AMERICAN VOLUNTEER
JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor b Proprietor
CARLISLE, PA., FEB. 18, 1858,
Mooting of the Democratic Stand
ing Committee. "
The members of tho Democratic Standing
Committee of Cumberland county, met agree
ably to notice given, in Carlisle, at Marlin’s Ho
tel, on the 10th inst. John Clgndenin, Esq,,
war chosen President, and - Benjamin Tilsit,
Secretary. ■ .
The following resolutions were offered and
adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the Democratic citizens of this
county, are requested to meet at, their usual
places ol holding delegate elections on Saturday
the 2 1th day of February, between the hours of
1 and 4 o’clock P. M., to elect delegates to
meet in County Convention, in Carlisle, on
Monday, the Ist of March, 1858, at 11 o’clock,
A. M., for the.purpose of appointing delegates
to the Democratic State Convention at Harris.’
burg, on tho 4th of March, and to transact such
other business as in their opinion may bo re
quired.
_ Resolved, That tho proceedings of this meet
ing bo published in the Democratic papers of
tho county. ' • . ■
JOHN CLENDENIN, Pm’/,
Benjamin Titzel, Scci’y.
CUT* The editor of the Volunteer lias been con
fined to his room by sickness, since our last
issue. This, we hope, will bo a sufficient ex.
Cuse for the lack of editorial matter in this
week’s Volunteer. Editors get sick as well as
■other folks, and time must be allowed them to
recruit. He expects soon to bo at his post.
.' C?” Tho Rev. Dr. Babtine, of Harrisburg,
will preach a Missionary Sermon, in ihcMetho
diet Episcopal Church, of Carlisle, on Friday
day evening next, (Ififh inst.,) at 7 o clock.
DsLioniri'i Jlcsic.—For some time past, (he
17. S. Band, stationed at Carlisle Barracks, un
der the instruction of jSergt. Vans, have visited
our town twice a week, and given us some of
(heir delightful music. This is a treat ,wo have
not enjoyed for many years past, and our citi
zens appear to appreciate it very much. IVc
hope their visits will bo continued, and the same
friendly,feeling which now exists between those
stationed at.Carlislo Barracks and the people of
Carlisle, will’remain ns steadfast as the everlast
ing hills. ,
The Weather. —For a lew days past the
weatfcer has been cold, our streams are shut up,
and Ice, some three or four inches thick, is be
ing gathered in by our Icecream-makers, Hotel,
keepers and others. ,
STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING.
The Standing Committee of the Democratic
party, met in Carlisle, on Saturday last, and
Died upon the 27th instant for the election of
delegates to the County Convention which will
meet in Carlisle, on Monday, the Ist day of
March, The object of the Convention is to ap
point delegates to the State Convention to bo
held on the Ith of March.
It is important to our party that honest and
true Democrats compose that Convention
Those are momentous times and prudent coun
sels should prevail in all assemblages of Demo
crats. It is, therefore, to be hoped, that our
friends will send as Delegates such men as arc
known to be sound bud true, and in whom the
patty have confidence.
-y SES*TOBUI, Conference Wo obsorvo by
Ihd Juniata Register, that the Senatorial Con
ferees of Mifflin county have named the IBtb in.
slant for the mooting of the Conference at Now
port, Perry county. The place is suitable, and
ns easy of access by Railroad from the four
counties as any that cun bo named. But the
convention in this county docs not moot until
the Ist day of March, consequently Cumberland
cannot bo represented in a conference on the
18th inst.. We would, fheroA.ro, suggest that
the meeting bo deferred to Tuesday, the 2d ot
March, at Newport, at 2-J o’clock, P. M. This
•will afford an opportunity for the',lour counties
composing the Senatorial District to be repre
sented in the conference. Any time prior to
that wo have named, would prevent the attend
ance of Conferees from Cumbcrlatd. Wo hope
our friends.in the other counties-will accede to
the time and place we have suggested.
Co). A. G. Eoe arrived in Carlisle from '
Kansas last week. The Colonel- has been very
successful, and is now one of the largest landed
proprietors in the Territory. Wo had the plea
sure of a visit from him, and in the course 6f a
long conversation on the subject of the “great
matters in dispute’? became more than ever con
vinced of the wisdom of the policy pursued by
the Administration in relation to them. The
Colonel, however, does not entirely coincide
with us in our opinion.
Vert Sbnsidle.—Gov. Packer has publicly
oppressed his determination not to appoint more
than twelve now Aids, during the three years ot
his administration, 110 says lie don’t want all
his friends to bo Lieutenant Colonels—that ho
needs privates in his army ns well as officers. ;
The Governor is a very sensible man. The lib
erality shown by our rnor’s, of late years,
in the granting of the o commissions'rendered
the whole thing supremely ridiculous, A dozen
capable and well trained Aids are enough in all
.conscience, for a Democratic Governor.
FonOEniEs.—A young man who represented
himself as a son of Com. Stockton, of Now
York, recently visited York, Pa., and present
ed at ike counter of the York County Bank a
draft for $5O on a Now York bank, which was
paid. It was subsequently ascertained to bo a
forgery. He alterwards obtained the same
amount from the Inland Deposit Company, at
Lancaster, on a similar draft, and then disap
peared. Wo learn that the same individual vi
sited Harrisburg before going to I ncaster, and
was successful in diddling several members of
the Legislature out of considerable sums.
Public Money.— Paine, in one of his works,
gives utterance to a sentiment which deserves
the serious consideration of legislators. “Pub
lic money,” h° says, “ought to ho touched with
the most scrupulous consciousness of honor.—
It is not the produce of riches only, but the hard
earnings of labor and poverty. It is drawn (rom
(be bitterness of want and misery. Not a beg
gar passes, or perishes in the street, whose mite
ift not in that mass.”
Removal or the Flobida Indians. —At the
suggestion of several Southern gentlemen, the
(Secretary of the Interior has requested Gen.
