AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOnM B. BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor
Q ~LFEA ., ~IPIiIL ._ L: -1858
Democratic State Nominations,
' StIPBEME JCDOE,
' WM. A; PORTER, Of Philadelphia
~ Gaxal Commissioner,' .
WESLEY FROST, Of Fayette Co.
CoMBBBifASD Vallet R, R.— The summer
' arrangements of this road will be found in an
: other column. , - . ■
' FlittiNoB.— During the last five or six days
“flittings" have'been passing our office from
morning till night. Half our town, it appear-,
cd, was turned “ topay-iurvey” with raovings.
, Wild Pigeons. —Large flocks of those birds
hive been in different parts’ of our county for
several days. They, arc bn their journey to the
north. 1 'A tew have beeh shdt by sportsmen.
; Ticket. Office Removal. —The Ticket Of.
floe of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Com
pany, at Harrisburg, has been removed to, the
Depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
33 door from the Eastern end of the Building,
The Borough Council.— I The new Borough
Council met in the Council Chamber on. Thur
sday evening last, and was organized by the elec
tion of John B. Parker, Esq., as President,
and Tiros. D. Mahon Secretary. The follow
ing appointments were then made for the ensu
ing year; • V
Street Commissioner —Worley Mathews.
•Hi'gh.Constable— Jacob Bretz.
Treasurer—James Loudon.
Market Master —Stephen Keepers.
Collector —Samuel Colwell.
Street Regulators —Theodore D. Irish, James
Holier, Robert Black. .
Prater Meetings. —The religious meetings
which were commenced at Marion Hall, in this
place, some two weeks since, still continue, and
are numerously attended. Our citizens scem'io'
take a deep, interest in religious matters, and
wo hope the result will far exceed the most san
guine expectations of those engaged in the good
work. . .
About to leave Carlisle. —We learn that
two of ourrespected townsmen, Wm. C. Eiieeji,
and Aousfus M. Sawyer, Esqrs, are about to
leave Carlisle, to seek their fortunes among
strangers. Mr. RiiEbji intends to settle in
Minneapolis, Minnesota Territory, iand Mr.
Sawyer in Leavenworth, Kansas. They both
purpose the practice of their profession, the
law, and also lb engage in the Heal Estate busi
ness. They will attend to locating land war
rants, buying and selling lands, examining ti
tles, paying taxes, &c, They are both young
men of great probity and worth, and wc most
heartily wish them success.
Seeds. —Uon. John A. Ahl, member of-
Congress form this district, requests us to state
that he has forwarded parcels of garden seeds
(procured at the Patent-office,) to all the Post-
Masters of this.couhty, with directions that they
be distributed to those wishing them. A lot
was sent to us, but the demand for them was
so great, that they have all disappeared. If
the Doctor favors us with more seeds, we shall
take pleasure in distributing them.
•Appointed to a Clerkship.— Through the
influence of Hoh. John A. Ahl, xMr. Joseph
Sanderson. of Mechanicsburg, has been' ap
pointed to a 81200 Clerkship in the Treasury,
Department at Washington. We are glad to
hear of his good luck. Mr. S. is a true and
faitbfuf Democrat, and a gentleman much re
spected by all who know him.
Beef Contract. —Mr. John Noble was the
lowest bidder (on Saturday last) for supplying
the Carlisle Garrison with beef the ensuing
year, and the contract was awarded him. His
bid was Si cents per pound—the beef to be
choice, and subject to inspection. ■ ■
Show Beep. —Our townsman, Mr. John B.
Noble slaughtered a bullock on Saturday last,
which was well calculated to make beef-eaters
teeth water. He was a beautiful animal, five
years old, and had been fed for nearly two
years by Mr. Tobias Sites, of Dickinson town
ship. Ho weighed live weight, 2364 pounds,
and clean meat 1650.
Fresh Fish. —The season tor these luxuries
has arrived, and we can see them strung up and
hanging around in every direction. Every per
son hails with delight the appearance of Ivesh
fish in fhb market, it being a perfect luxury, af
ter living six or seven months on inferior meat,
to set down to the table and find aflno largo shad
lying before you, looking as if it would like to
say “take mo in.” _
Mad Dogs,—The counties of Dauphin, Nor
thumberland, Lancaster, Lebanon and Schuyl
kill, appear to be alive with .mad dogs. In
Dauphin-some dozen or more persons, together
with a great number of animals have been bit
ten. The people of the whole county arc in
a state of alarm, and thousands of dogs have
been killed. Wo have not hoard of any mad
dogs as yet in this county, bill wo will have
enough of them, no doubt, very soon. We warn
the people, therefore, to bo on their guard—see
to your dogs in time, and either kill or muzzle
fhom before it is fob late. Our Borough author
ities should at onee enforce the dog law. Let
this not be delayed, another day. It is a most
fearful thing to ho bit by a rabid animal, as death
in its moat frightful (otm is almost sure to fol
low. See (o your dogs!
IX7* This is tho season after dreary winter
that every one is glad to look upon those beat).
tifulemblems, flowers; and all lovers who are
glad to greet them in their-freshnees and fra
grance should not fail to cultivate them. There
is nothing more ennobling than a taste for flow
ers. They have a place in almost every heart
in connection with early memories, and few
there are who are not alive to their sweet influ
ence ; along with a mother’s influence flowers
have a strong influence in moulding the young
•kr.K9pd ! where there is a taste for them, and
they are cultivated, there is certain to be kind
feelings, good manners, and Christian aspira
tions,
<s*«opoi,iian Aet Association The annu
al award of Premiums by tho Cosmopolitan Art
took place at New York, on the
of March. The “Greek Sieve” was awar
ded to Mias A. E, Coleman, of Cincinnati, The ,
paintings were well distributed among the
States, ,
JOBE ELYTRA Pdf,
The House of Bcprcsentativosof this Slate has
again resbived to take §2OO extra compensation
for each member from jho_ ....Qa.the.
