim.is ranch simpler—we design to make n very few plain and practical remarks upon a very, homely, but by no means unimportant subject. 1 . In ho instance does this tendency to judge hastily show itself more strongly than in the condemnation, on the ground of immorality, of some forms of amusement, perfectly innocent in themselves. If a concert or an opera is ad vertised, and Augustus and Matilda attend, there is no want of a Mrs. Grundy to inform them, and all who will listen, of the “danger they, arc incurring by following afier such worldly vanities.” Or, perhaps, they meet a few acquaintances at the house of a friend, and to wile away an hour pleasantly, it is proposed to indulge in some harmless and’ entertaining game. If they acquiesce, or if they do not, but remain quiet spectators only, some kind friend of Mrs. G. is horrified at their wickedness, and the talk is “what will Mrs. Grundy say, or their pious pastor, the Rev. Soft Solder?” But, is it true that the occasional indulgence in such amusements deserves to be condemned as the unpardonable sin, or is it only a “ notion” de rived from the croaking of those singularly con slitutcd creatures, whose bleared vision can see the faults of every body, but fail to see their own ? We submit the question to all candid' persons, if it is not better to spend the time usually devoted'to social converse in these forms of amusement, rather than in the more common and popular ones of gossip and scandal ? Is it not notorious that at the majority of the social gatherings, where" our' fair friends meet, a care ful and oftentimes spiteful dissection of some absent acquaintance forms almost the entire employment of the evening ? If this question be answered in the affirmative, the conclusion is inevitable that any diversion which will keep still the “ unruly member,*’ will be, just so far as this is accomplished, a positive benefit to. the community. When these (ruths are recognized, we may look for a more healthy tone of public opinion on this subject, affd be encouraged to hope that gnats will be no longer strained at in a way that, were fiction,truth, the one in the fable of might be pardoned the vanity of suppo sing he incommoded the ox,by riding on his 1 horn, nor camels swallowed to such an extent ns to cause a panic among the caravans of Ara bia; Settle Up. In various quarters, the advice is given to I persona who are indebted and have the means, to settle up their accounts ns quickly as possir hie. This is, indeed, the true policy under ex isting circumstances. How many individuals are there at this moment, who are suffering se- • vcrely, in consequence of the indisposition of 1 their debtors to pay up, and who, If they could !-J Only collect their various claims, would be in a I, compai'alively' easy position.' this is especial- il ly the case with printers, mechanics, storekeep- ; f ers, manufacturers and business men generally.. They arc compelled from.lime, to time to give credit, for such is the system of the country. But they have a right to-expeot payment with in a reasonable period, particularly from those who have enough and to spare. There are, nevertheless, not a few persons who, with abundant resources, will never pay their obli gations until the very last moment. This is a false and selfish policy, aud it is often attended 1 with deplorable circumstances. Again, there- I fore, wo urge it. as adu on the part of all who have the means, to cttle up their little accounts as speedily ns possible, and thus to contribute to the relief of those to whom they are indebted. What may seem a trifle tq them, may prove a matter of more than .ordinary im portance to the needy creditor. Philadelphia Democratic Convention.— The Democrats of Philadelphia had a most bois terous time in their Convention last week to elect Delegates to tho Democratic'State Conven tion. Several fights took place in the Conven tion, and more than ono delegate returned to his constituents h his eyes, in mourning. A reporter for tho Ledger had an arm. fractured, and another reporter was very much injured in tho body. The Convention closed its interest ing proceedings on thy third day of its session, by electing delegates favorable to tho nomina tion of Eton. Wm. A. Porter for Supremo Judge. The.contest was betweentho frieridsof Porter and Sharswood, and the average vote polled for tho Porter delegates was 108, and for tho Sharswood delegates 93. The Cohvon. tion also adopted resolutions favorable, to tho General and State administrations, and endors ing Mr. Buchanan's policy in regard to Kansas. New York Legislature. —After wrangling and manoovering for twenty days, to tho disgust of all their constituents, tho New York Legisla tors, bn Wednesday, organized by electing Mr. Atvoid, a Democrat, Speaker of tho House. The Democrats were in {he minority,-but some high-minded Americans who could not brook tho sway of Republicanism, united with the Demociacy to redeem tho New York Legisla ture from the burden of a few past years. Our Union. —The census of the United States shows that ’we have two millions and a half of farmers, one