AfiERIGM VOLUNTEER. JOilil B. BhATTOiV. Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE. PA., APRIL, 8. 1858. Democratic State Nominations, Supreme Judge, WM. A. PORTER, Of Philadelphia Canal Commissioner, WESTLEY FROST, of Fayette Co . 1C F> Qur Carrier says he wishes certain indi viduals hereabouts would subscribe, and no! bog him for a copy of th e Volunteer weekly.— Hope they’ll take the hint. Bars Destroyed By Finn.— On Saturday night last about 11 o’clock, the- barn of Mr. Jons Hoover, on the Trindle _ Spring Road, about four miles cast of Carlisle, was ,entirely destroyed by file. Some five or'six cattle also perished in the dames, and a large amount of grain, feed, hay, s'raw.&c, was consumed.— The origin of the fire is not known, but it' is generally believed that it was the work of nn incendiary. No insurance. . ; More Snow Beep. —Messrs. J. & P. Fred ericks,’butchers of this borough, recently pur chased of Mr. Jons Black, of Dickinson town ship, eight head of his superior fat cattle.— These cattle arc young, and have b en stall fed, and carefully oared for during most'of the last year." They will average some 1200 pounds, live weight, and of course the beef will be very superior., The Messrs. Fredericks will slanglv ter these cattle for the Carlisle' market, and those wishing choice masts and steaks arc invh . ted to call at their stalls in the market house. Doos in tub Mabkrt JIotJSK. —In passing through the Market House, a few mornings Since, after market had closed, we policed a dozen or'more half starved dogs mounted upon the meat stalls, busily engaged in licking off the small particles of meat remaining on ihem. We naturally inquired “are these stalls wash ed before they are used on amarketmorning?’; If not, it is time the Market Master attends to the matter. A number of butcher's stalls pre sent, a most filthy appearance, and are disgus ting to look at. Most of.our. butchers arc more particular in this respect, and keep their stalls clean and in good condition. We are sorry., however, that a number of them arc exceptions to this.rule. We repeat, let the. Market Mas ter require every butcher to wash his stall and block thoroughly before he uses them. Our people don’t wish to cat beef from a block or bench that has been made wet from the lick jugs of a dirty dog. O’" Beautifnl Spring is here in all .its glory. There is no visible lingering of Winter in the lap of the coy maiden, ns is often his wont.— Look whence you may, and there is scarce a fragment to remind you of winter's reign. The sup begins to shine with an old-fashioned ver nal ardor, and the great mystery of vegetable resurrection is already begun. The clouds and sky have put away theif frigid frowns, and as sumed it gladeriing beauty of appearance that is almost a smile. That “beauteous stranger of the. Wood," the Cuckoo, which the poet says - isjhp.flrs.t harbinger of Spring, seldom oonde. y SCenda to favor this region with her song of h'er- aldry ; but the robin and blue-bird have an pounced the vernal season with many a happy song. Oh, how delightful to the soul of man, How like a renovating spirit comes, . Fanning hischeek, the breath of infant Spring.” iET* The Spring trade has opened, and some of bur merchants have gone and others are pre paring to go and lay in their stock of Spring and. Summer goods. Look out for bargains.— Heitd carefully the advertising columns of the Volunteer, and you will always •be advised as to where the best bargains are to be had.' York Gazette.—Adam J. Glosdrenseh, Esq., has sold bis interest in ibis old Democrat io organ to, bis partner, David Small, Esq., by wbOm it will hereafter be conducted. The Ga zette is an old paper—about the age of the Volun teer—and has always been considered theDemo 'cratlc organ of York county, and never was known' to flinch from duty. Under the control pf:GLO9DEEN.NEB & Small, itwasknown far and near as a most able defender of Democratic prin ciples. Wo doubt-not, under the sole control of Mr. Small, it will sustain its well-earned char acter! Wo wish him and the retiring editor success. Executions in France. —On our first page will be found a full account of the last hours of Orsini and Pierri. the assassinatingconspira torg of January 14, and who were beheaded at Paris, on the 13th ult. The Utah Troitdi.es. —We see it stated that the President will appoint a commission to -proceed to Utah for-the purpose of inducing the Mormons to yield obedience, by representing the determination of the Governmen t to reduce them to submission, and