18 1 fruInnfh c fi rs t reading of the general
appropriation bill, a section was added appro
priating two hundred dollars extra pay to each
member, and on Friday, upon the second read
ing. Judge Kill moved,lo strike it out, and. the
vote being taken on the motion, it was lost .by
the following vole;
Yeas.— Messrs. ■ Abrams, Brandt, Dodds,
George, Gilleland, Glatz. Gritninn,Hamel, Hay,
Hayes, Hodgson, Jenkins, Kincaid, Lovett,
McDonald, Negley. Mill, Nuncmachcr, Owen,
Powell, Pownall, Price, Itamsdel, Booth, Ro-
L a ™-'..?S, S0 ’ R II PP, Slurp, Shields, Stevens.
STL ART Turner, Vocghvlcy, Warden.
Westbrook, Wharton, Will. .Witmer, Wolf,
Woodring, and Longaker. (Speaker)—4l.
Nats —Messrs. Askin, Bruce, Calhoun,
Castner. Chase. Christy, Crawford Donnelly,
(J* H.) Donnelly, (James,) Dunlap. Ebur,
Evans, Foster, Himrod, Hippie, Houtz, Imbrie.
Irwin, Jackman, Kirkpatrick, Lanman, Eaw*
rciicc, Lloyd, McClain, McClure, Mauglc. Nich
ols. Ramsey. Rhodes. Scott, Show, Smith
(Berks), Smith (Cambria), Smith (Wyoming)
V arner. Weaver, Weller, Wells, Wilcox, Wil
liams, Willaston, and Yearsiey—44.
Our Representative, Hugh Sicart, by this
vote, has placed himself right upon the record,
thus conclusively showing that he is not in fa:
vor of fleecing our already tax-ridden State out
of some twelve or fifteen thousand dollars. A
correspondent of the Philadelphia Press thus
justly alludes to ibis matter: /- Until 1855 the
pay of a member of the Legislature was $3 per
day,.and Che sessions usually lasting about one
hundred and ten days, it amounted to §33o—
1855 the Salary was raised to §5OO per ses
sion, and last winter they furlherjvofcd them-
selves §2OO extra, for the reason that the ses
sion had extended a month longer 1 than usual,
the adjournment not taking place until the mid
dle of May. This plea, however, will not hold
good this season, for both houses have agreed
upon the 22d of April as the day of final ad
journment. There is no denying that 8500 is
hardly enough compensation for a man to spend
four months away from his family, in a town
.where living is anything but cheap ; that most
men earn more here and could, make twice or
thrice as much at other employment; and that
many members who live as economically as can
be expected, go home at the end of the session
out of pocket. But all this docs not justify a.
man in voting himself 8200 of the public mon-
ey when he agrees. to serve the people in a posi
tion where, the‘salary bad .been fixed,at $5OO
per session, To increase the salary for future
Legislatures would be proper enough; blit to
vote himself money merely because he has the
power, is acting upon
The good old rule, the simple plan.
That they should take who ‘have the power.
And they should keep who can ;
and is setting a precedent whereby corrupt
men might, if they chose, vote themselves all
the money in the Treasury, and. let the test of the
Government officers whistle for their pay,”
XT’ Oar neighbors ot/the Herald and the
American crow lustily over the refiult of our
Borough election. The latter paper, in giving
the returns, deals liberally in slanting capitals
and big eagle cuts, and the editor could not ap
pear more elated if his repudiated and condemn
ed Know-Nothing faction had been successful
in a Presidential contest. It is so long, howev
er, since our zebra opponents have had a good
crow, that we suppose they deemed it prudent
to fake advantage of the present occasion toin
flate their lungs and thus prevent poiilicarcon
sumption. Both these papersciaim the election
as an* “anti-Lcconipfon victory W/iat ii
diculmis nonsenses We venture to* assert (hat
not one voter in fifty ever thought of tills gnes
tion, and we are equally satisfied that several of 1
the.oaudidates would have been puzzled to know 1
what you were talking about, had they been in- 1
terogated in regard 10 the Lecomplon Const!- '
tntion. But, again—the only man bur oppo
nents elected in the East ward is an open and
decided Lcoompton Constitution man, and he
says.ihe President is right in urging the admis
sion of Kansas into the Union. AFhy did the
ahii-Lecomptonites nominate and elect him ?
How did it happen that he received more votes
than any man on their ticket ? . Was it because
he was and is a Lecomplon Constitution man ?
We should like to know.. But; enough. The
two tickets were formed and voted for without
reference to national polities. 'At least one
third-of the Democratic candidates were anti-
Lecomplon men ; they received (he .entire vote
of their party, and some of them were elected..
It will not do. therefore, for the Herald and the
American to claim the result'of our Borough
election as an “ anti-Lccompton victory,” for
the editors know, and our people know, (bat
such is not the fact.
The Time Fixed.— Our readers, indeed the
whole people, will rejoice that , there ,is a pros
pect at last that the potty squabble about Kan
sas, so long protracted by factious demagogues
to further their own selfish schemes, \vi)l be
definitely settled on 10-. day, (Thursday). There
seems to have boon a general understanding or
agreement entered into by the parties, that Mr.
Stephens shall move the previous question, at
one o’clock. Everybody will rejolce when a
final disposition shall bo made of it.
A Heavy Fee.—The Special Committee of
the U. S. House of Eepreseulalives, raised for
the purpose of investigating (he charge of bri
bery made in reference to the purchase by the
Government, of the Pennsylvania Bank build-
ing, in Philadelphia, for a Post Office and Coiiri
House, have reported that Mr. John Miller, late
Postmaster of that city, received from the bank
$23,000 for his “services.” The late Postmas'-
ter General, Judge Campbell, stands whollycx
honorated by tho testimony from all knowledge
of, or participation in, this lucrative “business’’
transaction.
