AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BRITTON.’ Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., FEB. 25. 1858. Meeting of the Democratic Stand' ing Committee. The members of the Democratic Standing Committee of Cumberland county, met agree ably to notice given, in Carlisle, at Martin’s Ho tel, on the ■ 13th inst. John Clendenin, Esq., was choien, President, and Benjamin Tilzet, Secretary. . ' .' . The following resolutions were offered and Adopted, viz: Rtsohed, That the Democratic citizens of fins county, are requested to meet at their, usual places of holding delegate elections on Saturday ■ the 21th day of February, between the hours of "1 and 4 o’clock P. M., to elect delegates to meet Jn County Convention, in Carlisle, on Monday, the Ist of March, 1858, at 11 o’clock, A. it; for the purpose of appointing delegates to the Democratic Stale Convention at Harris, .burg, on the 4th of March, and to transact such other business as in their opinion may bo re quired. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet ing bo published in the Democratic papers of the county. JOUK CLENDENIN, Fres’l. Benjamin Titzel, Sect’y. Delegate Election! THE Democrats o( tho Westward are re quested to meet at Burkholder's Hotel, on Friday evening, the 2Glh instant, .at T o’clock, for the purpose of making arrangements for the Delegate election bn Saturday, the 27th. The Democrats of the East Ward, will meet at Heiser’s Hotel, at the game time and for the same purpose. , ’ ttF"Tho editor is still confined to his room by-indisposition, and tin’s week’s paper, like tho last, had logo to press without receiving any ofbis attention. Delegate Election. —Wo would again call the attention of our Democratic friends to the impbrlanoeof attending the Delegate election on Saturday next. There gliouUl bo a full attend ance of our friends in every township and bo rough throughout-the county, and none hot the most reliable Democrats sent as Delegates to the County Convention. If this bo attended to harmony and good feeling will always prevail in our Conventions. -■ Fireman’s Visit.—Tho “Cumberiand Fire Company,” of this place, by invitation, visited Mechantcsburg on Monday, tlio 22nd inst. The object of tho visit was to try a ne.y Engine re cently purchased by the citizens Of that town. • Tho trial took place in the Public Square, and' was highly gratifying to all who witnessed it. The Engine works, well, throws a very strong stream, and is a handsome piece or workman ship. A procession was then formed by tho two companies, accompanied by the Mechanicsbnrg Band, and paraded through the streets of tows, and all Seemed well pleased with the proceed ings of tho day. At 2 o’clock P.M., the “Cum berland” took tlio cars for Carlisle, cheered by tho Mechanicsbnrg Company and tho citizens generally.' Passing Counterfeit Money.—John Koser, of Mechanicsbnrg, In this county, was before Alderman Eneu, in. Philadelphia, on Saturday, the 13th inst., on the charge oi passing counter feitmoney. Ho was arrested on Friday,evening, In the Reading Railroad cars, in Berks county,. Ibr attempting to pass a $2O note, purporting to have been issued by the York County Bank, on . tho Conductor. A number offho counterleits were found on his person. The -accused was committed to await n requisition from the aus, thorities of Berks co-,, and is now confined in tho Reading jail. . Da. Gapr.ok Rev,'A. G. Marlett. Dr. Ira Day and Dr. P. 11. Long, of Mechanicsburg, recommends in the highest terras Dr. Capron, who is now lecturing in Education Hall, on Physiology, Anatomy, &c. His lectures are strictly moral. A private lecture will bo given to gentlemen on Monday evening neat. Peon fVaWtsoTOS.—On Friday night last, -the Pennsylvania Democratic members of the Boose hsd a full and free interchange of opin ions. continuing two hours, on Kansas and oth er questions. Nothing of a definite character was consummated. The utmost confidence' in, ‘ and respect for, (he President was expressed j and, although some rejgrcttcd that they were compelled to differ from him on that subject, they had no disposition whatever to embarrass the Administration in its general-policy. Accident to Miss Reiixt. —Miss Reilly, daughter of Hon. Wilson Reilly, of Chambers burg, met with an accident on Monday, evening, at Kirkwood’s hotel, where her father and her self are boarding. She had dressed for the hop „at the National, and was leaving one of the par lors at Kirkwood’s, when by some means her dress, which was ofa very light texture, caught fire. Miss R. screamed and ran, bringing an other lady to her assistance. Happily for both, a gentleman, (Mr.. J. N. Jones, of W isconsin) whose coolness and judgment tho ladies will hare reason to remember, rushed up, kept of! the second lady; Whose dress was very combus; lible, threw Miss R. to the floor, and in a mo ment succeeded in trampling out the flames. ' Mias Reilly is burnt about t|io chest and one arm, though it is hoped not seriously, and Mr. -Jones suffered somewhat in one hand. Rut for his prompt and judicious intervention, both the ladies tyould have been injured, perhaps, irre mediably. The accident is said to have been occasioned by the explosion of a camphene lamp. TEMPERANCE AMONG TIIK INDIANS.