the uselessness of op position. Gov. Powell and Maj. McCulloch are Spoken of as the commissioners. C/* The Vice President of the United States -being temporarily absent from the seat of Gov .eminent, owing to the illness of his wife; Mr- Fitzpatrick, of Alabama, has been chosen pre siding officer of the Senate for the lime being. tCT”CoI.B- V. Sumner left Watertown,N Y.. Tuesday morning, to join his regiment. Ist cavalry at Ft. Leavenworth, in accordance wiili orders from head quarters. His command is among those detailed for Utah, and will proba bly ..set out for that point as soon ns the grass gets growth enough to afford feed for the ani mals. - .o“tn the House at Washington, on Mon day, the Senate amendments to the volunteer, bill were adopted, so that the bill only needs the President’s signature to become a law. [C7* Santa Anna has arrived at St. Thomas; on his way to Mexico; [Ep-Dr. Hall recommends, by way of proven, lion against taking colds, that persons going out Cf heated rooms, should “ keep their mouths shut.”— Exchange, ' Good advice; but so far as the ladies are con corned, wo fear it will bo next to impossible to follow —for who ever heard of one, after making an afternoon call, that did’nt have to stop at the door to have “ a last word t” We did’n|, and we have studied the question somewhat I KU” Eight persons escaped from the Laneas- Iff county prison on Thursday night. DEFEAT, OF THEKANSAS BILL. In another, column wo publish the proceed ings of the Uouso of Thursday last, by which it will bo soon that the Senate bill for the admis. slon of Kansas ,Into the Union under the Lo compton constitution, was defeated, and Mr. Montgomery's amendment adopted by a vote of 120 to 112, Wo also giro the proceedings qf tho Senato of Friday, by which wo learn (bat the Senate non-concurcd in the House bill by a vote of 82 to .23. 01 those who voted (in the House) for (ho substitution and against the bill, twenty-two were Anti-Lecomptbn Democrats, six Know-Nothings, and the remainder Repub licans. The four Democratic members from this State who voted against the Senate bill are Messrs. Owen Jones, John Hickman, -.Henry Chapman, and'William Montgomery. Tho prospect, therefore, of a speedy settle ment of this vexed question, for which all good citizens pray, nppearsjo bo ns far oil’ as over. The enemies of (ho actnftnislratiou havo achiev ed a temporary victory, but they have also as sumed a fearful.responsibility, and the ,22 De mocratswho voted with tho opposition will have to answer an indignant constituency and render an account for their conduct. What havo they gained ? Revenge for supposed grievances,!— That may bo, but the people—their, constitu ents—will not receive this as an excuse for de feating a leading measure of a Democratic ad ministrntioii—a measure which has bad tho sup port of the great mass of the organization .throughout the Union, Tile Democratic party has made this country what it is, has moulded its institutions, and shaped its policy. When did the party commit an error in national poli tics 7 Trae, no great measure has over been advocated or carried by the Democratic party without encountering fierce opposition—and d portion of tins opposition, nn every occasion, was made up of a small minority ofbnen claim-- ing to ho Democrats. They wore afraid to “take tile responsibility,” and deserted to the enemy'. It was so during Jackson’s administration, in bis contest with the monster hank; a groat many Democrats deserted the old hero, and joined in .denouncing hint. ' Again 1 , in declaring war against Mexico, in the passage of Ihe Kansag- N übraska bill, audio tho various tariff bills, a tew Democrats' became frighteneif and fled to the camp of tho enemy. But yet the 'Democra tic party accomplished its objects, notwiihataml-, ing the defection of a tew of its members. The measures advocated were adopted, amid the bowlings and fierce imprecations of an infuria. ted opposition. Time proved that the Demo- crats were.right, and tlu>-opposition'wrong— that the measures adopted were just and neces sary, and calculated to advance, the prosperity of the people and the nation. Hence opposition ceased, and the various measures suggested and carried by Democratic administrations, became, by general consent,a part of our domestic poli- Wo therefore, ask again, when did the De mocratic party, when in power, commit an.er ror 7 When .did it advocate and carry a great measure that the people did not, after trial, en dorse? The opposition of the present day null hot dare