Cot. Benton.—A late letter from Washing,
ton informs us that Col. Tnos. H. Benton is
confined to his bed, with cancer of the stomach.
He works upon his Abridgement of the Con
grcssijjpal Debates as steadily as ever, and hopes
to live long enough to finish it.
O'- Philadelphia, on Saturday, was honored
by the presence of distinguished celebrities
Ex-President Fillmore, and his Excellency Gov
ernor Packer, arrived in the city on that day.
D?” The St. Louis Democrat of tho 24th ult.
publishes a card from Gen. Lane, of Kansas,
which is,anything but mild in its expressions
towards Governor Denver, It is full of brim,
stone.
I II? - The Utah expedition, under the com
mand of that sterling officer, Col; Johnston, is
reported all well.
The Kansas Resolutions ,lg the State {Senate,
_ • .tjSvT; I
Our readers are aware tht^t p the majority of I
the select committegof the
ed lbeatlopTum of* resolutions sanctioning and
sustaining the position of the President, and of
a large majority of the Democratic reprosenta
lives in Congress, in favor of the immediate ad
mission of Kansas under the-Leconypton' Con
stitution. .. On last Thursday,■ the- following
resolutions wire adopted, in a full Senate,,cvfl
ry member being present and voting:
“ Repot red by the Senate, !fc.. That this Stale
has viewed with deep regret the troubles here
lofore existing in the Territory of Kansas, pro
ductive as they have been of (inferences among {
the organized Slates—that I heir continuance is
to ho earnestly deprecated and their termina
tion sought for by all justifiable means : and
that this General Assembly, confiding in the
ability and patriotism of the present Chief Ma
gistrate of the United States, and impressed
with the - wisdom and justice of his recommen
dation to Congress in favor of the immediate
.admission of Kansas into the Union as a State,
do heartily approve that measure, and endorse
it with whatever' of authority and influence
pertains to Ibcm,
Resolved, That any defective or objectionable
provisions, if such exist, in the Constitution of
Kansas,, (now pending before Congress.) are
for the consideration of the people thereof, and
that their power to amend alter or modify the
same, if they shall think proper, in a regular or
lawful manner, immediately upon admission as
h State into the, Un on, is unquestionable, and
stand upon solid constitutional principles and
the practice of the American Stales.”
Every Democratic Senator recorded his vote
in favor of these resolutions, with the single
exception of Mr. Turney, of Westmoreland.—
They were offered by Judge Wilkins, of Alle
gheny, as an amendment to the resolution ori
ginally reported from the' committee, and wci-e
immediately accepted, being substantially the
same, although more specific in character.
GZP - The Herald says it was opposed to intro
ducing politics into our Borough election, *■ be
lieving such a course to be useless and nriwise.”
In what number of the Herald did the editor
advocate this policy ?—do tell us. \Ve glance
over the columns of that paper every' week, and
we never noticed that he took this position. If
the editor was opposed to politics being intro
duced into our Borough election, why did lie
assist to nominate a parly ticket ? No, no—
the. Herald .will never favor the election of Bor
ough officers independent of politics so long as
the editor’s own party can rule (he roast. The
editor, after, the election, may favor ibis policy,
but he is careful to do it at no other lime.
Utah Volunteers- —Sixty-seven persons in
this borough and Lancaster have signed a pa
per expressing their willingness to place them
.selves under the command of Lieut..lsaac Wa
terbary, to take part in the war against the
Mormons.— Harrisburg Herald.
How comes it that Carlisle is 'behind nearly,
all other towns in.this respect ?' Let our young
men wake up, and show their patriotism,by of
fering their services to Uncle,Sam.
Another ,Mad Dog.— A correspondent at
Hoekersvilie; Dauphin county, writes us: Cor
nelius C. Gerhart recently got a dog of Mr.
John Spider, which he had chained near his
house. On (fib fourth day thereafter the dog
wasattacked with hydrophobia, broke his chain,
anti ran into the house; where were Mrs. Ger
hart, her child and ayounger brother of Mr.
Gerhart. Thcy ran into an adjoining room and
shot the door. The dog bit everything that
came whithin-his" reach.' Some neighbors be
came apprised of the facts, assembled and de
spatched the dog before ho had done any seri
ous injury.
Death pho.ii Hydrophouia. —We learn by
the Philadelphia papeis that a young man pain
ed JonN Kohler died of hydrophobia, in that
city, on Saturday last, frdm the bite of a .mad
dog, inflicted nine weeks ago. The animal by
which he was bitten was a pet—just one of
those pels which may fie found in almost every
house we enter. The deceased was bitten so
long ago that the oircilmstanco was almost for
gotten. On Thursday, while at work, he was
seized with a death like chill, the first symp
tom of the dread disease. On Friday morning,
still unsuspecting the true cause ol his ailment,
he found himself unable to drink bis coffee at
the morning meal. Ho afterwards endeavored
to wash himself, hut immediately went'into
convulsions. Ho suffered from.constantly re-.
curring spasms up to the last moment of his
life, enduring agonies inexpressible.
N. B.—Since writing the above, we learn
frotn the Philadelphia papers that a sister of
Mr. Kohler, who was bitten by tlie same dog,
also died of hydrophobia on Tuesday morning.
Another Death prom Hydrophobia.— The
Lancaster Intelligencer informs us that. Henry
Webb of that city, aged 27 years, died on Sun
day of Hydrophobia. He, was bitten, by a mad
dog some nine weeks since, and the attack was
one of. the most, malignant kind. His suffer
ings, just previous to his death, were excrucia
ting, in the extreme. Mr. Webb leaves a wife
a»d two children.
Tub. Utah War. —We learn from Washing
ton, that according to the plan laid down by the
War Department, there wiir be, by July next,
about five thousand ftye, hundred trobps.in that
Territory, amply supplied for an active cam
paign. Should it be necessary,,this force will
consist of about one-third cavalry; sixteen guns
of artillery and the rest infantry. Three fifths
of this-force has yet to he sent, Russell, the
contractor for transportation of this army, will
employ three thousand five hundred teamsters
to drive wagons'carrying the supplies.' This
will give some idea of the magnitude and cost
of the undertaking.
the ladies .of New York have
adopted the profession of dentistry.— Exchange.