—'The Bsi gor (Me.) Union says that, about two yrs. since Father Eugene Velronilc undertook tho tcmpc " ranco reformation .of the Penobscot tribe of In dians. As tlio reward ot his untiring labors ho. now has the pleasure of announcing that mote than one-halt of tho tribe have taken tho pledge, and strictly adhere to it. Drunken Indians are no longer seen. in. tho streets of Bangor or Old town. Cost or Investigating Committees —The Congressional Investigating - Committees will prove to bo rather expensive affairs. They have already, it is stated, incurred an expense of $40,000, for which an appropriation is nownsk : ed, and they are not half through, They will cost Government $160,000 and effect nothingat last. ' Suicide or an Old Ladv. —On Sfinday after noon, an old lady, named Groenfred. Fawcett, aged 80 yrs;, residing bn Killbuck Kun, about 17 miles from Pittsburg, committed, suicide by throwing herself into a well near her residence. She had previously made two abortive attempts .At self-destruction. (K7* Xlon. John 'Wentworth, Mayor of Chica go, slipped and fell to the pavement on the Blh jnat., dislocating his shoulder by the accident. . ■ There seems to be but little doubt that Kan-, sas will eventually bo admitted under the Lc complon Constitution when the matter is brought to a ■ vote. The action of the Congressional Committee can only delay what must be regar ded as the inevitable result, in the end. Wo believe all parlies now concur in the opinion that the people of -Kansas will have the un doubted right to alter tlicir Constitution or make a new one, immediately after the admiss ion of the Territory as a State, no matter what the irislrumcnt on which they are admitted, says on that point. This point conceded, we do not sec what possible objection there can be to the admission of Kansas under the Lccomp ton Constitution. If a majoriiy of her people are not satisfied they can at once call a new Convention and frame such a Constitution as will be satisfactory to themselves. The great mass of the people are anxious to have Kansas in the Union or out of the Universe, and tho shortest way to accomplish the first is undoubt edly the best way. By delaying:her admission longer no good is accomplished and agitation prolonged. A correspondent of the Pennsylvanian,, wri ting from Washington, says the Kansas ques tion seemsto he in a fair way of a speedy and satisfactory settlement. Tho election of- the Free State officers— tho generally .entertained idea that the people can lawfully change their Constitution whenever they choose, snd the re port of General Harney, that the people, as a whole, are anxious to come into the Union un der any Constitution, has softened the asperities of certain gentlemen, and the Administration count with confidence on ten to fourteen ma jority for the Lecompton Constitution in the ■House. Outlie final vote there will not bo more than thficc Democrats from-Pennsylvania against it, and not two from Indiana. We may look tor a perfect calm-in the “nigger market” in thirty days. Mr. Buchanan’s Message has had a most extraordinary effect. It rallies the party everywhere, and convinces the judgment of the most bitter. It entitles him to the everlasting gratitude of the nation- Peace dawns and strife is banished. We extract the following manly and decided article on the Kansas Question from the Leb- anon (Pa.) Advertiser. It undoubtedly speaks the sentiments of the Democracy ol that coun ty, and aflords another evidence of the position of the Pennsylvania Democracy on the quesiion of sustaining James Buchanan in his endeavor to admit Kansas under the Lccompton Consti tution. The Advertiser says—"lt is the glory o( the Democratic party of Lebanon county, that it has never flinched from the straight for ward and manly advocacy of the true' princi ples of its faith. In victory Or defeat it always stood firm to the Constitution and the laws no matter how many —how violent, Or from what quarter the assaults. came. Our little guard never yet paused longer than to know the right, and be found battling in its defence. This uniformity of conduct,has rmimralizsd it. so that it can always be fusioned upon as true and reliable to the eitert of its numbers. . .' As one of tlie.iongiHrE <of tffiis sterling Demo cracy, we haxe ttihes Jar .abstained from med dling with tiie.-owraspect the. Kansas excite ment has assoined, but -believe that the .time has now come when it is the duty of every pa triot and honest man to show his hand. For •our.part then, hUew words, we‘ freely declare j ourself with the administration oi James Bu chanan ; and, recognizing the legality of the Convention that framed the Lecompton Consti tution, we believe that Congress should admit Kansas as a State under it. The position Wei have assumed is one of mature reflection ; one I that we believe to be in accordance with the almost unanimous sentiment of the Democracy lof Lebanon county, it is an honest and disin terested position—taken solely' for the preser vation of the'Constilulion and- the Union—for the vindication of right against wrong, and for the well-being of the great Democratic parly.— It is also taken when the clouds are apparently lowering upon our party, but with full confi dence in the patriotism and integrity of the men who sustain the position, 1 and full faith in the principle itself, we believe that time will vindicate the correctness of this position, as it has that of all others assumed by the Democrat ic party. As the people learn to understand it, they will sustain it. It will bo the means of undying glory to James Buchanan and his'ad ministration, and lead the Democratic party on to other and greater triumphs than hereto fore—if that is possible. Pennsylvania With tho President. Wo thought it possible (says tho Valley Spirit) that the anti-Locompton flatterers, might swing old Pennsylvania from her moorings for a time. Wo had soon her led astray before, and wo wore piepared to sob her temporarily led astray again. Wo wore sure she would turn up right on “ so ber second thought,” but wo did not expeet the reaction to occur at this early day.