hundred thousand mer chants, sixty-four thousand l masons, and near ly two hundred thousand carpenters. We have fourteen thousand bakers to make our bread; twenty.four thousand lawyers to sot us by the cars; forty thousand doctors to “kill or cure,” and fifteen hundred editors to keep this motley mass in order by the power of public opinion controlled and manufactured through the press. _ / Resumption of Specie Payments by the Baltimore'Banes At a full meeting of the Presidents of the banks, convened at the Union Bank yesterday, at noon, it was'unanimously re-, solved to resume specie payments•'lortbwiili. All the banks commenced paying outassoenas the resolve was communicated to tbo officers. Cheap Enough. —Oysters can now be had in; Chicago, for 35 cents a can, : cpntainiug jp qo'art; beef, by the quarter, .f[om 52.50(5 : ssoo per cwt.: pork, for 200 lb hogs. %Sjo i '.flour, 53,50 to 54,00 per bbl., and 14 to 16 ceuts per lb. for the best article. .Got. Pollock on Banki. Governor Pollock, a few days before his term expired, sent a message to the Legislature, an nouncing that the following bills passed at the list session of the Legislature, and presented to him less than ten days prior to their final ad journment in May, 1857, and not having been returned by him with his objections, within three days after its meeting, in extra session, in October last, had become laws, agreeably to the Constitution,, in like manner as if he had signed them: * An act to incorporate the Octornra Bank. An act t.o incorporate the Monongahela Val ley Bank at McKeesport; Allegheny county. ' A supplement to "the act to re-charter the Easton Bank. ■ , An act to incorporate the Milton Savings' Bank. An act. to incorporate the Bank of Phoenix, ville. An act to incorporate the M’Kcan County Bank. No Governor since the days of the “Kitchen Cabinet” maker, says the Clinton Democrat, has so utterly disregarded the general welfare of the people, as has the apology for an Execu tive who has recently vacated his seat at Har risburg. During the last three years, the ban king capital of this State has been increased about nine millions of dollars, although Mr. Pollock promised.in his inaugural that he would allow no banks to be chartered which were not demanded by the public necessities. Yet soon forgetting intentions, (if he ever had them,) he lacked the nerve to forbid the many schemes of plunder which were being concocted continually at Harrisburg, to defraud honest men of their rights and enable villainous spec ulators to enrich themselves by the “mouth of labor the bread it has earned.” THE KANSAS QUESTION IN THE LEGISLA TURE. Our legislators appear determined not to waste their lima in a discussion of the. Kansas ques tion. We mentioned in our last that tho reso lutions offered on tho subject bad been referred ’ to.a coraraitto of seven. On Thursday last it leaked out that tho committed weroabout toro poit, when Mr. Owen, (Democrat,) of Philadel phia, offered the following resolution : Resolved, That fho opmmitle’o.to which were referred the various resolutions on Kansas af fairs be, and the same arh hereby, instructed not to report on the same until tho 10th day of March next. This resolution was opposed by Mr. Calhoun, tho chairman of tho committee, and advocated by Mr. Owen and others; but it passed upon a call of the yeas and nays. Wo append the vote, \ merely premising that the names of those-Dem- 1 oorals who voted against the resolution are s ' printed in italics :■ , Yeas —Messrs. Armstrong, Arthur, Askin, I Bower, Brandt, Dbhnert, Donchoo, J: H. Don nelly. James Donnelly, Donavan. Dunlap, Ebur, lEnt, Evans, Garret, Gilliland, Glalz, Qocpp, Hamel, Hay, Hiliegas, Hippie,. Hbdson, Irwin, Jenkins, Kincaid, Lauman, Lovett, McClain, Maugle, Melloy, Nill, Nuncmachcr, Owen, Powell, Rupp, Sharp, Smith of Berks, Smith of Cambria, Smith of Wyoming. Stephens, Stu art, Turner; Weaver. Weiler, Westbrook, Wharton, Wilcox, Will, Williams, Wolf,' Woodrjng, and Yearsley--52. Nats—Messrs. Abrams of Clarion, Babcock. Benson, Bierer of Fayette, Bruce, Calhoun of Armstrong, Castner, Chase, Crawford, Dodds, Foster, George Hayes, Himrod, Houlz of Hun tingdon, Imbrie, Jackman of Clinton, Law rence, Lloyd at Lycoming; McClnre. McDon ald, Neglcy, .Nichols, Pbwnalt; -Price, Ramsey [of PhlladelphiaV.Rjpaih, E'dlandivß'bse.'Scbtt, (Shaw,' Slrathcr«,'yoeghtly,,Hrordefi of West moreland, Wells, Williston, Witmer, and Lon ‘galter of Montgoroery.‘(Speaker-)--38. ■ This vote shows that there are a number of I men in the House who did noffeel like taking the responsibility of recording their yea or nay upon the Lecomplon question. Public lands in low foi Sale. By al&te proelamationof (he President, no tice is given that a large number of .acres of Government lands in lowa will bo offered at public sale at the following Land Offices in tliat State, and at the following dates, viz : At Osage, June 7 ; Fort Dodge, June 14 and 21; Sioux City, June 7 and 21 and July I. Council Bluffs, June 7 arid 14; Dubuke, June 1; Fort Des. Moines, June 14,;Gharitou. June 7, The sales to commence on the days appoint ed, but no sale to be kept open longer than two weeks, and no; private entry of any of the lands advertised will be admitted until after the expi ration of the two Weeks. This information is of importance to those of our readers who design making investments in Wcstei n lands. ■ A Magnificent Structure.