A good idea—fbettcr than oloroform, decided
ly. We believe wc could submit to the opera
tion of baying a “grinder” extracted, without
giving even one yell, provided the operator
was one of Eve’s fair daughters—a right
pretty girl. Well, we could, for we would
bo so intent in peering into her sparkling eyes,
and in wishing for a smack at her ruddy lips,
as to make us forget the painful sensation al
together. [We.hope, by way of parenthesis,
that no one will point out these comments to
our “ better half."]
The End Approaching —The end, not of
the world, but of the everlasting Kansas ques
tion is believed to be approaching. The Wash
ington Union thinks there will be no delay in
the action of the House, and that perhaps the
subject will he disposed of during the present
week. Four Kansas speeches were made in the
Senate, and ten in the House on Saturdoy.
A Volte from New Jersey.
The speech of Mr. Wortcndykc, on Tuesday L
-Ure able-mtmibcrof'Cofigrcss from the Hudson
District. Hew Jersey, has the ring of tho true
metal. • Its perusal has afforded us the highest
satisfaction. The following bricf sketch of it
will be found deserving the marked attention of
urrrcadcrs. -Wc copy from the Washington Un
ion ' ■ ' ' • ■ „
■' Mr. Wortcivljko, of New Jersey, said, de.
pend upon it there was no part of the annual
message of the President' better founded upon
fact, or that more readily found its verification,
than that portion which declares that Kansas
has for years occupied too much of the public
attention; and that it is high time this atten
tion should be directed, to for more important
objects. The stern ' injunction of the people
was that the denunciation over the Kansas
question and the slavery question should bo
stopped, and with the spirit of these injunctions
he deeply sympathized and deemed them well
timed and well-applied. The best policy for
them to pursue was to take the warning in j
lime; so significantly and patriotieally given to
I them by, the Chief Magistrate, and throw the
“ nigger" question out of Congress in some
way, and at the earliest possible moment. Tie
contended for the constitutional right of the peo
ple to adopt or prohibit the institution of. sla
very as they deemed fit—the same privilege
which his own Stale has had. and still has, to.
regulate their institutions in their own way,
subject only to the Constitution of the United
Slates. Tie had, therefore, nothing to say upon
this exhausted-and rejected issue that had been
raised for him in another place by the Black’
Republican party. Ho expected to vote for the
admission of Kansas, because he believed that
by doing so ho would contribute to the result,
so ranch to be desired, of banishing forever the
question of-slavery from the halls of Congress.
He should vote for its admission because he be
lieved the Constitution was undeniably repub
lican in form, because he could find no reasons
to sustain himself as a legislator if he withheld
that vole, and because it was in the line of safe
precedent. He was prepaied to vote for the ad
mission of Minnesota and Oregon, because (heir
Constitutions also are undeniably republican in
form: He then proceeded at length 10 advocate
theadoption of the Constitution.’’
Corruption in Philadelphia Juries. —Tbu
a lniinisiraf ion of justice in the courts of our
large cities is fast becoming a mockery, and mere
sham. It is the nest thing to impossible to
convict notorious criminals, owing, to the fact
that by collusion with some of the officers of the
courts, the friends of these ruffians contrive to
have thoniselvos smuggled into (fie jury-box.
An instance has-just transpired in Philadelphia;
which jlias occasioned considerable excitement,
and |ts prompt exposure does great credit to
Judge Ludlow,-flic presiding Judge. It seems
that one George Preeth, was charged with tho
wilful murder of Wm. Lee Smith, end the. testi
mohy left not the slightest doubt of his guilt;
hilt the jury brought in a verdict of guilty of
| manslaughter only- Judge Lildlow being satis
fied that tho jury had been packed, went into an
investigation, .'which showed that tho Deputy
Sheriffs who find summoned the Jurors, had
■freafed with cordempt (he orders of tho Court,
and selected such men from the hangers-on
about the Court as suited their purposes; Dep-
i.uty-Sheriff AVeo. H. Laird was- committed to
[jailfpr fen days and ordered to pay a ffine of
$2O; and Samuel Carson, a Lieutenant of tho .
Police, was bound over in the sum of $1,000.t0
answer for perjujry. - ’
Patenting Lands. —The bill drawn up for
the purpose of •'Carrying out the views of: Sur
veyor General Rowe in regard to patenting 1
lands, has passed Roth branches of the Legisla
ture-and has ■ beeh'. signed ‘ by the Governor.—
I The bill regulator the interest according to the
I price of the .Jandymd. extends the. graduating
I Oct op .IS:I5 to December, ISSO, when it 'shall I
I finally expire. If .we understand tbeprovis-/
lons of this act.'thoy are eminently, just and)
pfopeisr Those ifao ■find it to (heir advantage I
to patent under the graduating act, can do so
he,\vecn now.audUhe close of 1859, whilst those :
whom the new piay suit better can come
in after that date.'
Cost or tub Kansas Quarrel The Black
Republican papers tell us that it costa four mil
lions of dollars pef,annum to keep tho United
States troops in Kansas, to preserve public or
der. Vet they would gladly prolong the squab
ble until the next presidential election, bo the
cost what it may. , . ,
. California News.— -The Moses Taylor ar
rived at New York on Friday, with two weeks’
later intelligence from California. The trip is
the fastest on record, the time occupied being
twenty-one days and fourteen' hours from San
Francisco. The staimer brings a million and a
half of gold as part of her freight.
Shocking Accident. —Last Saturday after
noon Miss Sarah Barnard, aged 21,-the only
'daughter of George M. Barnard', was burned to
death at her father's residence, in Lancaster,
Pa. Her underclothes caught lire from .the
grate, and before assistance could reach her life
was extinct.