- It has como already. Tho Democracy of the glorious old Keystone are ranging themselves in order ol battle and preparing for a terrible charge against tho opposition. Tho faithful are firmer than ever; tho wavering have caught the courage of the mass; and day by day those who listened to tlie seductive voice of treason and consented to desertion, aro disengaging themselves from tho toils so artfully thrown around them, and again enlisting under the banner of true Democracy. Tho plotting traitors who essayed to wreak their vengeance on tho head of tho President, have been landed high and dry in tho enemy’s camp, where tho eorpofal’s guard of recruits they have carried over has provoked derision and contempt. The Democracy of Pennsylva. nia are with their President, heart and soul, and wo belido the Democratic Representative who takes part with tho Black Republicans against him. More lluMiiUGGEiiy. —The New York papers announce that a Turkish Pasha (a high gov ernment officer in Turkey) is daily esfpcoted to arrive there and tho Gothamites aro preparing to make fools of themselves by giving him a. grand reception. A proposition has actually been introduced in the City Councils to appro priate §5OOO to entertain him. And this while the City is over head and cars in debt, and her citizens groaning under their load of taxation. O" Mu. Elias George, of Fredericksburg. Lebanon county, has a cow that, wtffgfis 1030 pounds. Her calf, lately, when seven days old, weighed 115 pounds. Those who blow tho coals of others’ strife may chance to have the sparks fly in their own faces. LINSAS COME IN. LET TJie Kansas Question. Hon. John A. Ahi—The Mccliantcsbtirg Post Office, &c. The removal of Mr. Eckels from the Post office at Mechanicsburg, has created considcra-. bib hard feeling in that vicinity. Tmmcdioltely after his removal, an Indignation Meeting was held in Mechanicsburg, at which resolutions were adopted censuring our member of Con gress, &c., and tt committee of five highly re spectable citizens were appointed to visit Wash ington and lay tjieir grievances before thcPost- Mastcr General. Tinscomriiiitce visited Wash ington, and on their retiirn homo, published a card, exhonorating Du; Ann from all. blame, dud sanctioning and approving all he had done in the- matter. .We supposed this was to be the last of the controversy, but were convinced otherwise when'we opened the Mechanicsburg Gazcttcc of the lllh instant, and found another attack upon Dr. Ann by the same M ashington committee that had so recently endorsed his conduct 1 Dr. Ant. replies to tin’s last attack, through the Mechanicsburg Gazette of the 18th instant, and in doing so wo think lie places the question in dispute in its proper light, and de fends himself in a. dignified and able manner. As an act of justice to him we publish, his letter of defence as follows : Washington, Feb. 13th, 1858. Wit. E. McLaughlin; Esq.. Editor of the Gazette, Mechanicsburg, Sirt : I observe in your paper of the 11th instant a communication over the signatures of Messrs. Ini Day, John Bobb, A. N. Green, J. W. Cocklin and Edw. Lament, relating to the conversation and understanding they had with mo at this place with regard to. the appoint ment of Mr. Leas as Postmaster at your place, in which communication'! am denounced as un worthy the confidence of those gentlemen and of the party, because of a violation, as they say, of the pledge made by me to them, that 1 would.confer with them and fix iipon a third man. one who had always been a democrat,who would locate the office in the centre of thelown, and with whom* the Committee would be high ly gratified. .... It is due to myself and to my constituents that I should reply to this charge; and act ‘he , matter before the people in its true Imlit.—• When those gentlemen came to pjfe nlo at Wash ington, I informed ten'tnal I was willing to do anything that, I could to gratify them; con sistent with honor. 1 could not and would pot say that Mr Lease should be removed if he in sisted on his right to hold the office. I did, however; say that I would do all in my power to gratify them and those whom they represent ed, provided I could do so without violating what I considered due in justice and honor to others. . I never, did pledge myself to have Mr. Leas removed and a third man appointed who would be acceptable to them. I did not un dertake any such task, and would not, for the reason that 1 do not know ,J,hat I could cfiect the removal of Mr. Leas unless charges of offi cial or either misconduct, unfitting him for tho position, were made and sustained by evidence against him. I llaye donc everything fair and honorable in the matter, and more, perhaps, than cither of the above named gentlemen would have done had they been placed in simi lar circumstances. lam still willing and anx ious to do whatever is within my power tograt- ify'iho Democracy of Mechanicsburg and its vicinity, but I cannot do that which would be dishonorable to gratify any man. In conclu sion I say that the statement of the gentlemen abbot pledges made by me is incorrect, and that the gentlemen who were present when theraat ter was talked about and.settled between,us wilhsustain me in this declaration. • YourS truly. Sustaining the President. The Democratic General Committee of New York city' met at Tammany Hailv on Tuesday night week, and adopted resolutions strongly indorsing tho course of the President on the • Kansas question, approving the course of those New York members who sustained the action ol the President, pledging the Democratic par ity to support the admission into the Union of every Stale organized with a republican form of govcromeht'whioh may present itself to Con gress, without reference to the allowance or ex-] elusion of: slavery, and charging that all the trouble in Kansas is owing to the. Free-State men omitting to exercise their right to vote at | several elections. . A committee of one from each ward uf the city was appointed to’make arrangements fora public meeting,, with the view of sustaining the position of the President on the Kansas ques ion. The Central Democratic Union Club of that city met also on the same evening, and adop ted resolutions similar in spirit to tho above, and declared that .