—' The Vitoria bridge across the' St. Lawrence, at Montreal, which has been in the course of construction for several years, it is said, will be the largest and finest in the world. It is to be two miles in length. The fatal amount of masonry in the bridge will be 3,000;00l) cubic feet, which, at 13.4 feet to the ton. gives a total weight of about 22,000 tons. Fourteen, of thVpiers arc completed, and it is expected that eight more will be finished next season, leaving only two to erect in 1859. The total weight of iron in tho tubes will be 10,400 tons. The bridge, when completed, is estimated to cost the com fortable sum of 85,000,000. A Vienna letter of the 11th of January, says: “According to letters from Pcsth, in Hungary, a merchant of . that place some three years ago absconded, leaving his creditors mi nus 200,000 florins. Suhscquently.it was as certained that be had established himself in New York, and was doing a profitable business. Recently his Peslh creditors were offered fifty per cent, for their claims, which they cagcarly accepted. Soon thereafter, tho absconding debtor reappeared at Pcsth, and simultaneous ly the intelligence was received from New York that he bad decamped from there, leaving be hind him debts ,to the amount of 82,000,000.” OCT* In a trial of speed on skates from Ban gor to Hampden, a young woman, assisted by the wind and her crinoline, beat a young man by 3 minutes—time 30 minutes. The wind was so strong that the lady couldn't beat back on the ice. Life iff Utah. — A Utah correspondent of the N. O. Picayune says: “One Bishop (John son by name,) has for wives four sisters, his own nieces. Another Saint has his own half sister, and another, & mother and her daughter, for wives. Of the truth of these statements there is no room for doubt. - The facts are so. B7* A bear was recently caught at North field, Vt., but in order to escape from the trap ,wbich held him, he gnawed oil his paw. Ho was traced a distance of five miles, and killed. BC7* Several companies have been formed in New York to work the silver mines pf Mexico— id come instances With much success. Caleb Cnjlingin the Massachusetts Legislnlnrc. : It may hot bo generally known that the elo quent and brilliant Attorney General, under the late Administration of President Pierce. Caleb Cushing, is a Democratic member of the present Massachusetts Legislature. It ap pears that the Republicans in that body have not yet given upiheir most insane and discredi table war upbn Judge Lomso, and the other day Gen. Cushing talked to them on thismovo ment in a way. that must have astonished them. ' . He indulged'a crowded Legislature, on Tues day last, wiili a dear.-sharp, stinging piece of logic, which must have been in the highest de gree interesting. ,'He told them that they ' shrunk under the lead of Lloyd Garrison, who drove over them in the oar of the Anti-Slavery Society ; that the Legislature had been intimi dated into voting the Hall for slavery agitation, though the Society had merely played the game of compulsion, and refused to accept the Hall when it was voted: in a word, Mr. Cushing told his hearers that it was a question whether the members of that body were freemen, acting without restraint, or whether they were cower ing under the menaces of a Society which openly advocated disunion in its worst and most rcprchciisiblifaspcct. We may imagine what must have been the effect produced by these home thrusts of our late Attorney General, There ho, stood, alone in that arena, goring his enraged audience from tail to brisket; and not a man of them all could find words to reply 10. him. “ The behaviour of the 'Ho.use," however, as we learn by iho j Daily Advci User,.,!; was admirable. When he | closed, although at least a dozen members, doubtless, burned to reply lohim, wiiharnre but most commendable forbearance, no member of the majority accepted-his invitation to wander away from the legitimate business of the day, ” Adulteration of Liquors. We are glad to see that the proposition of Senator Gozzarn, tq establish the office of In spector of Liquors—to authorize the confisca tion of all adulterated liquors, and to punish severely siich adulteration, has met-wiih such decided favor in the Stale Senate. It is not the use, but the ahusyof intoxicating liquors, which has drawn so much attention, and deservedly so, to this subject. It seems useless, and worse than useless to . .provide as; a remedy for this dreadful evil, this utter destruction of the trnl flo. Such efforts have only.resulted in the dis regard of (ho lawpwith tile demoralizing influ. encos attending such public and general inat. tention tp the requirements of law. While the evil of intoxlcatlnn remains among us, and is likely to continue, it is the part of humanity to render that evil as little destructive in its ten. dencics as possible. Wise legislators may well turn their aerious';httontion in this direction.