Luther Blake, of Geo., to join CoJ. Rector and
Major Garrett, Indian Agents at Tahipaßuy, to
(dd in- effecting tho peaceable removal of the
g'ominoles irom Florida. The General’s influ
ence with Billy Bowlegs and his tribe, now oc-
everglades of Florida, warrants the
belief that ere long they will consent to join
their brethren west of the Mississippi.
B 7" A great change in life is like a cold I alh
in the winter—we all hesitate at the first plunjo.
Aon. John &\ aiil.
, Tho opposition papers of this Congressional
district appear very much out of humor with
onr member of Congress, Hon. John A. Ant,
because he sustains tho views of President Bo
citan'a non the Kansas question. They think Mr.
Ant should oppose the administration, and do all
in his power to annoy the President and em-
barrass his policy. Why (jur opponents should
expect Dr. Ant to pursue such a policy wc
cannot understand. He was elected because
he was a Democrat and a friend of Mr. Buchan
an, and his opponent was defeated because he
was a Republican and Mr. Buchanan’s enemy.
During that contest in this Congressional dis
trict, wc appealed to the people (through these
columns] to elect a man to Congress who
would sustain President Buchanan. We as
sured them that Dr. Ann would do so, in the
event of his election. The Dr. authorized us
to say so—authorized us to say that, should he
be elected to a seal in Congress, he would stand
.by the administration. He never could have
received our support had he occupied any other
position—he never could have been elected ex
cept as the friend of Mr. Buchanan, 'What,
right then have our Republican opponents to
censure Dr. Ant, ? He has betrayed no trust—
violated no pledge. In voting with (be admin
istration, he is, but redeeming the promises he
made to the people of the District before he was
elected.
But, say our opponents, “Dr. Ann adyo-
cates the admission of Kansas under the Le
compton Constitution, which is in opposition
to the wishes of the people of the District I .’’
" This may be their opinion. In 1856 it was
their opinion that the people of our District
were ahxious to have a Black Republican to
represent them in Congress, but the result at,
the polls proved quite a different iale. The
Republicans were mistaken in their calculations
then, and they are worse mistaken now. The
course oUr member of Congress is pursuing—
the bold stand he has taken in favor of the Ad
ministration and the Lecomplon Constitution,
meets the endorsement and is approved by-his
Democratic constituents. Had he pursued any.
oilier course we would-iave felt it a duty to
have condemned him before the people. We are
sick and tired of this Kansas discussion. We.
believe the President is right—we believe he
and those who support him arc actuated by
patriotic motives, when they ask for the ad
mission of Kansas inti) the Union. Lefthis be,
done, and the troublesome and vexatious qnes-
tion will be ended. She will come into the Un
ion as a slave State, it is true, but she will not
remain a slave Slate sixty days, for the people
Will speedily adopt a new Constitution, and
regulate their domestic affairs in their “own
way.”
•We repeat, then, in conclusion, that our
member of Congress is pursuing a proper poli
cy and a wise course in supporting the admin
istration. Jljs constituents will sustain him.
for they have implicit confidence in the wisdom
and patriotism of “Pennsylvania’s favorite son,
JAMES BUCHANAN.”
USFORTDSITE MEXICO.
The abdication hjid flight of thp President of
an adjoining KepubJic, ought not to pass alto
gether unnoticed. Wo'record, therefore, that
on last week Ex-Picsident'iJdmonlort arrived'at 1
-New Orleans, having bowed , before tho .storm
of revolution and quietly taken his .departure
from the City of Mexico. Tho Council of No
tables had handed over tho chief authority to
Senor Znivaga, who for tho moment tills a place
which may possibly bo again occupied .by Santa
Anna. In the absence of particulars of this fast
movement, it is or should bo matter of rejoic
ing that, to the best of our knowledge, it ha>t
been bloodless. But really it is rather aston-1
isliing that sometimes th'o affairs of our close
i neighbors attract less observation than those of
tho Kingdom of Siam. „
Comonfort has not succeeded as well as Lou
is Napolcan in tho coup d’etat through which
he expected to establish himself in dictatorial
power. Ho is now a fugitive,- and power has
fallen again into' the hands of tho ecclesias
tical party.’ How longthey will retain it nobo
dy knows, for nO one pan unravel tho mysteries
ot a Mexican revolution,, or predict its result
from the elements .which.are, the most active in
promoting it. So long as OOmonfort sustained
;hc’Constitution, he had. thb aid of a strong par
ly, with which ho successfully conton . against
the church party. When ho over ■ raw the
Constitution,ho had bptb opposed to him. They
triumphed, and he fledi' The success of the
revolutionists by no moans Implies peace. Two
parlies still exist', irreconcilably opposed to each
other, and the war now will bo waged between
them.. Already the constitutionals,rvero march
ing against the cco‘ siastiCal party, an hostili
tics at the capital arc likely to' be renewed.
Specie Hoarded. —There nevcr'Was a period
In the history of our . country, when so much
specie was hoarded as at the present’time. In
deed it Is, contended by the New York Evening
Post that the specie now in the United States
exceeds the Bank note circulation. It is' esti
mated that there is about $200,000,000 of coin
outside o I the.banks and.in the hands of- the
people. The amount in the banks is estimated
at $60,000,000 making a total of $200,000,000
The Secretary of the Treasury puts down the
bank note circulation at $214,000,000. Thus it
appears that the specie exceeds the Bank cireu-
ition to the amount of $46,000,000. The conn-
try is certainly rich. There is ah abundance of
money. Confidence is all that is wanted to
bring it out.
[CT - Such a winter as this has been, is not
“within the rcmcmbcrance of the oldest inhab
itant.” Tho weather continues pleasant as
May, and thus far, there has been no ice or cold
worth speaking of; It .may truly be said,
“ Summer lingers in the lap of old Winter,”
or-that the beautiful Virgin lias overcome the
gruflness of the old Tyrant, and made him
gentle as a lamb!
Kr” Grasshoppers have lately appeared in
thick swarms, upon the farm of Daniel Fields, a
sliort distance west of Oxford, Ohio. « Tho
oldest inhabitant” has never seen or heard of
tho like at such a time of year. .