‘‘in this national crisis, it has become tho duty of every Democrat to sustain the Administration, to uphold the laws, to put down insurrection, and to frown jgjo contempt those Representatives who, belying their profes sions and ignoring their political duty, have gone into tho ranks of tho Black-Republican party.” A New License law. Mr. Ramsey, of Philadelphia, has introduced into tho Ilouse of Representatives, a new li cense bill, which, with some modifications, will probably pass that body. Amongst other changes it takes the licensing power from the Courts, and vests it in the County Commission ers. The bill also compels persons taking out license to file a bond in the Quarter Ses sions’ Court for $5OO, conditioned for the pre servation of order, and for not selling minors drink. Persons applying for license in Phila delphia and Pittsburg who sell $lO,OOO wortli per annum, and upwards, to pay $2OO ; those from $5,000 to $lO,OOO, to pay $100; from' $2,500 to $5,000, to pay $5O ; those who sell $2,000 and under, to pay $3O. In tho country and boroughs, the latter class to pay $25 per annum. Battle with Runaway Slaves.— For sev eral years a number of runaway slaves have lived secluded in the Big Swamp, in Robinson county. North Carolina. A few days ago their camp was attacked by a number of armed whites, and quite a battle ensued, resulting in the death of two of the slaves .and the flight of tho rest. At their camp were found a largo house well shingled over, a.smoke hbuso, a ‘dairy, a place for fattening hogs, and all other things in the housekeeping lino. C?” Imprisonment for debt is still in vogue in Canada. In tho prison at Hamilton, there is a woman in tho debtor’s ward who lias been im prisoned for upwards of seven years, a term which milch exceeds the average of severe crim, inal sentences, and theio is ho prospect of her release. • The Dead Alive. — A St. Paul, (Minn ) pa per, of the 3d inst., says: Tho Chippewa Chief “Holfl-ln-tho-day,”_\vho was mercilessly inur "derod by a report, which came down from the agency a few days since,made his appearance in our city, yesterday, enveloped in a bright scarlet blanket. j The Lowistowiij'Gacef/e.delaiis a most distress ing accident which etcurtedto aMrsEisonhise, a resident of tlint'phicc. She was In her room, witli the door locked, engaged in rending her Bible, when the appearance c pf flumes and the alarm of tiro cause!},the bursting open of tho door, when A fearful sight wns presented—Mrs. E’s dress having caligbl from n fluid lump,which she was tllting'ovcv to cut the wick, a custom too much in vogue; with those who uso these lamps. The top being probably loose,the burn ing fluid ran okher dress, in a moment envelop ing tho of her body, in a sheet pt flame. In efforts to distinguish the Arc, Major and Alex. Eisenbiso had, tiieir hands severely burnt —nor did they and others succeed until she was so severely burnt ns to render a recov ery'almost hopeless.' Several phjsicinns wore in attondonco, who rendered all tho aid that science and skill should suggest, but after ling ering until about 4 o'clock on Monday morning, her sufferings wore terminated by death. Mrs. E. was a native of jioading, was well known as the attentive * landlady of flint. hbtehfor many vonrs. enjoyed a high reputation among her (Hoods as a kind and obliging neighbor, and her sad end lias oaljed forth a general sympa thy. Tho expense of tho royal marriage will prob ably bo not less than $100,000; which, no doubt, Lord Paimcrsoh will have the conscience to ask Parliment to disburse, which the Cora mons(which alone has the power of voting nion oy, out of tho public purse,) will do, without tbo shadow of anobjcction. Last year this very same branch of the Legislature, supposed, its, name implies,)Tb represent the Commons ,or People of tbo United Kingdom, exhibited mon strous alacrity-ip. voting a largo dower to tbd prosorit brido, (oitbor $2,000,000 or $1,000,-. 000,) with a life 1 annuity of $40,000. In one aspect, this marriage will do some good .it \ V m 1 put a great deal of money into citoulttlion.— The O.uojn and the leading Nobility and opu lent Gentry, would give numerous handsome en tertainments on.this occasion, by. which means certain trades of the metropolis would be bene fited. Wonder how many brides of the - royal family of America—for we are all sovereigns;— this sum would marry and portion off'to tor hot ter husbands or men than tho Prince of Prus sia? • Tarn dl Fortune's Wheel—Kick to-day and Poor to-morrow. One day two negroes in California, named Van and IVillinm Livingston, came along with their picks and shovels, and asked the white men .if they, could set in. One of the latter rather huffly replied,‘Yes, pitch in here,’ tak ing up a stone and throwing it on the spot des ignated,.which was to all appearances the very last, place that# reasonable Christian man would have thought of working; and tiid direction was given more with the idea of getting rid of the importunities of the negroes than of any thing else. ■ ' s S The latter, however, took the matter n/'ghml part, and went zealously to work; They toiled in season nhd. out of season, in digging, the like of which thejhjover had seen before for ada mantine hardness. Their picks soon gave oul, and they whip obliged-to resort to gunpowder. But bn they.worked, until they had attained a depth of some 15 or 20 feet, when they reached the Clay an<£grayel (hat rested on fho bed-rock. Here they “itfuck it” indeed. Lumps of go d werorns plenty as blackberries, and onr African friends’were' It was never known exactly howyfitch they took out of that claim, but the best Authenticated accounts state that the sura amounted to some §OO,OOO or $70,000. After getting-their pile, Yan and Bill went to San Franclsd), and, in about one fortnight the whole apiouta disappeared through the quiet operation ot gambling, and'othcr kindred amuse ments. In ptocess of time they went back to their stamping ground- penniless, but not dis couraged. Ijhcy tried it again, blit Dame For tune never prospered them as formerly, and ’.hey were forced, to lubpr on hire. JOHN, A. AHL. Mr. J. MoChosnoy’* death in a dentist’s.blriir at Toronto, 6. W., on Monday, Bth inst., while under the influence of chlorofoim, has been sta ted in a telegraphic dispatch. Hu desired the extraction of,six teeth, but would have no ope ration performed by the dentist (Dr. M. D. French) unless-placed under the influence of chloroform. Ho was told its dangers,but stren uously insisted on his point, assuming all re sponsibility! . Accordingly it was administered in the usual why, by a sponge to tile nostrils of the patient. 