advocate the principles they formerly advocated, nor will they dare make opposition to the Democratic party, and use the same ar guments they formerly used. Wo have spiked their guns, and their whole stock in trade at present is abolitionism. It is not singular, therefore, that the great measure of Mr. Biicilanas’s-administration .should hud opponents in his own party. Jack* Ison’s great administration measure .had many ! opponents in the Democratic ranKs; so had Van Boren’s .favorite measure, and Polk’s, and Pierce's. Jackson, and Van Boren, and Polk and Pierce were will say so now—and Mr. BociiAnan is right! A Demo cifltic President who is sustained by.nearly a unanimous vote of Democratic Congressmen, cannot be advocating a wrong.. “Hi* measure may be defeated; but yet the Democratic vote it received is thfe beat, evidence of, its justness and fairness. The President’s own party sus tains him, and this.siiould prove 10 him that,he is advocating a principle and not a shadow. Wo regret, therefore,*the defeat of the Sen ate Kansas bill. W« fear it will-but prolong the difficulties in that unfortunate territory, and in cite bold bad men to deeds of strife and blood. Had Kansas been admitted under the Lecomp- ton Constitution, the troops now stationed there could have been withdrawn, quiet would have taken the plage of turmoil, and the people, “in their own way,” could have adopted a new Con stitution if they felt disposed. We hope the “sober second thought” may yet induce the House to retrace its steps. Good ! —ln the State Senate, on the sth,Mr Biickalew reported the House appropriation bill from the Finance Committee of the Senate. It has been razeed.in one particular; that must, make it peculiarly unpalatable to those patriots , in the House who voted themselves two hundred dollars extra pay. That scciion. has been stricken out. as well as the extra pay to the clerks, reducing the appropriation, in this one particular, upwards of $2B OOP. Well done ! The Swindler Allibonb.— ln the Court of Over and Terminer, in Philadelphia, on Satur- lay last, the grand Jury found-bills of indict ment. against Thomas Allihonc and Thomas-A Newhall, on the charge of conspiracy to defraud- the stockholders of the' Bank of Pennsylvania. Mr. .Ghailes MeKcnne entered hail for the for mor. and Mr. John Welsh for the latter. The suit is prosecuted by foreign.holders of a hill of exchange boughl of Newhall by Allihonc. and which proved worthless. We trust that jus ticc may be done, and that the thousands who have been injured by the mismanagement of the Bank of Pennsylvania may see the guilty parties brought to pay the penalty of their wrong doing. Tms Senate Kansas Bill. —A Washington letter-writer thinks the Senate Kansas bill will yet pass both Houses. He says —There is some reason to expect that the Senate Kansas bill will ultimately pass the House. Both parties speak confidently, hut I have no doubt there is already a change in favor of the Administration ■party. Enohmous Mail Letting.— The Post Office Department is crowded from day to day with persons’ proposing for tho mail transportation in the West, Northwest and Southwest. This will bo,the largest*nail letting ever made in this country or perhaps in the world. The competition is So great that there will be open ed at least fifteen bids for every route. The Postmaster General will hiakc his decision on all these on the 25th of April. . Resumption op Specie Payments.—Mon day next is tho day fixed by the rcl'ef law of the extra session of tho Legislature, for the re sumption of specie payments by the banks of Pennsylvania. MORE BAIT. LEGISLATION. We arc beginning to think that the House of Representatives; at Harrisburg, contains a ma jority of'men of easy virtue. A weeks since they, voted - themselves $2OO- extra, pay, thus robbing the people’s treasury of some 515.000. Wc denounced this outrage in our last, and, we now have another, still more stu pendous piece of villainy to refer t 6. and which is. the work .of this same House of Representa tives. We refer to the lull for the transfer.of. the Stale canals to the Sunbury and Erie Rail road Company, undcr.thc fal.se denomination of a “sale.’’ This bill has passed tbo House by a majority of 10 votes—Mr. Brandt voting for its passage,'and Mr. S.tuart against. Wc are in favor of tbe-sale of the remaining portion of the public works owned by the State, but wc arc opposed to giving them away to a partyoffailroad speculators, nominally for three and a half millions of dollars, and in a way. which will in all probability prevent the State ever receiving a dollar for them ! This bill of abominations—litis great wrong upon the Stale, for the benefit of a set of sharpers—provides as follows: Sec; 1. The canals shall be sold to the Sumt bury and Erie Railroad for three and a half mil. lions of dollars; Seo. 2. The company shall issue seven mil lion of bonds, secured by mortgage on their road, (already mortgaged (or a million dollars ) which shall bo deposited in the State treasury. Sec. 3. They shall also give .sundry moot gages on the canals for sums amounting to two millions, as further-security for said bonds.— On selling any of the canals the mortgage there on is to be cancelled, and new ones taken from the purchasers. When the road is ready for the .superstruc ture from Williamsport to the Sinncraahoning. and an additional million dollars subscribed to its stock, half the canal mortgages are to'be surrendered r-and when ready . for superstruc ture from Erie to Warren, the remaining canal mortgages arc to be surrendered. The State is to receive three-fourths of any increased price received by the company for the canals, above that fixed in the bill. 4th section provides for a transfer of the na pals. &o. Sec :5. Grants corporate powers to any who purchase'the canals from the railroad com pany. Sec. 6. Three engineers, one of whom shall be the chief engineer of Ihc Railroad Cowpany, shall report the "probable cost” of completing (he road, and whenever they aiid the' Governor decide the means of the company (with.the ex tra three and a half millions of bonds) siifflc j lent, to complete the road, the Governor shall surrender tothe company a million of the bonds, and ihtPretnainder as the work progresses —en dorsed,' over the signature of the Governor, " ISSUED UV AUTnOIIITV OF I.Aw !” Seo. 7. In case of a failure, by the compa ny to pay the interest for ninety days, the mortgages are to, be foreclosed, and works and road sold, after thirty days notice, together with all the franchises .of .the company 1 What a beautiful speculation! No wonder that fifty or sixty- men have remained at Harris burg all winter, with open rooms, engaged in boring this infamous measure through the House., They have, by bribery and corrup tion, succeeded in passing it through the House, but we hope the Senate contains sufficient hon esty to prevent its passage in that body.— These canals Cust-the State ten million dol Laiis, arid the net annual revenue of, which, for the last lour years, has been nearly half a' million dollars ! The railroad, at. a forced sale, will not bring enough to riieet the million of mortgage bonds now incumbering it. while . the canals would bo sacrificed—the State loosing, everything. The bill, us it stands, is n i fraud and a wrong''upon-, the Slate, for the ben fit of a private corporation at the expense of the tax payers, and we still confidently look for iis defeat. But if it should pe permitted to, pass, we expect to find Governor Packer prompt to defeat a great public wrong, by the exercise of his constitutional power 1 We have a- right to expect this from him. but we hope the Senate will save him the trouble of discharging this plain duty. After the bill had been adopted Mr. Ilono son of Chester, oSered a resolution to investi gate “charges of corruption in passing the Sunbury Railroad bill.” The House refused the resolution a second reading-—the same men who voted for the bill, voted against the reso lution of Mrt Hodgson. Of course! 1 They had the power to prevent an investigation into the corrupt means used to pass the bill, and they used the power. - But, Mr; Brandt, ofPerry and Cumberland, voted for this accursed and most obnoxious bill. So far as Cumberland is concerned, we con demn his course as ah outrage upon an honest constituency. If before the people of this epun ly~ now for a scat in the Legislature, we verily believe he could not receive a solitary vote.