£7" Two little girls, aged seven and nine
years, daughters of Wm. Stevens, residing at
Pisbon’s Ferry, Maine, .on Friday afternoon
obtained permission of their mother to play
upon the ice in the river a,t .that place. While
at play upon the ice, they ran or walked off in
to the water, and were both drowned. ,
O’Mr. Hughes has sold his patent right for
his improved telegraph instrument, for one hun
dred and twenty-five thousand dollars- It is
said to quadruple in point of rapidity the sys
tem now generally used.
French and British Slave Trade.'
The French and British Governments are in a
fair way to bo Involved in a difficulty about the
two systems of slavery they are endeavoring to
introduce Into their respective colonies. A late
letter from Paris mentions the following excit
ing incident: *
“A ship belonging to tho port of Marseilles,
and which was taking on board, on the const of
Madagascar, a cargo of negroes for the Island
of Bourbon, was threatened to be dealt with ns
a slaver by English cruisers, and was obliged to
return to France without-having' accomplished
its object, although n French’ man-of-wnr inter
fered, and endeavored to make its rights respec
ted, Admiral Hamclin gave way to some ex
citement on the occasion, and explanations had
been exchanged on the subject between the Se
cretary of tho Navy and Lord Cowley. As a
sort of conciliatory measure, Ihe British Cabi-1
net has proposed to the French to employ, in
stead of free negroes from Africa, Sepoy priso
ners, to bo provided by the East India Compa
ny.”
While John Bull continues to stigmatize sla
very in the United States ns a blot upon religion
and humanity, he still continues active in filling
his island colonics with Coolies from China —a
worse slavery in its forms and effects than that
which prevails in Cuba or the Brazils—and now
he is about adding a now feature to the system,
in the shape of Sepoys from India, who may
fall into Ids hands through the fortunes of war.
John is a monstrous great hypocrite.
Washington Fashionables.
The Slates gives some local dottings of inter-
est, and among them pitches, into a new 'style
worn by fashionables, styled the garolo collar,
from the fact of its being shaped like the thin,
fiat, iron band with wliicli Cuban executioners,
slop the breath of the Condemned to die. More
absurd than these, though, it considers the car
rot pantaloons, which are thus described:
Each side of these new-fashioned nether gar
ments is modelled after a carrot, fitting tightly,
at tho ankles,,and becoming bulbous as they as
cend towards the waist. They are only seen in
perfection when displayed by hoops, winch ap
pendages ■ are actually worn by a few of the
“dommed foinc, ah!” exquisites who 'promen
ade the sunny side of the Avenue.
Under the head of ‘Masculine Impertinence,’
it adds: ,
A haughty fellow says Hint it will, never-do
for ladies who live in the country to follow the
fashion by wearing scarlet what d’ye, call’ems,
as if. the oxen espy them, they .will, give the
wearers a “flourish of horns” not yet known in
the bills. I can't answer for the oxen,,but the
scarlets arc evidently attractive to the donkios
who cluster on the Avenue!
CE?” According to the Cincinnati Gazette
many of those in that city who, a-few weeks
ago, were crying out about dull times, and pre.
dieting a further general smash of business, are
now engaged with vigor in the work of inflation,
and it fears they will overdo the thing. It fur
ther remarks : ‘
Hogs that were .dull a few a weeks ago at $3
80 a's4, are now saleable at about $6, with pro
ducts high in proportion. This is not the re.
suit of a short crop, for tho supply is fully as
largo as anybody had reason to anticipate; but
it is attributable mainly to a revival oi business,
which in due time, will bo experienced. gener
ally. Move the produce of the country at prices
corresponding with those at which provisions
are going, or even at much lower rates, and it
will not take long to put dry goods men, manu
facturers, &e., on their feet. It will ho well,
provided men profit by tho, experience, pf tho
last.six months; otherwise, them may be a re
action. At-all events, the indications aro that
croaking; for the'future, vyill not pay; and those
wJio prepare to ,do a full average business, and
bonnds of'jprn-i
denie. wlll mSko the most money. ’
_ MiUTAUTb -Whatevcr may he said of Bcrks ;
county, there can be no denying the fact, -that
her people are eminently patriotic. In looking
ovey the Adjutant General’s, report, wo learn
that she can boast of twenty-six Volunteer Mil
itary companies, the largest number of any
county in the State, except Schuylkill, which
ftas twenty-seven, Philadelphia city and coun
ty 'returns 40, Bucks, 12, Lehigh - 10, ;Mont
gotcery' 0. Allegheny 17, and Lancaster I.
There pre in the State 271 companies in all,
with an force of 03,225.
We hope up sect» more encouraging Mililary
law passed by . the Legislature, and a conse
quent increase in SJilitary force of our Com
monweallh. •- v
The Pennsylvania CaNAL-.— The Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company are .making prepara
tions to place the. canal between Johnstown
and Pittsburg in better navigable Older during
the coming season than it has been foi’ yda rs -
The Cambria Tribune says that the sections i. n
the neighborhood' of Johnstown, are beinj
cleared of ■ all obstructions and thoroughly re
paired, and similar work is in progress all
along the line. Water will be let into the chan
nel at as early a day as the season will permit,
which, if the present mild weather should con
uo, will be at no distant period. ■
United States Treasury.— lt uppers from
the books of the Treasury Department, that
the total aniount of the receipts into the Treas
ury, from March S, 1799, .(when the Constitu
tion of the United States went into operation,)
to the first of July, 1857, was 51,855,900,000.
The expenditures (or the naval and military
services amounted to $824,000,000; for the
civil list to $119,000,000 ; for revolutionary
and other pensions to $77,300,000. The pub
lic debt is $598,000,000.
An Enterprising Girl- Miss Sallio Eola
Renan, an accomplished young lady residing hi
Grenada, Miss., has raemoralized Congress in
behalf of the uneducated and indigent daugh
ters of her State, and prays that a portion of
its public lands may be appropriated as an en
dowment for establishing a Stale female college.
The State Intebkbt.— The semi-annual in
terest upon tho State debt was paid, by Trea
surer Magraw, at the Girard Bank,on the Ist in
stant. The payments were all made in specie
or its equivalent.
IX?" The hanks of Wilmington. Del., resumed
payment of specie on thoir notes on Thursday
last.