'After a short time bo began to laugh, and when asked the cause said “he could not hc,lp.it, seeing those fellows (meaning the dentist and another person) laughing at him.” It was then thought ho was sufficiently insensi ble to commence the operation ot lancing the gums. He winced under the lancing, and thq chloroform was again applied, and the tooth re moved. But as soon as this was done, ho was soon to altdr. in appearance, his eyes became fixed,, the fell, respiration ceased, and the heart’s action stopped. Every possible attempt was made to restore animation, but to no pur pose. A coroner’s jury oxlionoratcd the den tist from all blame as it was shown'that the chloroform was voluntarily inhaled, and that moro (han ordinary care was used in adminis tering it. ; A Young Mechanic Stauveo to Death.— We mentioned, a few days ago, the death of a great-grand daughter of a revolutionary hero from starvation, in Albany, N. Y. The Chi cago Union Itfings ns an account of the death, from the same cause, of a young machinist of that city, named Abram Perry, of good charac ter and, intelligence, and who left a wife and three children. ■ For ten days he to furnish his family with food, but ate- none himself, or very little. Everything in the house had been panned. • His landlord demanded his rent. Mr. P|erry left his cheerless home, to get money by some means; but, being exhausted, and sick at heart, was found dead in the street! Doubtless on the same gloomy night on which a young mechanic, willing to work, died of starvation, a. thousand persons could have been assembled in;Chicago to hcarFred’k. Douglas discourse on the sufferings of the slave ! What a beautiful thiijjfifer philanthropy—at a dis tanced Am. Quiet in .Kansas. —Gen. Harney and Cpl. Sunincr jirrived at Washington on the 14th inst., direct jfrom Leavenworth, Kansas, hav ing been telegraphed for.- They both report everything in the Territory, and say they apprehend nd further difficulties, provided Con gress will them a government of their own, by. admitlingjthem under the Lecompton Con stitution. I[ that is done, iu less than ninety days all trouble will cease.. Shocking? Accident anil Death, ThC Cost of a Royal Bridal. Dcajli -in, a Dentist's (Mr. Lager Beer ft'ot ’lntoxicating. In Inst Friday’s session of the Circuit Court’ of King's county, New York, before Judge' Strong, the trial of the complaint ngainst -Mr. Geo. Slants, a Williamsburg brewer, for the "sale of intoxicating beverages on Sunday,” a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $5O, was commenced. The accused alleged that he had merely sold Lager beer, and that Lager beer could riot be reckoned among the intoxicating beverages. The prosecution, on the other hand, attempted to prove that Lagcr-bccr in toxicates. A Mr. Corwin, a Police-officer, testified that lie had during once at a German pic-nic at Fort Hamilton, six or'oight glasses of “Lager," and that ho had become dizzy in the head from it. Two other witnesses proved that Lager-beer had an exhilarating client. Dr. James R. Clinton said, that by a recent analysis of the “ Qambrinus-stuff,” he iiad found in it 3| or 4 per cent, of alcohol; and that cider contained 9 per cent., claret-wine 13 ; schnapps, 50 ; Mnderia, 20 ; Sherry, 13. His belief was. that-Lager,beer would only in toxicate, when taken in enormous quantities. On tho part of the defcncfra-'tai'ge number of witnesses were examined to prove that Lager beer washot intoxicating. Dr. Alining testi fied, that ho had seen a man in Germany drink ICO seidtls of it in the space of three or four hours, and not become intoxicated. Edward HUlkcr said that. ho drank occasionally 40 to SO glasses a day, without being intoxicated. — James White stated that he had taken 22 glass es in two hours, and had remained sober. The next' witness, a Sir. Koch, a carpenter, went, beyond all these statements, by the following one: Ho said lie had once made a bet, that he could di'int cmply a little -barrel tou'aluing I seven and a h«lf.s»Vbna In f.yc hours, and that ho b“d gahml ihft bot wilhoul becoming drunk. Oh being asked how much a day he regularly drank, he answered, that that depended on tho Slate of his purse. If it was . well filled, he would drink GO, 70, 80 and 90 glasses a day. He had never been drunk, and never seen any one get drunk in consequence of drinking- La ger beer. Richard Henry testified to have seen in Bavaria some one drink 72 glasses in the forengon between nine and eleven o'clock. The same man had then gone Horae and, per fectly sober, eaten his dinner. Joseph Saiscr proved that he weighed 225 lbs, Bind was in the habit of drinking 40 glasses of beer a day. Hu had, once seen a woman in a Lager beer garden drink 20 glasses. The trial was concluded on Saturday. The District Attorney contended in his speech, that he had proved that Lager beer .did intoxicate, and that therefore it would come under the Sunday law. Ho said that tho evidtnc for the defence was exaggerated,' and therefore not Worthy of belief. \ The deicnce maintained, that .the law made. Jt. difference between light drinks, and intoxica ting.bererages, and that only strong beer be longed to the latter class. It had been often before attempted to be prgren that Lager beer, was intoxicating, but.liad always failed. After being out 3t hours, the'jury returned with the following, verdict: “We find a verdict for. the defendants, believing that Lager beer which contains 31 per cent, of Alcohol, does nqt comcundyf tho provisions of the lavy in re gard to intoxicating,drinks;' Death fuom llvrmoriiOßrA.