^— The New Orleans Bulletin, speaking of recent suicides, says: Tho extensive adulterations of liquorswvhich have taken pluc<S,of. late' years, act upon the brain and destroy the proper functions. Phy sicians and other* know well that the bjain is liable to disease, almost as much so, perhaps, as any other organ, .and when it is so, the indi vidual is—orasyF' and does not know :what ho is doing. The brain of the drunkard, it is wolf known, will takeflro, emitting a bluish light, and causing d’stiffen like burning alcohol. We are’etrongly inclined to think that moat suicides by ipales are tpferablo .to this ns tho primary caupe.. facts of this atiflWa are hot likely to ho ques tioned. . v j■' . . , Wo might sngg&t a reason why the preposi tion of Mr. Guzzaife should receive countenance even among the! advocates of the Main Law system. If this very general adulteration. of li quors were prohibited and prevented, intoxica ting beverages would bo . largely enhanced in ' price, asthp-greqtproflt of tho vendors ot those articles is derived from the fact, that a very Smalt' proportioniof the so-called liquor sold, has any’claim. to» the name. This fact would not only decreasfe the sales, but would retard many from entering upon the traffic, and cut off the allurements' jo' this mode of: refreshment now staring the pjisser-by in the face -at every corner. It woulcj compel the drinker to resort to our native andlmoro simple liquors, in which loss opportunity, jor adulteration Is afforded. Lotus have some such system as that sugges ted,'and let it bo made self-enforcing, as far as possible—by making it the interest of those en gaged in tho business to see that its require, menta are observed. , [XT" Gan. E. C,, Wilson, of Venango county, has boon appointed Adjutant General in place of Gen. T.J. Portia, late incumbent, resigned. General Wilson was one of our old-lino Whigs coadjutors in 185$, and rendered efficient ser vice in that and in the late campaign. Hu is a gentleman of considerable military experience and an estimable and intelligent citizen. Resumption of Specie Payments.—All the Philadelphia. Pittsburg, and Baltimore banks have resumed specie payments. Of course the country banks will follow the example. Lancaster Election. —An election for May or and other municipal officeis took place in Lancaster on Tuesday. Hon. Thomas U. Bur fowes, the independent citizens’ candidate for Mayor,was elected over Zimmerman, the regu lar Democrat, by a majority of 12 votes. tty* The Piinoe'ss Royal of England,recently wedded to the Prince of Prussia, Is not repre sented gs. a magnificent beauty by any moans. In staturo'ahq is of tho medium height of worn- but clumsily put together, and with an un deniable tendency'toward round shoulders, were it not for tho'agonpy of some of those mysteri ous appliances to ladies known. A good judgo of beauty, who lately saw her in a railroad car, describes her as a young lady decidedly Guol phlo and “Wiling in her graces.” 37” It is stated! that a gentleman, who was formerly one of the proprietors of a mercantile house in Davenport, Is., which. lately failed, is now sawing wood ier a living. O' There were) 22,897 deaths in New York city during the yiiar 1857 —being an increase of 1635 over the mortality of the previous year. | ■ 07" Our seasons are decidedly out of joint. The farmers of Michigan are making maple su gar, and Qnd that the sap runs freely. , O” Hon. Wm.‘.Medill, of Ohio, Frst Audi tor in tho Treasury Department, and late Gov ernor of the State, ;is lying very low, and there is scarcely any hope of his recovery. 07" The hew Constitution of Oregon posi ively prohibits paper money banks. 07” Pleasant homes and happy fire sides should be aimed at; by all. " Bank of. Pennsylvania. The , annual mpetingi'of the stockholders of the Bank was held on the 3d inst. Tho attend ance was largo, and the countenances of those present wore indicative of their feelings at tho and picture presented of the affairs of, tho Bank. Tho report of tho Board of Directors was read, which enters very fully into tho condition of tho Bank, and tho causes which have caused its ruin. A, mere abstract is all we can fur nish : ' On November 6th tho Assets of tho Bank were $2,791,114.37 '‘'Liabilities 2,228,704.57 After adding tho capital stock, tho surplus fund, and other nobilities, a deficiency of $l,- 319,478.75 was believed to exist at that time,or at least for tha,t sum the Board was unable to find any representative whatever. Tho nominal surplus had been increased since that time by recent discoveries. A.nong the assets of, the Bank were notes, checks, &c., of an Insolvent house, of which a brother of the lute President is an ember, amounting to $119,206.57. A small portion of this sum is secured by doubtful collaterals. It is believed that the assets in the hands of the assignee of the Arm will nay a small dividend.: Of this sum only $12,350 was disebuntedby the Board of Directors. Tho remaining notes are unendorsed, and without security of any kind. This debt the late President has volunteered to assume. ■ ■ The obligations of a former difeefor of the ’Bank and of tho firm of which-he was n member, amounted to $146,818.21. Thu bid Board of Directors have no knowledge of the transactions by which this,paper came into the possession of the Bank.