Abbest or A Mail Robber in Chicago —In
Chicago, last .week; Henry Van Geeson, a clerk,
in the Post office, was arrested for mail robbery.
Ho began his thefts in the month of July last,as
ho stated after his arrest. Since this lin o reg
istered letters have been frequently missed,and
most of them from malls going west from Chi
cago. Postmaster Price thus located the theft
in tho western mailing-room, where 21 clerks
were employed. By inquiry ho learned that
,Van Geeson“(one of the most upright men to all
appearances in the office) had some $5OO money
loaned; that he had recently taken a house in
Buffalo street, which he had richly furnished at
nn'tjxponco of over $lOOO, and that he was en
gaged to bo married on tho 15th o( February,
•(this month,) to an estimable young lady in
Louisville. These, with other circumstances,
directed suspicion to him. Tho hulk of this
man’s stealing from tho Post Office,:haa boon of
registered letters—thus it is, ns in hundreds of
other instances all over flic country, showing
that tho present system of registering letters an
swers no bettor purpose than to pqint out to
dishonest clerks the particular letters contain
ing money.—A. Y. Times, 11M but.
The lancastcr HI n rile ref g. v
Sheriff Rbwe.'of Lancaster county, on Mon
day week, received from Governor Packer the
death-warrants of Alexander _ Anderson and
Henry Richards, convicted of the murder of
Mrs.: Garber and Mrs. Ream, in December last.
He proceeded to the prison about ten o’clock,
to read the same-lo ihc unfortunate men- The
warrhnt was read to Anderson first. When
the sfieriff concluded, Anderson remarked, in a
somewhat husky voice,-“I am prepared for
death." In reply to a remark from cx-Shcriff
Marlin, to theiflCSt that his days were now
numbered, Anderson again said, “Well gentle
men, I will be ■ prepared to die. ’ The party
then silently-left his cell for that ofßichards-on
the opposite side of the corridor. Richards
was standing-lip in his cell, hoppled by one
foot, and greeted the part}* as ihcy entered with
his usual good-humored smirk. The warrhnt
for his execution was in the same words as that
of Anderson, (except the name,) and when the
reading was Tinished tic remarked in somewhat
faltering tones, “I hope I will bo prepared."—
When asked if he remembered, from hearing
the paper read, what day he was to be execu
ted, he sa-’d, in April, but did not remember ihe
day. It was-repcatcd, and the prisoners wore
left alone with their own reflections. , Ander
son is now engaged in writing a complete his
tory of his somewhat evcnlful carcer, to which
he will Cause;to be appended a true confession
of all the facts connected with the Manheim
tragedy. The prisoners are to be hung on the j
9th of next April, in the jail yard,
Double Execution in Piltsbrfrg—.Han and
■ Woman Hung.
On Friday last, Henry Fife and Charlotte
Jones was .executed at Pittsburg, for “the mur
der of Geo. Wilson and his sister. Thisissaid
to be tl\e second woman executed for murder in
Pennsylvania. The execution Was strictly pri
vate, no persons being present except a sheriff’s
jury of twelve for each prisoner, the'clerical
and medicaTraen, and the prisoner’s counsel.—
Even the reporters of the press were excluded.
Fife made, a statement acknowledging his guilt
and the justice of his Sentence. He said : -
“ It must not bo supposed from what has
been published in the newspapers here from
time to linie since my arrest, that I am indiffer
ent or careless about the awful fate I am now
to suffer,;jpor must it be supposed that I have
suffered'no r ' , compunetion of conscience for the
deed that has brought me to a felon’s death.—
Oh, no. I, have already undergone more tor
ture of kohl than a thousand deaths : and, oh !
how often I ; havo wiShed.l could restore George
Wilson-‘and his sister back to life. Vain
thought!, Maddened with a thirst for gold,
and stimulated by "drink, I gave them the fatal
blow tbalTtbbbcd them of life, and sent their
souls, without warning, to the bar of - God.—
My fervejat.pr.ayer now js, and long has been,
that theydinve. been made, happy by my wiek
edness.hndlthat their immortal souls areamong
the redeemed of Christ, and I pray Almighty
Goddor jiisjiardon, arid that I may be permit
ted in the wbrld of spirits, I may
be there,.ytd then.' beg them to be forgiven.”
tlii#’reflected severely bn the newspapers
for got allowing him a chance for a fair trial,
innsmiSS|£a,s they prejudged his case. But as
he confessed the Crime and admitted its-justice,
we do_hdt see what reason ho has to corapiain.
g|jjltof Monroe Stewart,.who also
.
-these witnesses, and in
the.prcsjjrthe 6f -AlrtiieHty God, before whom in
'a momept pf timb Xcxpcot to appear, and wi b
ttlie last Jureatb ■ I am permitted to breathoon
earth, wilitla fnlHSaowlcdge of my awful situ-,
ation anfLoty accountability, I solemnly protest
and declare that Monroe Stewart is entirely in
nocent of the murder of Geo. Wilson and his
sister. The deed was planned and perpetrated
by myself and Charlotte Jones, without anoth
er human being to plan, aid or assist us. For
orir crimp hehaa, suffered a long imprisonment,
but 1 pray God that the last words of a dying
man,-wiihmo hope or motive to declare any
thing but the truth, while the just punishiricnl
of God Wjould be visited for falsehood, will be
taken, and restore to him that liberty of which
he has bqen so long deprived. Inwhatevcrwas
, honest l(e was my friend, but no partner of
mine in crime. He has suffered much for my
crime, apd I beg, his forgiveness. Monroe
Stewart is innocent.”
A statement, signed by Charlotte Jones, was
then read by one of the clergymen present, in
which she also acknowledged her guilt, and
that she had engaged, in thd murder of her un
cle and aunt for the purpose of obtaining their
money to, support herself and Fife, who. she
/cared, would leave her. She also fully exone
rated Stewart from any participation in the
min der; and said that her.mofive for accusing
him \V!v.s h l "Cause she suspected him of persua
ding Fife t,'.' abandon her. .