—On Thursday last a young child of Mr. Brubaker residing at Sportirig Hill, Lancaster county, died from the effects of hydrophobia. The child,,had.been bitten some time before by a small pet dog which ths .family observed to be unwell, but paid no further attention to it until he bit the child. They then secured him and shortly af -1 ter he died. Thewound inflicted oii the child soon healed and the matter was well nigh fir gotten, when on the ninth day alter it had been bitten, she look sick .and was subsequently seized with convulsions, which continued with out intermission until her death. Her suffer- ings are described as being intense and terrible to behold. Several physicians were in attend ance but coidd do nothing to alcviale her mis The Lnncasterian states that scveinl other members of the family were also bitten by the dog, and their feelings -may be imagined when it was discovered that the dog was really mad. and dipt one member of their little household had seized witli the terrible mala dy. A messenger'was immediately despatched to Lebanon, to procure the celebrated "Stoy medicine, *'• which is said to be an infallible re medy for hydrophobia. Up to the latest ao counts none of those that were bitten have ex perienced any symptom of this dreadful dis ease. Quite a mistake lately occurred in a love affair at Duancsburg, N. Y. A couple of young persons agreed to qlope together, but by mistake the gentleman put his ladder up (o (he window of the room next to the one in which his sweetheart slept, and which proved to be that in which her mamma, a handsome widow reposed. She turned the mistake to her own advantage, got into his arms, returned Ids af fectionate embraces, was borne by him to the carriage, and by preserving becoming silence until daylight; kept him blipd to his error, and by the potent power of her blandishments, ac tually charmed him ipto matrimony with her. self. Tile Schenectady Rcjleclor gives these facts bn thq authority of a responsible corres pondent. 0“ Little or no Water is found in the stom ach of a drowned man ; and when it is present it can in no way have contributed to death.— The experiment of Orillia and Marc has proved that water is never found in bodies submersed after death ; and that it cannot be. made to en ter the stomach without the assistance pf a lube passed into the gullet. This fact, and that of little or no water entering the lungs, cannot be too widely propagated, as the popular prejudice is in favor of the opposite opinion ; and bodies taken out of the wajer. are still rolled on bar rels, and held up by the heels, in order to dis lodge it—a practice fraught with the greatest danger, if the smallest chance of resuscitation exists. Sent Foa.—Tho BuflUloeAdvortiaor says that tho Governor of Pennsylvania has sent a requi sition to tho Governor of Ohio lor tho delivery up of Mr. Porter, tho $50,000 defaulting Sec retary ol tho American Sunday School Union. Frozen. —The Schuylkill, river is ifrozen from above Philadelphia to its mouth, while on tho Delaware yesterday morning people cross ed on the ice from Burlington to Bristol. PERRY, COUNTY. The Democrats of Perry assembled in Coun ty Convention, at Blorimfleld, on the 16lh inst., for the purpose of selecting a Delegate to rep resent them in tho Democratic Stale Conven tion, which is to.assemble at Harrisburg on the 4lh of March, B. Molntiius.'Esq.,^presi ded over the deliberation's of the Convention, and among the delegates (rom the several town ships, wo recognize the' names of a number of veteran Democrats. vAfter, the election of C. J T. Molstiur, Esq., as the Delegate to Harris burg, the Convention adopted tho following re solutions: . Resolved, That the ' Democracy of Perry have undiminished confidence in the integrity, intelligence, ability and patriotism of James Buchanan. _ Resolved, That on the threshold of Win. F. Packer’s Administration, we have the evidence that his policy will be wise and patriotic. Resolved, that we regard the unity and har mony of llm Democratic parly aS essentially necessary to rac maintenance of the bond of our National Union, and that a spirit of concession and forbeatancc should characterize the notion of our Representatives in Congress in determin ing anv and every question which has the re motest tendency to distract nr divide our lime honored National organization—and should ev er regard the well defined land marks establish ed by Jefferson and Jackson, the observance of which has safely carried our party .through so many hard fought contests, and preserved invi olate our glorious Constitution from'lhu hand of the spoiler. Resolved, That weconcuriu tho selection of the Deraocraiic County Convention of Cumber land co , ns .one of the Representative Delega.es from this District. Frederick Stnily, Dr. D. M. Crawford, and Win. S. Mitchell, were appointed Conferees lo meet the Conferees from Cumberland, Mifflin and 'Jv.uata Counties, lo meet m cqnlyrcncs a [ Newport, oil the 2d day of March, XBSS. Is Bad Cuju'ANl.— The Cbambcrsbnrg. ro/- l»y.Spirit publishes Ihu yeas arid nays on Mr. Harris’ resolution in the Houso of' Represen tatives, to refer the Xvausas question to a Select .committee, and then remarks as follows -. ■' This vote ought to cause every Auti-I.ecomp ton Democrat to pause and reflect beforu he goes tiny' further in opposition to the Kansas policy of (he administration. One hundred Democratic members of the House ol Keproson- tatives, —being Bye-sixths of the whole Demo cratic representation in that.body, are found on One stilt* —on the other isa small squad of twen ty-two Democrats mixed up with niuu-one Black HcpubUoaus. Is it a stipposable case that the great body of the Democrats in Congress are wrong, and, the little squad of are right i ■ It is a gratifying fact that in spite of the bad example of Mr. Douglas, and in spite of the tre mendous efforts made to frighten .Northern De mocratic Kcprosqhtatives, a majority of the De mocratic Congressmen from the North hare re-, 'unified faithful to,their party, ;inrt sternly refu sed to countenance Ihv disorganising schemes of the embittered politicians who have sought to embarrass the adniinistiationi We are not without hope that some bl those’who have gone astray will retrace their steps before it is 100 late, and join (he great body of their party in. sustaining an administration which it is the dar ling object of the Black liupublicaryjarty to puli down. . . Wo cannot imagine how any Democratic mem ber of Congress, and least of all a Democratic member from Pennsylvania, can go with Gol dings, Grow, and other notorious Abolition agi tators, in opposition to a conservative Pennsyl vania President. 