* One third of thisamountwill.be probably realized. Only one other mercantile house hashed very large loans from tho Bank. Tho principal of this firm was also a Director of tho Bank. The indebtedness of this house has already been much reduced, and there is ample security for the payment of tho balance. The notes of .the llcmptleld Railroad compa ny for $289,000 werb taken by the late Presi dent without tho knowledge of the Board of Di rectors. The paper of numerous insolvent railroad companies was also token by Mr. Allibone. $llO,OOO of tho assets ol the Bank accounted for on tho sth of November; prove to have been paper obtained by the President from five firms for.hisoiyn use, but tho Bankis now heldrespon sible.lor the amount. • ' ■Enormous sums were paid by Mr. AUibono for iisury; ho sold largo amounts of the best Bills Keceivnblo of the Bank, whenever its exi gencies seemed to demand it, arid lie allowed excessive interest on deposits without tho knowl edge ot the Board., Tho procceds of two sales of bills receivable to one individual, (in December 1853 and in March 1854,).amounted to $178,128.03. This sum, tho report says, was credited to Mr. Alli bono’s private account, and does not appear to have been accounted for. On tho 80th ult. tho acecunta of tho Bank stood as follows: Assets . Liabilities Nominal, surplus Tho President, since his return from Europe, has given much useful information by way of explaining tho condition ol tho Bank, ami pio poses to. make over his private moans, valued nt $150,000 clear of incumbrance, to secureany indebtedness of his own to tho Bank. Tho nec essary papers are now being prepared, for tin's purpose. Tho report goes info a variety of details which wo have not lime to put in shape; and after expressing the conviction that tho stock ol th(T Bank is totally and irretrievably sunk, it recommends an assignment of tho properly of the Bank for tho benefit of its creditors. LETTER FRO3L HARRISBURG, Uxitßisßuno, Feb. 6, 1858. Tho Senate was not in session to day, and so many members of'the House were absent that barely a quorum were in attendance. The ses sion was very brief; but before the adjournment, the Speaker laid,before tho House a communi cation from the Secretary .of tho Commonwealth, in answer to fhe resolution, adopted a few days since, calling upon that department for a state ment of the number of notaries ptrblio appointed by Ex-Governor Bigler and Ex Governor Pol lock, during tho last two months of theirndmin istrafian. It showed the following: APPOINTMENTS BY THE TWO OOVEENOBS. Pollock. Sigler. 6 4 Alleghany Beaver Berks Blair Bradford. ■ Butler Carbon Centro Chester Columbia Craivtqrd Cumberland Dauphin Delaware Elk Franklin Fayetto , Greene Huntington Indiana Lancaster Li iawrenoo Lebanon Lehigh Lycoming . Luzerne Mercer Monroo Mifflin . Montgomery Montour Northampton Ni orthumberland Philadelphia Schuylkill Union Warren-. Washington York RESIGNED AND RE-APPOINTED BY GOV. POLLOCK. Jas. Watson, Franklin comity. Edward Wilcox, Philadelphia county, C. W. Ernest, Allegheny county. Alex. W. Foster, Allegheny county. E. A. Noblo, Cumberland count)'. Alex. Colt, Northumberland county. . P. Ellmakor, Philadelphia county. Samuel Hertz, Schuylkill county. Henry Hahn, Schuylkill couuty. RESIGNED AND RE-APPOINTED BY GOV. BIGLER. Wm. Colt, Montour county. Jos. N. Proisol, Philadelphia county. Edward Hurst, Philadelphia county. Governor Packer has signed the death war rants of Alexander Anderson and Henry Rich ards, the two Lancaster county negroes who committed the shocking double murder a short time since. They are to bo hanged on the 9th of April next. He has also appointed Edwin C. Wilson, of Franklin, Venango co., Adjutant General ol the militia of the Commonwealth, in place of Thos. J, Power, resigned! Mr. Wilson is a good law. yer, a clever gentleman, and sound Democrat. Ho was a Whig in former years, but in 1858 turned in and did good service for the election of Ur. Buchanan to the Presidency. TbUE Bill, FOUND AGAINST THE FhhdUbtEES. —A despatch from Now Orleans, dated Febru ary 4, says: Tho Grand Jury found yesterday, a true bill against General Walker, Colonel Anderson and others, for violating the neutrality laws. They have been hold to appear on the fourth Monday in April. One of the moat fashionable dresstoakers in New York turns out to be a man! Eor sev eral years past he has been titling dresses' to the charming forms of the New York ladies, and fitting the ladies to the charming forms of their dresses. He is said to have been extreme ly popular the ladies, and many regret ;hat the disooTcry of his sex extended beyond .hcraselves. FBOM W4SUINCTOS. . Conclusion of the Friday Night’s ‘Debate. Washington, Fob. 0, 1858, The contest in the House was maintained the