The EXEOcri'.io. ,f ;—^ Everything was flow rea
dy for the compie'li cf the final act of the
bloody tragedy, in the had
played such a terrible 'l he ropes had
been adjusted areiind the i..™? °‘ the victims,
and but a few moments were I 1 dapsq ere their
Souls would be ushered into t'ernity. Still
Fife's coolness forsook him not. He' called such
of them around him as ho knew, on thy scaffold
and shook them affectionately by the ha/ids. —
He then declared that, “with the help of v3°d,-
he would die like a man,” and with a firm voice’-,
in which the slightest tremor was not disetrn
able, exclaimed, “ Remember, I die game.”—;
He then turned to his companion in guilt, who ■
at this time was scarcely conscious, and put
ting, his arm around her, kissed, her. Both
then declared themselves ready to die, .and the
signal being given, the' Sheriff’ touched the
spring, and tho.souls of .the guilty couple were
launched into eternity. Fife fell straight down
and died without a struggle ; but Charlotte’s
death'was jess easy, and fully ten minutes
elapsed ere the pulsations of her heart ceased.
Fife's heart ceased to beat within five minutes
from the lime the drop fell.
Fife’s appearance on the gallows differed but
little from that which he presented while in
prisbn. Hti wore the same clothes as usual, but
appeared to have dressed with greater care.—
Charlotte whs attired in her ordinary clothing,
and wore over all a buff colored shroud. She
seemed haggered and pile, and looked the very
personification of misery.
Business Ovehdone, —The Albany Journal
reviewing (lie statement of one of the N. Y.
mercantile agencies, that there aro 204,061
stores in tliq United States, that this would ho
about one store to every 123 inhabitants of all
kinds, adds) 4
Here, in a nutshell, is the whole theory of
the uncertainty and • fatality which do so char
acterize trade in America! It contains the
strongest argument in favor of cash transactions
between importers and merchants, and ought to
bo potential in driving out of trade hail of its
devotees into a pursuit that always makes gene
rous returns,upon the capital and labor invest
ed—the grateful pursuit of agriculture.
Philadelphia Markets,
Fnoun.—The, news by tiro .Niagara has fur
ther depressed, without changing prices. Sales
to retailers and bakers at from $4 44 to 4 50 for
common and fancy lots. Extra and fancy brands
at from $4 78 to 5 75.
Grain.— Prices aro dull and drooping, sales
of good rod at $1 ti 1 05 per bil., and small lots
of while ficm Sl 25 to $1 28. Kyo ifj (inn, at
69 a7O els. Corn brings 31c,
M; lorfe of. ,^arngrnj.il;£
The Day Fixed.— On Friday, the- Bth of
April, Anderson and Richards, tho convicted
murderers, will-bo hung in Iho.Jail yard at Lan
caster, Pa.
AtNatubea CoNsEQUENflE.—‘‘Afew evenings
since, Joseph Sparks and Oscar, Flint we.ie
attacked by a gang of rowdies, in tho streets of
Baltimore, Md., one 'of whom, named Steele,
struck Mr. Flint, .knocking him down. IBs
companion ran ofK” Nothing elso could have
been expected.' Steel struck Flint, and Sparks
flew. " . ■ . . .. .
Wild Pigeons in Virginia. — A correspon
dent of tho Lynchburg Virginian, writing'from
Hat Creek, Campbell county, says tho pigeon
roost is tho great subject of interest in that part
of the country. It is supposed that nearly 100,.
000 of the birds have been killed in the u'ar
waged against them by the people in that sec
tion. The thrifty housewives manufacture hods
from the feathers, and tho people feast on their
delicate meat. ° ,
Wild Violets in Bloom. —The Mount Leba
non (La.) Baptist says the' wild violets in that
region are begihningto blossom. They unusu
ally bloom in ■ March and April, but have ta
ken an early start, this year, on account of tho
extreme mildness of the: weather.
The Valley or Salt Lake.— The soil of this
region is very fertile, and as the last season Iras
been a very fruitful one, the yield has been im
mense. One man’s wheat yielded 72 bhshels
to (he acre; another’s, 64. bushels j and potatoes
turned out 060 busltels to the acre.
Wolves is Nebbaska Mr. Orr, who has a
farm near Florence, Nebraska, being annoyed
by the depredations of wolves, recently set some
poisoned- meat one night, arid’ on the' following
morning found two,prairie wolves arid two
mountain wolves, dead by the bait. They were
quite (at. . ,
ffj?~Cofrc was first introduced into Franco in
the year 1014, and the roasting and preparation
of it was first attempted in London; in : 1032,
by a Greek savant, who opened a coffee.bouse
in that city,- which was well attended by the
epicures bl that time. ■
, German Colonies in Maine.— An . Eastern
paper states that Dr. 11. Silborman, a native of
Germany, is negotiating with the State authori
ties of Maine for a tract of land, on which he
proposes to locate a colony of Geiman emi
grants, next summer. Dr. S. has presented a
memorial to tho Legist ,turb,.in which ho says:
“When once my project is put. in operation; X
intend ngt to rest untilthe Aroostook corinty
is inhabited by «, population ol ten thousand
Gormans.” .
Complimentaby. —During tho discussion in
the Virginia Senate of the preposition to pur
chase Mr. Burbeq’s statue of the “Young ;Re
liublican,” Mr, Siuart,,in pronouncing an eulo
gy’pk tbo artist, remarked that he quitted the
profession of la.v to pursue that of art. Anoth
er Senator, Dr. McKcnriey, of .Norfolk, intinni.
ted’that that change was natural enough, since
lilw its well as sculpture is an «r/-fui profession,
and both are prosecuted by chiseling.
ttF” Propositions have been presented in both
houses of the Ohio Legislature, to .submit to
the people tho question of afribndiiig the consti
tution,'sons to return to thoolrt .system- of li-
the traffic in liquors. The article of
restriction in tho Constitution has been a (load
fail rife. Public -sentiment docs not sustain
prosecutions under it, and its operation is not
uniform . throughout’ the State. Little grog,
shops have sprung up at nearly every corner
and cross road, and tho tiraffle is liberally'coh- :
ducted in every section, notwithstanding the
vigilance of the moral part of tho community,
who would expunge it if possible. .