'Wc should think they would turn with disgust from such company us tins, and hasten to enroll theinselves among tlio sup porters of the adniiriistrntion. . tE7”Somo crusty old. Bachelor is answerable iordhe following; , t ■ . “ Nature, impiirtial in her cpds, When she made man the strongest,. In justice then, to make amends, .. MutUrtvomim’s tongue the longest.’’ Somebody elao is the author of this: Kit hates moustaches j so much hair , Makes oveiy man look like a bear. Buf Fanny, who no thought can letter, Blurts outi “Thu more like bears the blitter, Because,’’ her pretty shoulders shrugging, l . “Bears are such glorious chaps lor hugging.” A KoTALBitiDEOuoOM’sPkKBESTS,—Tho nup tial present given by Prince Frederick William to liia royal bride consists of a pearl necklace of unusual beauty ami .costliness. The necklace consiata o( thirty-two largo oriental pearls, pro. uounccd by connoisseurs to bo remarkably pure; and the larger of which, those towards the cen tre, arc of the size of a hazel nut. The cost of this little collection, which has boon completed only by dint.ol great diligence during a length ened period, is stated to amount to 28,000 tha lers, (£4,000.) For six ladies who have been the companions and friends of the Princess Royal hitherto, the Prince brought with him six golden bracelets, consisting of a broad, rich band of gold, bearing a shield,. on which is mounted a Prussian eagle, the wings ol which are encrusted with diamonds. The Princess of Prussia has also had a sot of diamond and tur quoise ornaments arranged with excellent taste as her present to the Princess Royal. An Election Incident. —lt is related that at the recent, election in Worcester, .Mass., a can didate for Alderman w ent tip to vote very near the close of the polls, and taking a ticket scratched his name otf. Ill’s rival for the office' asked him why ho did this, lie himself put his own namo-in the ballot box. So he scratched his name on again.' Soon alter ho was found to be elected hy one vote, and that his own vote, cast at the solicitation of his rivalr Thue as PiiEAcniNO, —The Philadelphia .Ere. Jlrgns, says: “No man can borrow’-himself out qi debt. It you wish for relief, you must work for it, economise (or it. You must make more and spend less than you did while yon were running in debt. You must wear home sf nn instead of broadcloth, drink water instead of champagne, and rise at four instead of seven. Industry, frugality, economy—these aro the handmaids of wealth, and the sure sources of relief. A dollar earned is worth tun borrowed, and a dollar saved is better than lorty limes its amount in useless gewgaws. Try our scheme, and see it it. is hot worth a thousand banks and valuation laws. High Prided Flour.— Flour Ims been Bulling at $lB per barrel, in San Antonio, Texas, in in consequence of the difficulty of hailing from the coast. . O* The editor of the Lehigh Register, was shown by a gentleman of Allentown, a few days ago, a potato with 140 bulbous protuberances, or young potatoes, attached. Prices of Living in Chicago, lll.—Oysters are sold in Chicago, 111,,.f0r 35cts, a quart can; beef, by the quarter, $2,50 to $3 per cwt; pork, for 200 lbs, $3,50; flour, $3,50 to $4 per barrel; butler, from 14 to 10 e.ts per lb, for the best ar ticle. K?-A ragged and weather-beaten loafer craw, led in before the fire in a public house, and Beating himself began to cough tremendously. “Mister!” says a bystander, “you’ve got a cold.” “ llaye l?”said the other, “ pon my boiuir, I’m glad of it, I’m so wretched poor, it’s a consolation to'got anything.” Kansas Election ‘Retains. Gen. Calhoun has published a statement i' n the Washington Union, in relation to the returns of iho election held at Delaware Crossing.' {fo says that the sealed returns from that precinct were placid in his hands, with a sworn' state ment of their correctness, from the judges and clerks of the election. These depositions im pressed his mind with their truth, when, in the presence of others, he opened tlicnv and found a majority of 379 votes for llio Demo cralio party. This elected the Democratic - Legislature, and he so stated the fact to all i v h 0 approached him oil the subject. The conclu sion yvegive in his own!words: . I came to Washington with no particle of doiibt on my mind ns to the result. On (ho Saturday night after uij- arrival in 'Washing, ton, I called to pay my respects to an „u friend. Judge Douglas, and before leaving placed in my hands a paper he had just !