— He has forever disgraced and, damned himself with our people, and we doubt not with the the people of Perry also. His voting for this iniquitous, bill, is a mystery to us, and to ever ry one.' He knew that in- thus voting lie was 'misrepresenting those who sent him to Harris burg, and yet lie persisted, in his course It gives ns no pleasjire-to speak harshly of Mr, Bhandt or any other man, but yet we must say that the people of Cumberland, have no.re .specl for the Representative who, knowing the wishes of his constituents, Ims the effrontery to disregard them,. In conclusion, wo may say to daughter Per ry,.that hereafter, if (she wishes the democracy 61 Cumberland.to assist her to elect a man to the Legislature, she must furnish a candidate, .who. if elected; wifi have some respect for our interests, and who cannot be used by specula tors in furthering railroad, interests, at the ex pense of the tax payers This is one of the heavy tax paying counties of tho State, and we (have no notion that a-set aof harpies shall use these taxes to cnricli themselves, nor will wo support any man for any office., who gives countenance or aid to the Stale plunderers who every winter infest thereat- of Government, to scent out knavish and dishonest members of Assembly, that they may use them to accom plish their schemes of conspiracy. Appointment. —Tho President has appoint ed Rev. John R. Kooken, formerly of Norris town, Consul to Trindad de Cuba—the situa tion previously offered to Stokes L. Roberts of Doylestown,.but declined by him. Spain and CUda. —lt is slated that tho Pre sident will, submit a message to Congress as soon ns the Kansas business business is dispos ed of. with reference to our relations with Spain and Cuba, and to. other matters affecting our interests on tho American Continent. John M. Scott, forriiorly Mayor of Phil adelphia, died on Saturday. A Mad- Doa was killed in Harrisburg on. Sa turday. BAM BILLS. Senator Sghell has introduced in the Senate, a bill “ to prohibit the issuing and circulation of bank notes of a less denomination than twen ty dollars.”. We hail this ns a movement in the right direction, anti afderitly hope" that the Legislature will not fail to pass the bill. There is no doubt that’by prohibiting the issuing and circulation of small notes, uur currency will be made much sounder than it is at present. To the poor mail', into whose hands none but small notes come, such a prohibition wonld be a God send, for silver would then be/n's currency, and he could jingle his small change and snap his fingers at the banks when they go into their financial spasms nndl,threaten ruin to their note holders. For the sake of the children of pover ty, ib not for the benefit of the rich, let Mr. Schell's bill be passed. Mi'. Biiewkii o( Franklin, also introduced in the Senate, “an act relative to the' banks' of this Commonwealth,” which wo hope to see passed, It containsfiut one section. It reads as follows: Sec. .1, Be it enacted &0., That the several banks of this Commonwealth, from and after the passage of this act, be. and they arc hereby required, to receive at par, on deposit, and in payment of all debts due.,or to become due to them, and in payment of all claims or commer cial paper, received by them for collection, the notes of all solvent,*nd specie paying banks of this Commonwealth; and the said banks areal so hereby authorized to pay out in their, dis counts, and all theitsjjnismess the notes of all such solvent and specie paying banks. - Sale of. the Canals. The bill for the sale (or rather giving away) of all the Canals yet owned by the State, to the Stuibury and Erie Eailroad Company, for the sum of 53',5(Hft0Q0- payable in bonds of that bankrupt corporation, passed the House Dually, on Thursday last, by a vote 53 to 37 as follows: Yeas—Messrs. Abrams, Armstrong. Bab cock, Benson. -Bower, Bbandt. Calhoun. Cost ner, Christy, Crawford,Dodds, J.fit Donnelly, Jas. Donnely, Dohovon, Dunlap. Ebur,. Evans, Garrett,Gilliland, Htfltoel.ninirod.Hippie.Houtz, Ini brie. Jackman.Kinpalrick. Lawrence. Lloyd. McClain.McClure,Mjinglc. Melloy, Miller, Nioh ojs, Owen. Pownall, Price. Ramsdell. Kanisey. Rhodes. Roland, Rose. Scott, Shaw. Smith ot Cambria. Strothers; Warner, Westbrook, Wil cox. Willistnn, Wilpier and Yearsley—s3. Arthur, Askin.Bicrer, Chase, Dphhcrt, Donehoe, Ent, Foster, George, Glatz. Goepp, Gritnmn, Hijy, Hillcgas, Irwin. Jenkins, Kinkaid, Lovett, McDonald, Negley. Nune maoher. Rupp. Smith of Berks; Smi th of, Wyo ming. Spyker, Stephens, Stuart, Turney, Voeghtly, Warden, Weaver, Weiler, Wells, Wharton, Wolf, Woodrmg, Longaker, Speaker. Murder in Washington Cur On Saturdav night, at about half-fast eleven o’clock, another of those murders wlijoh liave been so_frequent ■of late in ifrashingtoo city, by the hands of row dies, was committed on . the corner of Eighth street and New Torfeavcnue. Marcellus Stoops, a quiet young man| a messenger in the Treasury Department, while walking leisurely along in company with another young njan, was snot with a pistol. He died in a few minutes afterwards, and before Dr. Duhanud, who was sent for, could' ■reach the spot. Eight