Gourt-Mautial or Gen. Twrdas The vete
ran, General Twiggs,forallegod contempt ol'tho
.War Department, is to bo tried by Court Martial,
at Newport, Ky, on (ha 10th lust. . ”
A collision.and disgraceful (Ightjbctween
tlio Fairmonnt GoodAFil) engihe _ cbm
panics of Philadelphia, occurred on Saturday
night. A young man, named Fisher, was run
over and killed, and several others wore badly
injured during tho affray.
03” From Texas wo ( have a report that seve
ral citizens of Webb county, Texas, have been
seized in Mexico, and impressed into tho Gov
ernment service. Their release had- been de
manded by GaptainßrackiltjOf the United States
Army,
OS'” At the Annual commencement, (which
always takes place, Hibernically ■ speaking, at
the end of the season) of the Medical Depart
ment of the University of Pennsylvania, a hun
dred and forty-dvo young doctors were licensed
‘•'to kill according to law.”
C?* Iho President has directed Secretary
Toucey to place on file all applications from na
val officers who desire reinstatement. The rule
for consideration of the applications is “ drat
come first served.”
Charles L. Taylor, implicated in the
burning of the Pacific Hotel at St. Louis, has,
been honorably discharged.
33T 1 Gov. 'Denver has issued a proclamation
cautioning the people of Kansas not to renew
the troubles in that Territory by onliatingintho
militia under Gen. Lane.
03 s *" Mr. E. S. Niebel, editor of tho Luzerne
Union, died at Wilkosbarfo, on Sunday last, af
ter an illness of two or three weeks.
03" "Wo are Informed Hint tho Bank of Law
meats 00 '* "* tllisState ’ has resumed specie pay-
Passage of tbe Hansas-Lecomplon Sill In (lie
Senate.
" On' Tiicsiltty 'ol Tast’wcek, March 28, the bjl|
to admit Kansas into the Onion under tlio Le
comptonConstilutiop, passed (ho United States'
Senate by 8 majority. Wo lire glad that thii
exciting question is at last disposed of in iho
Senate. Wo rejoice that the bill passed that
body by amajority so emphatic and decided. The
contest has been long and tedious, and the ene
mies of the Administration taxed their best efforts
to defeat the bill and accomplish their ends.. But,
thanks to Iho heroic band of national Senators,
fanaticism stands rebuked and, the administra-,
tiou is sustained, 'J he contest is now removed
to the House, nnd wo hope the members of that
body may- imitate the Senate in their devotion
to the ponstitution and, tire rights of the several
States. The following is the vole in the Senate
on the passage of the bill;
Tlie bill, ns amended, to admit Kansas into
the Union with the Lecompton Constitution,
was then put nnd passed—yeas S 3, nays 25, as
follows:
Ykas Alton, (R. I.) Bayard, (Del.)
Benjamin, (Bn.) Biggs, (N. C.) Bigler, (Pa.)
Bright. (Ind.) Brown, (Miss.) Clay, (Alabam.)
.Evans, (S. C.) Pitch, (ind.) Fitzpatrick, (Ala.)
Green, (Mo.) Gwin, (Cal.), Hammond. (S. C.)
Henderson, (Tex.) Houston, (Tex.) Hiintrr,
(Va.) Iverson, - (Ga.) Jones, (Tenn.) Johnston,
(Ark.) Johnston, (Tenn.) Kennedy, (Md.) Mal
iory, (Fla.) Mason, (Va.) Pearce. (Md.) Polk,
(Mo.) Sebastian, (Ark.) Slidell, (La.) Thomp
son, (Ky.) Thompson, (N. J.) Toombs, (Ga.)
Wright, (N. J.) Yulec, (Fla.)—B3. ■ .
Nays—Messrs. Bell,(Tenn.)Broderick,(Oal.)
Chandler, (Mich.) Clark, (N. H.‘) Collarnor,
(Vt.) Crittenden, (Ky.) Dixon, (Ct.) Doolittle,
(Wis.) Dougins, (HI.) Durkee. (Wis.) Fessen
den, YMe.) Foot, (Tt.) Foster, (Conn.) Hale,
(N. H.) Hamliii, (Me.) Hariin, (la.) King,(N.
Y.) Pugh, (0.) Steward. (N. Y.) Simmons,
(R. I.) Stuart, (Mich.) Smnner, (Mass.) Trum
bull, (III.) Wade, (O.) Wilson, (Mass.) —25.
Absentees,— Messrs. Bates, (Del.) Davis,
(Misst)
Mr. Ried, (N. C.) paired off with Mr. Came
ron, (Pa.)
The announcement of the result was received
with applause and hisses.
The following an entirely correct copy of
the Lecompton bill, in the shapo in which it
passed the. Senate:
j A bill for she admission o I the State of Kansas
into tlie Union.
Whereas, Tlie people of the Territory.oi Kan
sas did, by a Convention of delegates called and
assembled at Lecompton, Sept, 4, 18;*,(orthat
purpose, term for tiiehiselvesa Constitutionaud
State government, which said Constitution is
republican, and the said Convention liavingask
ed the admission,ol the Territory into the Union
ns a State on an equal footing with the original
States:
Me it enacted'by the Senate and House of Mcp
resenlalives of the . United States of Jhneriea in
Congress assembled. That the State of Kansas
si.all be, and is hereby declared to be one of the
United States of America,and admitted iiito the
Union on ah equal fooling with the original
States, in all respects whatever; and the said
Stule shall consist' of all the territory included
within the following boundaries to,wit,"begin
ning at a point on (lie western tioundpry of itie
Stuto ot Missouri,where thethirty-sevenlh par- Fiibe Tickets. —The New York Sena!e lias
O same.;, thence west passe d a bill "prohibiting railroad companies
on said parallel to the-eastern boundary .of New ; . ° -
Mexico;, thence north,on sa\d boundary to U\ti- *i*ee passes to members ot > the Leg
tude thirty-eight; thence following,said boun-1 islature and the judiciary. The same law
( bo soould be enacted in our Slate. The plan of
lenuoiy of Utah, on the summit of the Rocky , . . ' , , *• .