■ Anotuer New Territory.— lt is proposed
tO make an effort for a territorial; organisation
of tho upper peninsula of Michigan, under the
name of Superior of Mackinaw. The connlry
embrace sixteen thousand square miles, abounds
in mineral resources, and has an estimated po
pulation often thousand. At present it is apart
ol the State of Michigan, fronv the main portion
of which, however, it is separated by the straits
of Mackinaw, and with which it lias no common
interests.
A Sister of Charity.— Tho Richmond (W.)
correspondent of tho Petersburg Express,writes
as follows: It is hot, perhaps, generally known
that the Hon. Edward Everett has a sister now
performing.the sacred duties of a Sister ofClta
rity j yet such is the fact, and she is about -to
take the position of tho Eady Superior in the
St. Joseph’s Seminary in this city. She will
probably arrive nearly’at tho slims lime with
Mr. Everott, who is coming to deliver his grpnd
oration on the character of Washington.
[E7"Tlie oldest married couple alive are sup.
posed to ho a Mr. Snyder and Ills wife, who re
side at Burnside, Pa. He is 111, and site is
107 years old, and they have been married 03
years.
W Ex-Governorßejib, ofOliio, now livings!
Rockford, 111,, who/sorae months since, allot a
yonng man engaged with others in a charivari
about the Ex-Governor’s house, on the occa
sion of a wedding', isbn trial for'manslaughter.
■/lon, Thomas Corwin and Judge Johnson, of
Ohi’.o, a.'o his counsel. ' A
K 7” i'erfy-six yonng women, under tho au
spices of fhe Woman’s Protective Emigration
Society, left jN T ew York, on- Wednesday, by the
.Erie Railroad, ai live o'clock, for homos in In
diana and Illinois. They were accompanied by
Miss Rich, the society’s locating agent, and
they turned their faces we w 'twa. T d full of hope
and courage for tho now life ti'.'st awaits them.”
A Man with five Wives,— A main named
Coombs was committed to jailnt Bob't|jt last
week; charged with having four wives*
Monday the fifth one made her appearance.
Brigham Young must look to his laurels.
President Fillmore.— Ex-President Fill;
more was married on Monday evening last, to
Mrs. Caroline Mclntosh, of Albany, N. Y.—
The ceremonies occurred in the old Schuyler
Mansion; the same House in which, Alexander,
Hamilton obtained his wife, and which was
owned by the wife of Mr. Fillmore. . ;
O’ The Rev. Beverly Waugh, senior Bish
op of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died at
1 o'clock on Tuesday morning, in Baltimore,
at the age of 60 years. In 1809 ho entered the
ministry, and in 1836,'was elected to the Epis
copal office. Previous to the latter date he had
been a.resident of New York. Theßishbp has
been in feeble health for some time; but the
immediate cause of his death was erysipelas,
which followed a sudden apoplexy.—
Bishop Thos. A Norris, of Cincinnati, is now
the senior Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
O’ During the last year Maine built, double
the amount of chipping, hi tonnage, of any oth
er Stale in the Union, ' -
The Snnbnry nnd Erie Railroad-'-A New
Project.
We have been waiting patiently, says the
Harrisburg Union, to see what pro
ject the friends "of the Sunbury and Erie rail
road would have to present to the Legislature.
It is fresh in the recollection of every one, that
at the last Session the company used every art
to procure the passage of'a bill transferring
bonds dciivcd from a sale of the Main Line of
the Public Works to them, fipr the purpose,.as
tvas alleged, of securing the speedy completion
of (lie Erie railroad. The project failed in the
Senate. Since that time the people have adop
ted ah amendment to the Constitution prohib
iting the Stale from lending credit to any cor
poration. Notwithstanding this provision, we
were apprised during the last summer that the
company had not abandoned the idea of pro
curing aid from .the State. We therefore look
ed forward with no slight degree of curiosity to
see what-plan could be devised for evading the
constitutional provision, and we have it dcvelo
ptxl.at last. '
Mr. Jackman has inlroduced into the. House
a bill under the Seductive title of “An Act for
the sale of the S.ale canals.” It might more
appropriately be denominated, ■'* A bill to trans
fer to the Sunbury and Erie railroad
for the special advantage of said company, all
the Public Works belonging to the Slate of
Pennsylvania.” It proposes, for the very mod
erate sum of $3,400,000, to give the company
the Delac are Division, the North Branch Divi
sion and Extension, and the West Branch and
Susquehanna canals.. The Delaware Division
alone, Governor Pollock told us in his annual
message, yielded last year a net revenue, of
$174,000; more than the interest at five per
cent., of the munificent sum, of $3,400,000,
supposing the money to bo paid into the trea
sury in hard cash. But this the company have
no idea of doing. They purpose to pay the
Stale in bonds of the Sunbury and-Erie railroad
company, bearing five per cent, interest, none
of which shall fall due until fourteen years from
the time of their issue. Not only is the compa
ny to manufacture bonds for .tbis purpose, but
to issue seven millions of bonds, secured by
mortgage bn the Sunbury and'Erie railroad, of
which those given in payment-for the Public
Woiks are tri be part'. • The balance, we pre
sume,.are to be disposed of to any persons who
will purchase them. •
'4'lie other features of this bill will be better
understood by reference to its details. It is
even more objectionable than the billof last ses
sion. It seeks a transfer of the State Works
to a corporation for'half their value, without
paying a single 3 cent in money; or, in other
words, it lends the public canals Ip a company.
as a basis for. the issue of a large amount of
worthless paper securities, and ,as the means
of,inflating their credit. . This once accom
plished, the State would be at liberty to take
back the works. We have no idea that this
magnificent speculation will receive the least
countenance from the Legislature.
An‘Act for the Sale of the State Canals.'