whole night, by calling for the yeas and nays oh the most trivial motions. I At half-past six o’clock A. M., Mr. Qnitmnn, of Mississippi, submitted n resolution Hint the House adjourn till Monday next, when the sub ject under consideration, the President’s Kan sas Message, bo resumed, and the vole bn the ponding propositions shall bo taken without fur ther delay, debate, or dilatory motions. By unanimous consent, this resolution was introduced and agreed to, when the Speaker an nounced that the House was adjourned till Mon day, when the subject would come up as the special order. ' t Great Excitement--Mr. Hprris’ Resolution to xefer (he President's Special. Message to a Committee of 15 passed by a vote of 115 to 111. When the House assembled this morning, llic gallcries'were densely crowded with an au ditory which appeared to be intensely excited. The Senate was almost deserted, and all seem ed attracted toward the recent field o( contest, with the cxpecla.ioii, probably, that the mem bers would “ fight their battle o’er again.”— After transacting the morning business, the Speaker announced that the next question to bo taken was ,on Mr. Harris’ (III.) resolution to refer the message to a spscial committee.— This resolution is an amendment to Mr. Hugh es’ resolution, and provides that the President’s message and the Lccompton Constitution be re ferred to a select committee of fifteen, to bo ap pointed by the Speaker, with instfuefions to inquire into all facts connected with the-forma tion of said Constitution, and the laws under which, the same originated, and into all.the facts and proceedings which have transpired since the formation of the Constitution, and whether it is satisfactory to the legal voters of the Territory—the committee to have power to send for persons and papers. The yeas and nays were then called, breath less silence being observed. The resolution passed—yeas 114, nays 111. The anti Lo compton Democrats and the Republicans, it will be seen,'carried their point by three ma jority. The Pennsylvania .Deipocratic delega tion voted as follows : Messrs. Ahl, Dirandck. Florence, Gills, J. Glancy Jones, Landy, Phil lips and White, against the reference to a Select Committee, and Messrs; Chapman, Dewart, Hickman, Owen Jones, anti Montgomery in fa vor of the reference—Messrs, teidy and Reilly being absent.. $2,855,178.04 1,790,074.82 $565,103.72 Distressing Steamboat .Calamity on the Mississ ippi—Between Twenty-five eml Fifty Persons Louisville, February'S.—The steamboat Col. Grossman, while on the trip from Nun- Orleans to St. Louis,'-burst her boiler, when a 'mile above New Madrid, Mo., lust evening. She was burned to the water’s edge. . The accurate number of lost .has'not yet been ascertained, but it is reported that of the two hundred passengers on board, between twentv five and fifty either perished in the flames or were drowned. , : Tbo'captain, mate, and five ladies', are among the saved. ' Mr.. Bratton—ln July last, with a desire of arranging onr new Senatorial District, so. as to do aWuy with the' difficulties which so Often .in our Slate Conventions grow out.of the elcclion of Senatorial , £■ put to paper my views, which'wero. published under the head, ■‘Our Representative District,” in your issue of 23d July, nnd-then promised, should any cause atise for sustaining my views you might again hear from mo. My principal object was at the time to open up d discussion of the subject, that it might bo satisfactorily arranged. The reso lutions ot the Perry County Conveition.Were published in your paper of luth September, one of whish. provides for the arraogcmontafS settle ment of this question by the appointment of a Committee of Conference, and authorizes the Standing Committee then appointed to select a proper number of such Conferees for that coun ly._ Have they done it—or is it to bo done now? Thisaulhority wasnotconferred upon the Stand ing Committee of this county, but it they as sume wliat may bo necessary’ I have no doubt of its-being approved of, and as to Juniata and Mifflin, I hajro not seen or heard-whether any. .thing has been done on the subject by them. , Whilst our great object should bo to have the matter harmoniously arranged, ns under the conferee system in our late district with Per ry there wero many difficulties, until wo adopt ed the system of alternation , since which both selecting the Senator and Senatorial delegate has worked so; much- better, that I would and I have no doubt the whole parly would, be best satisfied with an introduction of this niode in the new district. The very question of solect ing a proper number of conferees as set forth in the Perry county resolution is fraught with difli culties. Shall Perry, with 4,717 taxables, or Juniata with 3,167, or Mifffin with 3,095, have the same number of conferees or votes as Cum berland, with her 7,904 taxables 7 - Justice says no I And hero may bo a question to bo settled, should our Standing County' Committee feel disposed to appoint* conferees to arrange this matter in (ho district. I would suggest, that to give, each county a conferee or vote for each 1000 taxables, the principle will ho correct— that Is to say Cumberland 8; Perry 5; Juniata and Mifflin each 3. By adopting this-plan it will be as nearly fair as could be, and si ould bo approved by the other counties composing the district. 