•««, cd from Kansas. This paper contained a tut purported to tje the 'depositions' of the judges of election for the precinct of Delaware Cross ing ; and tn Which the judges deposed that there were but forty three votes polled at that pre cinct. I could not act. or form my opinion upon avnewspaper publication : but t: immedi ately informed my friends that if the statement so made should prove true, they must''inevita bly control my action. I. have received and opened a return from the Delaware Crossing precinct which gives to the Democratic parly a majority of 379 voles, and would thus secure a majority to the Democratic legislative ticket of Leavenworth,county, and a majority on joint! ballot in the,Legislature, under the con stitution. If the judges of election at that pre cinct furnish to me, as I informed Gov. Denver before leaving Kansas, a reliable and sworn statement that but forty-tinee voles were poll ed; there, I should make myself a parly to the fraud if 1 declined to be governed by the oaths of the judges. It is a question going to the le gality of the returns.. Of that X may judgeand determine. I shall,do so ; and, in niy'determi nation, I shall b» governed by justice and truth and the right. If it shall, as it probably will, place the government of the State of Kansas in Un hands of my enemies, no one . will regret it more; but yet no one, not ww» » lican, could perforin the duly with more of die consciousness of right than X shall. feel in the honest’discharge of my official duaes. .1 have written to Gov. Denver to procure the sworn statements of the judges ot this controverted precinct, and to leave them taken undo; such circumstances as.wtll secure a fruoaud imbiiw svd exhibition of facts. By ilia sworn stale. luents, so procured, X shall be governed.in giv. ing the certificates ofulectiou to the members of the legislature from Leavenworth county. '-. , - Laboli Satiuo GaAiiUAK I —Much has lately been said in the New England papers about “GVeenleafs Labor Saving Gram mar,” by wlifrti a child can ‘•learn as much in six days ns lie can learn by any oilier system in six mouths of iri. some drltdgory !.” : , In speaking of tlio usual method o I latching English grammar, the learned Pres. Mason, I). D., observes,t-“Children have to labor-year nf- . ter year, without much progress, through a lit. ovary swamp ; and when they grow weary, their steps are often quickened by the hitch! while the blame is wholly and solely to bo attributed to tho.stupid method of instruction.”' ' t ~ . Who can tell us anything about Greenleafs Grammar./. If it be really such a labor-saving machine, why has it not-been introduced-into ’’our schools?' If a boy .can learn grammar in six days, he will surely not need more than T to learn geography, 8 history, 9 chemistry,TO writing, 11 mathematics and about a fortnight more to complete all Tiis other studies! IVlut a saving of time I, The .matter is wort!), inquir ing inlo , l- ' ' •- ■-ttn-.K.is New Postal System.— lt is said that- in portions of the’mines ’of ’.California where the Chinese have been, the trees are conf'ed with the hierogliphies of the Celestial language. In thi-s’inannef, it is not difficult.- for tbit China boys in different parts of the mints to ascertain the whereabouts of those of their friends whom they may wish to find. As they do not yet understand how to avail themselves of oiir pos tal system, it is pefhaps;no more than proper that they should have free use of (helmsto keep up a.reckoning of the doings if the race in California. PERSONAL E.\COUNTERS AT ll'IX///A'fiTOA,, •Wasu , Feb. 2').—An alteicalieu occurred aS the dinner table at Brown’s lintel, to-day, e betwcon Hon. J. B. Olay, M. C. from M-, ««« Gen. Clillom, late Ulerk of the Honsc. bn'ea’-. quently Gen. Cullem struck Mr. Clay, witu ins open band, in the face. . ■This morning ex-Lieut,’A.! G.-Rhind posted Commander E. B. Boutwell, ns “a liar ami a coward,” near the office of the Navy Depav ment. It is understood that the difficulty orig inated several years ago, in the Pacific, but recently renewed before the Naval Court Of la qitiry.- Anticipated Dncls. Washington, Feb 22.—As far as known, no hostile meeting had been arranged between the friends of fjessra. Cullom and Clay. An altercation, and combat will) fists’, ne cun ed yrstertwy;. inpiining bet ween Lieut. Hill, of the Cavalry, and Lieut. Williams, of the dra goons, in a barber shop. It is feared that * duel- will result. Ex Lieutenant Rhind, who was on Fridaj 1 *' quired to give security not to fight a duel. vt»» this morning arrested under the third section” the anti dueling law. for posting Commando BotiUvell as a -‘liar and a coward/’. Washington, Feb. 22.- -Evening —All forts to reconcile the difficulty between Mesj- rI J ' Clay and Culloni have proven abortive. _ left Washington this afternoon at five. o cloc , accompanied by their respective friends. W; is said, a place about thirty miles distant. probability is that they will , morning. Much excitement exists tlno D the city regarding the allair. ’ Lieutenants Be I and Williams ] 1 , nvo . reported, reconciled their difficulties, tliis case a duel is pending- Dcalli of Jutlgc Ranc. We announce with sincere regret, the of the Hon. Jbhn.K. Kane; Judge of the Circuit Court, for the Eastern H'f*''? 1 n (:i sylvania. lie had been confined to his j about ten days with an altackWmfl®. ? .u, the lungs, which, defying the stun 9‘ . a ;0 sicians, proved fatal on Sflturaa&cv e o’clock. Judge Kahe was born i«X h '' a “J r 60 about the year 1795, and was thereto j, jns years of age. He was the son of " f lo [U whose father emigrated to this conn ||, Ireland, about the year 1755. He w tics originally a Federalist, but durtn„ nlarity of Gen. Jackson, ho joine ~K n nneiit'J under that leadership, and was s 0 ginlo." elected by it to the Legislature of mi- Ho was District Attorney, by npP Ol . .^pois l ' dor Gov. Shunk; and was subsequent!) ■ i ed.by President Polk to the positto m mlm' 1 bold at the time of .his death. A and * that ho was an accomplished genii■ , who good lawyer ; and as the sire pf r ,. E iotH 0 ; won for himself a name in the Ate , v ;tl;o-’ perpetual mounds of ice, his J iaroc ~.y. doubt, live in the liistory of the co Harrisburg, Feb. 22.—Honroo f,|„, 1 loll‘ l alleged accomplice of Henry Fife I|o ,j ia>' Jones, fn the McKeesport murder, ‘“■“tv, '« ;lJ dor sentence of death in Allegheny oou t{)ody , pardoned to-day by Gov. Packer, a , ? in . ing confessions of Fife and Jones, ~ noconco of the'crime imputed to , dared in the most solemn manner.
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