, '([ enacted, i)'c.. That it shall
be the duty of the Governor within days
after the passage of this act, to sell arid : deliver
to the Snpbury and. Jirio railroad company,
provided the said cpmpany-.shall agree -to pnr
clinse tlio samel a.ll the public.works of the
commonwealth, noW’rcmarning tihsOld ■; cOifsis
tmg of the Delaware division, the North Branch
division and Extension', the West Branch' divi
sion, and the Susquehanna division of the Penn
sylvania canal, with all the property thereto
.belonging, or in any wise appertaining, and all
the estate, right, title and interest of this Com
monwealth therein, for the. price or sum of
three millions four hundred thousand dollars,
on.the fenns and conditions hereinafter expres
sed. ' ' 1
Sec. 2. That the Sunhnryand Eric railroad
company may execute and issue their bonds for
seven millions of dollars, bearing interest at the
mo . of live'per centum per annum, payable
semi annnally, of which said bonds one million
of dollars shall be due and payable in the year
1872* and one million of dollars in each of the
seven succeeding, years, and shall not be sub
ject to taxation: and the payment of the said
•bonds shall bo secured by a mortgage, to be ex
ecuted and delivered by the said company to
two or more trustees of the whole line of their
railroad finished and unfinished from "Williams
port to the harbor of Erie, including all their
real estate, together with the rights, privileges
and franchises of the said company, which said
mortgage shall be recorded in the office for the
recording of deeds for tjie city and. county of
Philadelphia, and deposited for safe keeping in
the office of the State Treasurer, and shall boa
lien on all mortgaged property without further
record; and the Governor shall receive from the
Said company .three mil I ions five hundred thou
sand dollars of the said bonds in settlement for
the purchase money of the said canals and pro'-
perty. and the residue thereof shall be reserved
and deposited in the office of the State Treasur
er, to be surrendered to the said company for
(ho purposes, at the times ancf on the condi
tions hereinafter expressed.
Sec. 3. That as additional- security for the
payment of the purchase money of the Said
property, the Siinbury and Erie railroad com
pany shall execute and deliver to the Stale
Treasurer, a mortgageon the Delaware division
of said canal for one million of dollars, and a
mortgage on each of the other divisions of said
canal for two hundred mid fifty thousand dol
lars, conditioned for the payment of an equal
amount of the said purchase money bonds, at
the maturity'.thereof, which said mortgages
shall be deposited in the office of the Slate Trea
surer, and. shall be,..without record, the first
liens of the property therein "described. And
and Erio railroad company shall,
at any time; sell thft said canals, or either of
them, the mortgages on the canal or canals so
sold, shall lie.cancelled by the State Treasurer
and surrendered to the said company, by the
Governor, on deposits made by said company
in the office of the State Treasurer, of an equal
amount of bonds of their grantees, secured by
mortgage of the canal or canals sold as afore
i said. And when the said company shall have
progressed with the work, on the line of their
road, so far, ns to have that part thereof which
extern*’* from Williamsport to the mouth of the
Sinnemal.oning, ready for the superstructure,
the Governor shall surrender to the said compa
ny one half of the amount of said additional sc
curity; anil whert the Western end of the said
road, extending froiT* the fiarbur of Erie to the
borough of Warren, shall be ready for the su
pcrslnicturo, the Governor shall then surrender
tq.the said company ti'.'e remaining half of said
additional ,security, to be employed by them )
Jirjt.in the completion of Jbe said divisions of,
the said work, and then, as to the surplus in
the construction of cither parts thereof.
Seo. 4. That on the delivery of the said bonds
and mortgages to the Governor for the purpos
es mentioned in the -second and third sections
of this act, the Governor shall, undei; Hie great
seal of the Commonwealth, transfer and deliver
to the Sunbiiry and Erie railroad company,
their successors and assigns forever, all "of the
said works mentioned in the first section of.
this act, with the appurtenances, and all the
right, title and interest, property, claim and'-
demand .whatsoever of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, of, in and to the same, and every
part thereof,. And the Governor shall thereup
on give notice, by proclamation, of the said s»’"
and delivery, but all superin'r -1
lectors,officcrsa"' 1
0 0 1 -
, 4 U 06011t,g9rtncgq419iTiwct.ilth.
employees on or about the said
porty, shall continue nevertheless to diwk Pro '
the duties of their respective offices at tl, 1-811
pense of the said purchasers, until remowV*'
ro-nppomted by tiiem ; and the-official k? S r
of said officers and agents shall inure in nds
of said purchasers, and to all mbnevs !v,- Usc
and acts done by them subsequent to ii,„ C !, r " !
of the said transfer and proclamation. 10
Sec, 6. That the said companv. t imi
sors and assigns shall hold, possess
: jk a?
privileges and franchises respecting thVrn. 8 '
ment, maintenance, : itnproychiert ami n ° BC ’
ment of ihe same,'as have heretofore h»L C " JO - v '
ted to the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
ny of this State for (he OOTStraotipn°-in?« ,pv
ment; maintenandd, improvement jad !- f-
t of the canal and property owned hv7^ T ‘
And the said Sunbury and Erie railroad !!"'
pany shall have authority to grant, sell , n .i ■
vey, or to lease for a term of years the «'h l
any part of said properly to any cornoMi? r ,
this State, or to any association of
and their grantees shall hold and cnio-Jk*
same together with all the rights nrili*.
and franchmcs granted by this toV sw
bury and Erie railroad company, and ~„ ll
such corporate name as the said
adopt: and the said grantees are
med to issue their bonds for pnrchK y°‘
to be secured by mortgage of the propS
granted and sold to them as aforesaid p *
Sec, G. That on or before the completion of
be wo divisions of he sa.d rc!) d ntemioned °n
the third section of this act, the Governor shah
appyrnt three competent engineers, one of
whom sha,.'be the chief engineer of said com
pany, to ascertain apd report to him ihPproh'
able cost of completing ‘he unfinished ponton
of the said road, with a single track of rail#
weighing not less than fifty pduntls to
yard, properly ballasted, with ’ the necessary
turn outs and water stations, so as fd form an
uninterrupted line of railroad from Sudbury to
the Harbor of Erie : and whenever the rnians
of Iho company, including the three millions
500,000 dollars, of reserved bonds deposited
in the office of the State Treasurer, in pursuance
(if the 2d section of this act, shall be suflieietit
in the opinion of ihe Governor and the said en
gineers to complete said railroad atl.aforcaaid,
the Governor shall deliver to the saidjeompanv
one million of dollars of said reserved boait
forthwith and the remaining two and one half
millions thereof he shall deliver to the said com
pany, from time to time, part passu, with the
progress of the work, ns ascertained by the
returns and-estimates of Ihe -chief' ehgracrrof
the said company : Provided, That before de
livering nny of the said bonds to the company,
there shall be indorsed thereon, oyer,the sigma
ture of the Governor, the words :"issvedl»j au
thority of law," and iio bonds, issued by the
company, except those owned and kept by the
Stale, shall be .considered, valid mid entitled to
the security of the said mortgage without the
indorsement of the Governor nsaloresnid.