3 1 1 1 2 1 o H I 2 1 I 1 1 2 2 . 3 6 . 5 4 4 3 1 Many Orris know that in performing the duty of conferee does not always pay—still I have no doubt we have patriots .enough in this county who will attend to it. provided this mode, shall be agreed upon. But again, I ask, cannot our late- system, which has worked so well since adopted) bo introduced 7, Perry and Cumber land have been satisfied with it, and I doubt not Juniata and Mifflin will assent toiit. I will take the liberty of suggesting to our Committee, if they take action on this subject at their meet ing, (which is now called) to propose it to the district, and although I attempted to show and believe it correct, that Cumberland.with 7,904 taxables should justly alternate with each of .the counties in the district, still I would,advise (notwithstanding the principle bo correct) as State Conventions are held yearly, and that it may not appear as an over anxiety on our part to grasp too much, Perry having had the last Senatorial delegate, that Juniata select the next. I name her before Mifflin for two reasons—she has for a long while been connected in a dis trict which has prevented our democratic, friends there from being represented, and again she has a larger number of taxables than Mifflin, to which county I would yield the delegate in!Bs9j Cumberland coming in for it in ’6O and Perry in ’6l. After which this, regular alternation bo continued, believing that each county will make an acceptable selection, and whilst this arrange.' ment is made with regard to the Senatorial de. legato, Cumberland being justly entitled to' the next Senator, should feel it right to insist upon its being yielded to her, and should only assent to the foregoing arrangement with regard to Senatorial delegate, provided this is granted her —acting .upon the principle adopted by old Hi ‘ - [ickory, of asking or contending for that which is right, arid submitting to nothing that is wrong. With regard to the Representative between this and Perry counties, it can be satisfactorily ar. ranged, it is to be'hopod, before Perry will have the Senator in the new district. I will but say that I am anxious that whatever arrangement,adopted may tend to the benefit of the party and be established upon principles of Feb. 8, 1858. J ustice . C7* Benedict Arnold’s silver watch has been presented to the Connecticut Historical Society. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LITER FROM WASIHSOTOS. Washington, Fob. 9. Reported Lost. For the Volunteer. OUR SENATORIAL DISTRICT. FBABFIL STATE OP_AFFAIB,S AT WASHMc'. Fight,in the Chamber between Mr. Kelli m r,. andMr.Grow _(PaFearful ScLV,' } On Friday night last, during the discussion in . the House, at Washington,.on the p m -’ dent’s Kansas message, a light look place in the Chamber between Messrs. Grow 0 f tbl State, and Keitt of S. C. A Washington letter writer gives (ho following account of .this dl, •graceful affair: It appears that while Mr. Grow, of Pehnavi vania, was walking down the aisle on the n'.ii oeratic side of the Hall, Mr. Keitt of So tl’ Carolina, and a approached him, and "' slight squabble ensued. .* Mr. Keitt struck Mr. Grow. The tm r r were separated by their friends. TheV changed words in an evidently excited ifhil menacing manner. Mr. Keitt again dealt blow at Mr. Grow, the latler ’knockine him down. - ' 6 Crowds of .their, respective, friends rushed i„ tire rescue. The various members on' each'aid Cle 6 rk4 d desk hotiBht in - ,lle area f ™‘in S lh. Mi-.' Whshburne of Illinois was consomme among the Republicans, dealing heavy him*’ The Speaker loudly called for order and Vm cd on the Sefgeant-at-Arms to interfere That functionary, carrying Ins mace of office Wh er with Ins assistants, hurried to the scene,',!l crowded into the thickest of the fight w hlJh at least a doStcn members were engaged Some minutes elapsed before this truiw feir ful contest was .quieted,.the members having reluctantly returned to their seats. There wif - a dead calm in comparison with the scene hut enacted. r . , i J Mr. Quitman moved that they now adjourn and take the question on the reference of the Message of the President on Kansas affairs on Monday, at l o’cloc.k P. M. Emphatic and general responses from the Re publican sidb of "No! no !” Confusion began to break .out afresh, wh'n the. Speaker said he would direct the Sergeant at-Arms to put under arrest those who disre gaiffed the order of the House. -Campbell, of Ohio, said he foresaw dis agreeable feelings would result here from the exciting ques ions connected with Kansas, and was called to order by Mr. Barksdale. ■ Mr. Campbell said he wished the gentleman from Mississippi to know that he was his peer. From Washington. Washington, Fib. B. Gen. Calhoun is pre paring a statement to the public, rilalivb lojian sas affairs. lie has said in conversation with his friends, and may repeat The statement in Ids address, that he did vole in the Lecomptori Convention to submit the entire Constitution, but was defeated, and he then went fora vote on theslavery article; and that there was an attempt to practice deception upon him as to the re tufua from .