Mountains; thence northward on said summit to to buy off the law making and on*
the fortieth parallel of latitude; thence east bn forcing power of the State is carried to excess.
« -3«rid„s. to
orn boundary of suid-State to the-place of be
ginning. ,
Provided , That nothing herein contained re
specting tbedmnndary of said State shall bb con
strued to impair tho rights of person or property
now pertaining to iho Indians, in said Territory,
so long ns such rights shall remain unextinguish
ed.by treaty between tlie United States and such
Indians, or to. include any territory which, by
tieaty with such Indian tribes, is not, without
I the consent of said tribe, to be included within
j the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any State
/ or Territory; but all such territory shall be cx
jeepted out of-the boundaries, and constitute noi
f part in tho State of Kansa3,nntii sixid tribe shall
signify their a snent io the President of the Uni
tod States to be.facluded within said State, or
n ? jl^ e authority of the Government of tho
United States to niako any regulation respect
ing such Indians, their- lands property or other
wise, which it would have been competent to
make if this.act had never been passed.
. Seg. 2. be it further enacted , That the
Wale of Kansas is admitted into the Union upon
the express condition that said State shall never
interfere with the primary disposal of tlie pub
hc lands, or with any regulations, which
Congress may And necessary for. securing
the title in said lands ’to the bona-fide pur
chasers and grantees , thereof,-or impose or
levy any tax, assessment, or imposition of hnv
description whatever upon them, or other prop
erty in the United States- within the limits of
said^tato; and that nothing in this ac* shall be I
•construed’to abridge or infringe any right of 1
tho people asserted in the Constitution of Kan
sas, at all times to alter, reform,or abolish their
form oi-. Government in such manner as they
may think proper, Congress hereby disclaiming
any authority to intervene or declare fhe 'con
struction of the Constitution of any State, ex
cept to see that it be republican in form, and
not in conflict with the Constitution of tliwUni
ted States; and nothing |n this act shall bo con
strued as an assent by Congress to all orany of
the propositions or claims contained in the or
dinance annexed to said Constitution of the
people of Kansas, nor to deprive the said. State
of Kansas of the same grants which were - .con
tained in said act of. Congress, entitlcd <f An act
to authorize the people of the Territory of Min
nesota to form a Constitution and State gov
ernment, preparatory to admission into the Un
ion on an —'
„ on on an equal footing with "the' original
.States,’’approved Peb. 26, 1853.
Seo. 8. Sind be ii further cnaclcd, That until
the next general census shall be taken, and an
apportionment of the representation made, the
State of Kansas shall be. entitled to one Ropre
sontativu in the House of Representatives of the
United States. That the Pederal laws, if not
inapplicable, bo extended into the State of
tprrreiik, a judicial .district bo formed, and a
judge, attorney, .and inarshaU'bo appointed and
paid,.as in lowa, ; •
A \f u further enacted, That from
and after tho admission of the State of Kansas,
as hereinliofpro provided, all tho laws of the
United States which arc not.locally inapplicable
shall have the same force and elfect within the
State as m other Stntos.of tho TJnion ; and the
said State is hereby constituted a judicial dis
trict of the United Slates, within which a dis
trict court, with the like powers and jurisdic
tion as the district court of the United States
for the district of lowa, shall be established ;
fhe judgo, attorney, and marshal of the United
States for tho said district of Kansas shall re.
side within tho same, and shall be entitled to
the siit)ie compensation as (he judge, attorney,
and marshal q( tho dißtrlot of lowa.
Santa Anna, —A letter from Aspinwall states
that tho Dictator, Santa Anna, is again on his
way (for the dozenth time) to Mexico. He is
the most perfect specimen of an imperial «Mi
cawber” alive. In Mexico, which is in a com
plete state of revoltion, ho will, doubtless, find'
something to turn up.
Sait Lake —Salt Lake is about three hun
dred miles in circumference. There are two
large mountains in its centre The Lake and
tho streams in ils.vjcinlty abound in Osh. Twp
quarts of water of tho Lake will yield a pint of
salt." Xu the immense hills there have been cut
out, as it wore ice,largo lumps of One white salt,
The lands in the Sait Lake Valley are fertile
and productive, but have to bo irrigated.
A follow advertised ;!..lecture in Agusta,
Me., on Hurd Times, and their remedy, and
thou gave a practical illustration of bis theme
by decamping without giving the lecture or
paying tho printer’s bills. ;
The Purchase op MouNtt Vkiinon.— lt ap
- pears that- the-hdics liftTe alrcaJy'aoc'um'u7ate3
$75,000, which they anticipate will soon be
swelled to $lOO,OOO, for the Mount Vernon
fund. The Richmond Dispatch asks;
’ •• Now couldn’t Mr. Washington, representa
tive of, the man who gave his living soul to his
country without a.dollar of reward, consent to
take $lOO,OOO for the sepulchre ? Everybody
knows that Mount Vernon is only valuable us
the. tomb of Washinglon; everybody knows
that it was once offered, for $lOO,OOO. Why
insist upon double ? Why. make these delicate
ladies toil so incessantly, pay so high for their
disinterested patriotism ? Why not be lenient
in a bargain with gentle and generous woman?
Why not cnfi’tatc her unselfish and chivalric
patriotism ? Why not, melted at the sight of
her lofiy devotion to the glory of thy ancestor,
come back .to the original terms, and take a
round hundred thousand for Mount Vernon ?”