Sec. 7. —That if thcSunbiirv and Eric rail
road company shall fail to pay the’principal or
interest of any of the said bonds for ninety
days after the same shall bfflomedue andpav
able, it shall be the duty of the itlorncy Gen
eral to sue out the said mortgage, and also coy
mortgage or mortgages on the said Canals
which may remain unchnoelled, by writs ot
scire facias to he issued out of Ihe Supreme
Court of ■ this Commonwealth;-. of which notice
-shall be givpn by advertisements for ibatj
days in one or more daily newspapers- pnWishr
cd in tlie cities of Philadelphia and‘New York,
and to sell the mortgaged;.premises tegetjict,-
witli .the rights and franchises Of said comfmjty
appertaining thereto,'by execution tb be
ted to the Secretary of the .Commonwealth,and
on the return of the. said execution, and the
confirmation of’ the sale of the'said court, the ;
Secretary of the CqmrapnwtaUh shall by drtd 1
or deeds reciting the said proceedings executed
under the. great seal of the . Conimomvralili,
grant apd eonvyy tbp; property and estate so
.sold, to the purchasers thereof, who slial}liare.
hold the sariie. fi**s nniljfischargd
from all incumbrances.-with 1 all ihe”rights amly
privileges granted by this act, and heretofore’-’
granted to the Sunbury and Erie railroad com
pany, so far as the same may, be applicable .*
thereto: and the said deed .or. deeds -shall bo
authorized in open court, ns in other cases, and t
recorded among -the records thereof. *
Skc. B.—That, ihe entire-proceeds of the sale %
of the said canals shall be paid into the sinking
fund, and applied to the payment of the Slate
debt, according to the provisions of the act. en
titled “Ah act to provide for 'n sinking fund
and to provide,for : tbe gradual and bcrUu'n ex
tinguishment of the debt ofthe Commonwealth ;
approved April 10, 1849. •’ And the said Sun
bury and Eric railroad Company, may pay nil -
and satisfy the principal, or. any’, of.the bonds
given (or tire said purchase money. > l or More ,
the maturity thereof, in the certificates of loan
of this Commonweal ill at tbe/r par value,
. Sec. 9.- That the Sunbury and ErieKailroau i
Company, or their assigns, immediately after
taking possession of (he Said canals, shall pe
bound to keep up the same in. as good repair
and operating conditioii as they now arei anti
they shall bo and remain public highways for*
over, (or the use. and enjoyment of, all persona
! ‘lvoiring to use the same,, subject to such, rules
and regulations as the owners thereof may fotni
tunc to establish : but the tolls oil said can»l« '
shall not exceed the-rates fixed tsv the toll shot 1
published by the Canal Commissioners for '-t
ye or oiie thousand eighthundred -anjt fifly-sw
on. " 1
Tlie Kansas amt illiuncsola Bills-—Democnr-
tie Caucus,
Washington, Feb. 14. --The majority of lb#
Senalc Committee on the Territories arc prop.'-
ring a bill for the admission of Kansas intoll*
Union under the Lecompton Oonstitolim"
They are acting without .reference as in l ''*
question whether ibc Free Skajeor. the IhoSlr.
very party has the Legislature and State e® -
cers. In deference to Mr. Douglas, the Chair-;
man of the Committee, who has serious illness
in,his family, the report will probably not I*
made before Thursday, in order to gire hit ll
lime to prepare bis-dinseming views.
Mfcssi’s. Wade and Collatncr will unite in *
third report.
It is clearly understood that in the event of
persistent attempts to first pass the Minae* o ' 1 *
bill, a proposition .will be made lb unite it with
the Kansas measure, that the success of on#
may depend upon the passage of ■ the other.—'
Sucli is the present, programme. , . ■ ■ . .
The Democratic caucus , waS. held m 'o#
hail of the House of Representatives last nign .
John Cochran of New York, Chairman, and
Mr. Regan, Secretary. Owing to *h« sn °.T
storm there was a small attendance, oat
sections of the country, were represented
good feeling generally prevailed. It •* .
gathering preliminary to a more perfect MS .
zalion, with the view of shaping the busint
legislation, and acting nnderstandingw’H
ture. A committee of five was dirts®® ’ .
appointed, by the chairman,' to consult
advise as to the propriety of calling mee ll A
whenever occasion may require a definite P
of action bn important public measures. ’
debate incidentally involved the
tioii, but tlie general sentiment expressed *
that’the peace and harmony of the Union »
the States depend on the preservation 01
nationality of the Democratic'party. 0 (
The Senate caucus also agreed on a pi#
action relative to business. .p.
The House select Committee on Kaus#* ,
fairs will hold ■ its first meeting on 3
night. ■ ' .- ‘ , t or ea
The President has officially recogniz'd
Ppederico Darby as Consul General of Crug I
to reside in New. York. ■ rt jj
The '‘Union” argues to show- that t
no alternative for either, the conservativ .
tional men of the North, or the Represent#
of.tiie South, but in a cordial 00-operatic
eacii other under a thoroughly
tional Democracy, based on the bm»
pies of the Ch“’ i "
•' j/.iuV/C 1
• ■. . . —•••iiuAii resolvoa,
impo&sjblo the poacq. ofv tho country p* n ‘
o longer jeoparded- by factious sectionalism
who ijtivg spjong been ; in conspiracy ftgftins^