-Delaware Crossing, but that the correct .returns give the Legislature to the tree State party. He is of the opinion that this leaves no room for contention. . ’ * A proposition will be offered in the Senate, from the; Lecomptori Democratic side, at the’ proper tunc, emphatically and distinctly rccog. 'Hitting. the right of the people of Kansas loti ter their Constitution whenever they see pro per, any tiling in the Lccompton Constitution to the contrary. The Board to prepare a code of' regulations for the government of the Navy, vrhich com. mcnecd Us sessions on the 10th of August last, will finish-its labors about llje last of this month. These regulations hare been prepand with the greatest care by some of the most ex perienced officers-of the Navy,-and will embtaco upwards of 250 pages ,of printed matter. FEARFUL RUMOR, , ~ Slave iNst-ituncrrioN. near Fayetteville, ARKANSAS—TWENTY-THREE WHITES AND , Senen Negrons Killed—Houses Burned and Cattle Killed—Tun Insurrection 1 Subdued. ■• •- '‘- - .-*,•*•. V . •■’•it'.. Chicago. Fi-b. 5. — A rumor has reached here from Fayetteville, Arkansas, that a. fearful slave insurrection had occurred near that place. , , The insUrreotion-.is said to have been incited by two white men. The mgroesattacked two settlements', .killing 23 persons, burning the houses and killing lie cattle. The insurrection, was finally subdued by an organization of volunteers, w lu> k'lled seven, and captured eighteen of the negroes.' The IFeatheb ix Boston A correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, writing from Boston on.tho 3d, instant,-thus speaks of the wo therin that city: It is real April weather. Yesterday ws had a heavy rain, and the night .preceding a * gale. The tide was unusually high, and In some instances .tjto wharves were .ovetflo'Vv.C To day is mild and pleasant, with a fair prospect ot the same to-morrow,' * ’ Hie open winter lias' brought furl down ,to - summer prices. In the fall it was apprehended : Unit we should have u scant supply } blit the largo furnaces have been put out' bv Ott com-.. mercuil • revulsion, while, (bo smaller establish, incuts have been doing but little. . This, with the mild weather, has made a great decrcUse iu , tlio consumption. Good coal can bo .had for $6 50 per ton,’delivered. Of course (ho poor, , who can buy but a basketful at a time must pay ' much higher'; but even to them it is than it,was last season, when, tor manyweeas' wo were blocked in witli ice, and were compel.', .led to saw a channel down the harbor for ten miles. The mild weather will put at least $30,000 into the city treasury,.savjngs.from the amount usually expended for removing ice .and snow.— Tljus fat ,1 think that; though Iho.clfy lias not had many men in employ,who look to the cor poration (or work during the winter, there hos beenloss suffering than in (ormcr years. The number applying fur assistance has been largo, but the keen suffering incident to cold weather, with the thermometer at zero, has not been ex perienced. Even the supplies sent from the soup houses aro not much larger than they hare been in other years. (C 7“ The lion. Mr. in the a debate in the Senate, upon the Treasury Nolo , hi!], .made, the following remarks upon the re vival of business : : “ In my'judgcihent. (he acceleration of busi ness is going to be rapid, just hi proportion to the rapidity with which business has declined; and I expect to see every day, snd every hour of every day. marked by a rise hi the prosperi ty of. the country, graduated just exactly by the suddenness of the depression. The causes of the disaster are gone. I think there is noth ing before us but a great revival of business, and a plethora of money to revive it in all de partments. I may be mistaken iu this. but X am .willing to stand by-iti" • • An Impoutant Bill Relative id tub Law or Evidence.—ln the House ©( Representatives, a few days since, Mr. M’dtmtß of lirahklin 1 coun ty, introduced the following important bill- It contemplates a reform which has been tried with satisfactory results in the Ehglish.Courb of law: “ That parties in ail civil actions now brought i or hereafter to.be brought may bo admitted »° testify in Ihelr own favor, and . may be called as witnesses by the opposite party, provided that no party so testifying shall be compelled toi cri minate himself i and provided also, that where the original party to' tip) contract, or can«P °| action is doad, br whore an executor or admio* istrator is a party to the suit, the other party shall hot' bo admitted to testify.” , K 7” Ossian E. Dodge, the Yankee Comie Singer, who paid 8625 for a ticket to one o Jenny Lind’s concerts, left Cincinnati ft days ago without paying hia bill—or rathsr bill posters. Th«y libre consequently r o3tca him. TOJf.
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