■ Singular Proof op Ai-TAcnsrENT.—A few
days ago a woman cohabiting with a man, cut
off bis lore finger while he was asleep. She
placed the finger upon a stone, and applying
the knife, struck it with another stone, severing
the finger, which hung only by a piece of skin
Tlie man subsequently received surgical treat
ment at (he North Dispensary, but is maimed,
for life. It appears that the man threatened to
enlist in the army, and the woman from the
strong'affeclkin she 'entertained for him, com
mitted the act in order that he might not carry
out his intention, which would result in their
separation. -
Leoompton in California.—The House of
tlio California Legislature lias adopted resolu
tions instructing the Senators and. representa
tives from that State to vote, for the admission
of Kansas under the, Lccompton constitution’.
The vote stood 49 in favor to 18 against. The
prospect is that they will bo adopted in the Sen
ate alsg, Mr, Broderick and Mr. McKibben
both vote in Congress in opposition to.tlieseu
timent expressed in this Legislative action.
.Complimentary.— Political editors often re
ceive many flattering compliments—rand often
times the very- reverse of flattering—but we
.doubt whether, any set of editors ever got any
thing more to the point than the N. Y. Herald
saj’s of flic Hew Hampshire Press:
, “The Democratic Journals in New Hamp
shire, from the Concord Patriot down, arc con
ducted by blockheads and.nincompoops..
Ladv Lobbyists.-— The ladies are fast, gel
ling a reputation as successful lobbyists. . A
bill has passed the New York House of Assem
bly, a few days sihee. in consequence of one of
the most active and influential opponentsof ibe
bill having been seduced away just in ih’e nick,
of time by a rose colored note from some one fn
curls and flounces.
our interests.
. The Religious Awakeninß— lt isolated fhnf
about 1.000 persons, have been hopefully con
verted iq Cleveland, Ohio, within a lew weeks
past; 600 in Now Bedford ; 800.0r.400.m fcow
huryport; 2,000,0 r 3,000 in Newark aiid vicin
ity- - ' ’ ' ’
Damages-Awarded, —Mr. Slierer, of Wash
ington county, who was injured somo-time since
I by an accident on the Fennsylt'ania .Railroad,
I received $3,000 as a consideration. Tho case
did not go to trial—the sum agreed upon being
a compromise.-
, Kansas-Lbgislatore.— The decision of dai
hpun 10-rejcct the. Delaware Crossing returns
will leave political parties iri the two Houses
thus;
Free State. Pro-Slavery.
House of Reps, . 30 14
Council,. P 2 f.
Joint ballot.
Grasshoppers.- It is stated that grasshop
pers are hatching out.m millions from the eggs
deposited by the swarm which visited-portions
of Texas last year. Alicady they cover the
•praires. So far. they have-confined their attacks
entirely to herbs in the prairie, not troubling
the grass or the crops.
After the Fashion of Congress.— On Thurs
day forenoon, there iyras a ‘flare up/ a la Grow
and Kiiitt, in the N. Y. Legislative Assembly at
Albany, between two Solons from N. Y. city.
They were soporated hotore-much mischief was
done.. ' ,
Counterfeits. —Counterfeit ten dollar notes
on tile Gettysburg (Pa.) Bank are in circnla
lion. They arc on poor paper, badly executed,
and easily deceotcd.
Variety tee Spice op.Llpb A Wisconsin
correspondent ot the Rochester (N. T.) Union
states that.in going from Prairie do Cliieu to La
Grosso, a Cow days ago, a singular scene was
presented on the steamboat. At one end oi
the long saloon ihclergyman was preaching to n,
small-crowd gathered around him; in the mid-,
die gambling was in busy progress; and at (ho
other end of the saloon there was' music and
dancing. ,
K?”Ii has already been mentioned that the
President has issued his proclamation for sales
o< public lands at the land offices at Kickapoo
and Lcoompton, K. T., in July next. The first
sale at Kickapoo, on flic sth of July, cm lances
780,005 acres, and that on the 1 Oil), 701,082
neves. The sale at Lenompton on the sth of
July will embrace 756,440 acres, and on the 19th
650,511 acres, - ” making an aggregate of 2,-
912,134 acres. Those will bo the first public
sales Of Government lands in the Territory,
03” Tho Pittsburg Port, speaUingof business
prospects, says: "Our manufactories are again
at work, and in .all departments talent, energy,
and enterprise, and tbo profitable employment
of capit d, ftfe gradually and healthfully tri
umphing over the hard times. .Everything looks
encouraging, and before the spring is open eve
rything will be moving calmly in its accustomed
Chapnel,” The nows from nil parts of thoconn
are to the same effect.
03” Judge Slidell, of Louisiana, a brotherof
tho distinguished Senator Slldoll, has booomo
hopelessly deranged in consequence of'a blow
from a cane inflicicd by a ruffian at an election
in New Orlean?. The sufferer is represented as
a gentleman greatly and deservedly beloved.
03” A very heavy robbery occurred' at New
Orleans on tho ,g3rt ‘ nit. The amount of the
haul was over $100,(300 in bills and promiaory
■poteg,,
agraph was no doubt written by some mi
wh6 started out with a desire to pr eo ■ or
one in the'publication of his paper W Zl**
finding Ihc accompUshmenl of his scheme m.
ly impossible, was driven to some very
conclusions, which ho givesfor thehenefitof T
editors or publishers who may. have simil
pirations. .Wo admire the writer for the nhr'
sophy-which is breathed through the
and respect him for the coolness withwlli,
lets himself down to circumstances.' jj .
worth an army of men like (hit editor out
who undertook the'same thing that ournh‘l
opber proposed to himself, bqt failing h, hi« T
forts, hong himself to a tree dose by his offi '
In editing apapor you must not w ,
please every one. We subjoin the remarks If
the disappointed editor'; 01
“ To please everybody is a. task difficult -
all coses ; in the editorial management of » m
riodioal. impossible. Indeed, if an editor
eceds in pleasing himself, it is quite as mIZ
he has a right to expect, and m a great
instances it ts more than he is able to acconi
plisb. Dpt not correspondents wonder. 1
readers think it a strange thing if occasionally
they meat with an art tele or paragraph (hot k
not exactly :n accordance with their own taste.
The editor shared the affliction with them but
.relieves-himself by tfii* reHeeifon that it takes
til sorts of people to make’ up a world, and,than
in the circle of his readers there - is.ahtwmt ( rc r „
variety of. taste .and prejudice. Ws.havofci.
quent illustrations of. this fact. By the same
mail we have had letters applauding andetnsu
ring the statue article. Occasionally subscri
her is so sensitive as to threaten discontinuance
because of a few lines which do not eiactlr
square with his own notions. The great mass’
however, have 100 much good sense to take of
fence where nope is intended, or to expect from
an editor the- impossibility of pleasing cvcrp^
IfiDJiioiiT SusstoNs;—Soprevery funnysioriis;
are told of the process of serving a call of u lO
Senate, an lio'nr or.‘two 'after mldbigiit^at 'the
lute suvero contest bn the Uecompton question,
on Senators who had gone home and to bed.—•
Tife Sergeant-at-Arms,.accothpaniQd h.v cam's.
ges,rodc iiromid. the city and collected the de
serters, peacefully if lio could, but forcibly if|io
must. Sam Houston was captured at the Kirk
wood House, taken from Ids bed, and carried
growling to Hie Capitol. When calletUponfor
excuse of his absence, he gravely requjfetcktbii
Senate to inform him what excuse it trim to\if
(er for the outrage it had committed upon bis
personal rights, by dragging him front his bed
at that ■ untimely hour. He protoaled that lid
would not by pacified till the Senate apologized
to Ipm. Senator. Clay, of Alabama, kept his
doors locked, and defied the Serge, inf-at-Arras
flatly refusing to oboyihe mandate. Gener llv’
however, the absentees surrendered .themselves
with a good grace, and a ,quorum was obtained
at,4. o’clock in thb morning.
fejov wiTit Mnxtco’-A Washington eor
respondent relates the following : “T do;not
remember (hat I have previously mentioned
that Mix. Suites, of Providence, is stated to be
charged a secret mission to Mexico, of
•which the object is to sound tire principal inch
oil the Union of that Republic with the United
Stales.' There are many, modes of accomplish
ing this object. The most easy 1 , gradual and
economical, is he establishment of a Protecto
rate. Th sis Gen. Houston's plhneand .is a
good one, provided’.it can he carried out with
out involving us-in entanglements with forcigtv
powers.”
; Sanitary Condition, op New Yokk.—H
coimnittce of the New Yorlh Acadciny of Medi
oine.-appointed to present a memorial on the
subject of the .public health of that city, and*
urge the enactment of a law in.aceordance't here- .
withjfhave made.their report, in which we find' I
the following important facts -relative to tie- '
health and moratlity pf’ihat city.;
’ l It is not denied* by the City. Inspector, nor
can U be, that the proportionate mortality of .
the population of New York city very far ex
ceeds that ol many’other large cities of this and”
countries. . While London, Liverpool,
I mladelphia and Providence arc annually losing:
only froin one in 45V to one hi 55 of the pccjifß
NewYoik-is losing ope in 27. In 1854 the
deaths were one in 22V Nor cart' it he denied'
that Small pox has been for many years, end is ,
now, prevailing to an alarming extent—there
having been within 11 yenrsas many ns 50.000,
jmd smee the commencement ol the present .
year nearly 2.000 cases of that loathsome di 1
seaso; and yet no.eftoit whatever-is made by
any sanitary officer to-restraiu it.”
In another part of the report the committee
show how this loathsome disease is-spread over’
the country.
“ The influence of the metropolis upon the
health of even distant parts of the State and
country, is strikingly manifested, by the fact
that several instances have occurred of Hie cs’-
tension of, this disease by meansof the merchan
dise which is sent from it in every direction,—
The health of the city of New York is thus »•
matter of Slate, and even national importance.”
PtitK at Clearfield; Pa. —-A very dcsiruc;
live tire occurred at eiearficidj on Thursday
last.; -A letter from that place to the PhiladcL .
phia Press gives the following, particulars-: ’
We have just been visited by-a terrible con
flagration. A great portion of our usually qui
et town now lies a heap of smouldering ruins.
Aboutll4 o clock last night, a stable upon the 1
lot of W- A. Wallace, Esq., occupied by the Ty
rone and Clearfield Stage Company, was dis
covered to be on fire, and from it the flames '
spread to and consumed the extensive, stabling
i ( i teti " l * le Mansion.ijoiiseV and Clear- .
held Hotel, and also seven buildings occupied
lot - stores, offices, and shops ; the buildings of
W. A. Wallace, Esq., and B. Spaokinan. The 1
mansion House >vas saved by the almost super
human exertions of our.citizens. The lo s .
amounts to about §lO,OOO, ihe principaipan of
which/alls, upon Hon. R. Shaw. No insu
rance. • ,
A Wealthy Beooaii.—A German woman
who resided in Elizabeth, N. J., and has been
supported by public chavity-for years, died Inst
week, and leaves $14,000 in bonds and mortga
ges, which, as she has no heirs,will revert to the
town.
Capital Punishment Abolished.—Tlio Leg
islatusu of Louisiana has passed a. law abolish
ing capital punishment, and the 'substitution of
hard labor for life in tho place thereof.
■ Heavy Robbeiiy.—On Friday last, at Balti
more, a qjerk, whilst about making a deposit
at the Fanners’ and Plantcns’ Bank, was roh;
bed of ten thousand dollars. :
Dead.—Mr. George S. Eyster, n' highly es
teemed citizen o( Chambcrsburg, died on Thurs
day last. ;
Du Vall’s Galvanic Oil.— Billions phoJip
was cured in ten minutes—ask P. A. Brand, of
Harrisburg, Ra. 'Pi/.',' qf fo years’ 'Standing
cured by one bottle, and‘many others of the
sapao character'clited soundly by tho use of thlj)
Du. “• -