or ten men, of the fight ing club called “Swipers,” have been arrested, and it is slated that one of the leaders, called Johnson, shot the unfortunate young miln. — Washir jlon has become the most .lawless place in the world. Itjfisyp,bo hoped’Congress wil quickly apply' a for. Site state of tilings. The CossoUD.mox ihur/LieTß —Thu Head lug Gazelle says, the formal nct'dr consolida ting the Lebanon Valley Railroad with the Philadelphia and Rending. Railroad, place on the 20ili iilt-i when the.legal existence of ihe LeUanon Valley Company was merged in the older Corporation. : The first named road will he henceforth designated and worked ns the " Lehanon Valley Branch'of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. That it. will ultimately prove a valuable ‘right arm, ’ so to speak, or ■feder.’ lo the main trunk road, no one can doubt, who is acquainted wnh the inipm tant position it holds as a connecting link between the Reading road and >he several great through lines of travel tt the North. West and South, which concentrate at Harrisburg. The Extra PAy” Swindle.—The Pitts burg Evening Chronicle condemns, in no-meas ured terms, the recent unwarrantable act um-of the majority of the House of.Represenialiycs at Harrisburg, in voting the members of the Leg islature each $2OO extra pay for the present ses sion and increasing the pay of members hereaf ter from $5OO to $7OO. Tile Chronicle says, with truth: •• When a project of, this nature-and impor tance is inaugurated-,' there might just as well be a consideration alula discussion of It outside as well as inside -the House. We advocate giv jug full and.liberal compensation to all public servants, but we think any eftbrts towards an advance should be conducted in a seemly and decorous manner, apd only after the will of the people thereon has-been consulted, and their wishes clearly ascertained. •• If. the memberafof.the Legislature—merely ,because they have (tie-power—are 10 increase salaries nd would be glad to know where it is tp stop ” , ’ The Wheat Cain*-—The Chicago Tribune says:-- - During tine last few days we passed over a dozen or more enmities- m - this State (along the Illinois wmral.) besides the coun'ies of Davie. Knox niidPiko in Indiana, and can speak from personal oliservalion of the favors ble appearance of thegrowing wheat crop. OCT” Colonel Allsdp. the Englishman suspeot ed of a complicity ur the recent attempt upon the life of the Emperor I Napoleon, it is now positively ascertained by the Journal of Com merce. was snugly secreted in New York city for a month before any suspicion of his pres ence crept into the newspapers. Ho was hid den in a house in Worth street, known only to a few trusty friends. When this became known, the cnem’cfi; of. despotism projected a public meeting to demand -protection for him, but the Colonel, preferring seclusion, quietly left New York. Both the British and French governments have offered liberal rewards for his apprehension, apd there ore now in N. Y., three French detectives, and four or five Brit ish, in pursuit of him. They found out his hiding place and knew all his movements— Their first notion was to kidnap And carry him off'sccretly. but tliii was abandoned, and while they were waning for the necessary papers to arrest him, he decaipped. Information of All sop’s lodging was cdmmunicated to the N. Y. police by the British consul. The Pittsburgh papers mention a report that Allsop is there, and on Thursday a gentleman culled upon the Mayor, informed him of the fuel, and urged his arrest. The Mayor declined to'interfere. [From ihe Delhi Gazette,] Trial of the Gx-Rlng of Delhi. The trial of the Ex-Kingof Delhi commenced on Wednesday, January 27. in theDewnn Khas of the Palace. It Was half-past twelve before the prisoricr was brought iri. He appeared very infirm; and tottered into court supported on one side by, the interesting youth.” Jumma Bukht, and on the other by a confidential ser vant, and coiled himself into a small bundle . upon the cushion assigned to him. He presen ted,a picture of helpless imbecility. His son, Jumma Bukht, stood a few yards to his left; and a guard of rifles beyond all. The prosecutor read the charges against the prisoner, stating that although , the prisoner might be fully convicted by the court, no capi tal sentence could be passed upon him, in con sequence of his life having been guarantied to him by General Wilson, in a promise convoyed through Captain. Hodgson. . The prosecutor then put the question through the interpreter. “ Guilty or not guilty ?’’ which the prisoner either did not. Or affected not to , understand ; and there was some delay in ex plaining it to him. He then declared himself profoundly ignorant of the nature of the char ges against him. although a translated copy of them was furnished and read to him in the pres ence of witnesses some twenty days previous. After some more delay, the prisoner pleaded “ not guilty,” and. the business of the court proceeded. , On ihe second day the sitting was closed in consequence of the indisposition of ihe prisoner. On the third day. while the evidence was hej ing taken, the prisoner, coiled up cosily upon his cushion, appeared lost in dreamsi : On the fourth and fifth days he was aroused from sleep lo hear the.evidence read. An artist was in attendance the latter day. making a sketch of the prisoner as he lay on his couch. On the sixth day. the translation of a letter. : dated the 24th of March, addressed to, the late Mr. Culvil, lieutenant governor N. W. I s .,'was read, disclosing the fact that as far back as a year and a half ago secret emissaries were sent by the King of - Delhi to Persia, through the agency of one Mahomed Hussun Ulkheree, the object of which was evidently to obtain assis tance lo complete the-overthrow of British pow er in India. The perusal of the letter, which bears both the Delhi and Agra postmark, exci ted considerable , On the 7th and Blh days the prosecutor ex amined, through%he interpreter, a person nam ed Jiiimull, formerly newswriter to the lieuten ant-governor at Agra. His evidence confirmed all we have already heard concerning the cool blooded atrocities committed absolutely under the prisoner's own apartments in the palace.— The canal water, which ran through the place of execution, was, it appears, used for the pur pose of washing away all traces of the bloody deed. The “soothsayer,” Hussun Uskheree, was examined, and denied all that had been said of his wonderful powers.. The prisoner was then referred to, arid, not withstanding his recorded statement of his firm belief in the powers attributed to the witness, he denied all knowledge of him or his powers. He was reminded of his statement made but a few days previous, but all to no purpose: he completely ignored him ; arid Hussun Ifskheree was returned to his place of confinement, much to the disgust of those who expected some in teresiing revelations from him. The court (ras occupied the whole of the elev enth day with the examination of a person named Chunee. formerly editor of a native- pa per. ehtitled the Delhi News, coriducled on a novel principle, the editor's duty being to write his paper full, and then carry, it around and read to his subscribers I Cliunce concluded his evidence by .replying to a question ns to who gave the order to massacre the snropeans.:-~. • The King himself; who else could give the •order?’’ • , On- the twelfth day “ Gohim'' was examin ed. and gave some particulars of the massacre «l Europeans inside the palace, of which he was m eye-witness. . .. The prisoner’s Hakeem; Essatn colla Khan was thin called in and examined op cairn - , His evidence always broke down when coming to a cenain point, viz : enminniing the prisoner. , The prisoner'was more lively, than usual to day : declared his innocence of everything sever al limes, mid amused himself by , twisting and untwist ing a scarf around his head, and asking form siiimilam -occasiuiuiliv. A telegram received at Bombay slates that the prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced 10 transportation for life to the,Andamans. The Army Bum.—lt is,believed' the Senate army bill, winch provides' Rip,calling out two regiments of volunteers, will pasSibe House in |ts present form. There* is no foundation lor tile report that die Pfesident had concluded tp call one regiment of volunteers from Pennsyl vania aiid one, from N. Y. No such- decision lias been arrived al. Gen. Harney; and-Gon. Persifer F. 'Smith are both ordered to Utah, the latter to assume chief command of the Utah ex pedition. • ' A Marrying Man,—James R. Wilson, a swindling polygamist, lias been arrested at Philadelphia: His mode of operations appears to have been to make the acquaintance of sonic female who had money,-and induce her to mar ry him. He Would then get possession of her money and decamp, He obtained one hundred dollars from one woman in Philadelphia; $250 from another, and $BOO from a lady in Trenton in ibis way. He appears- to have operated all over the country. The Comisq Summer..—lt is- said that the Earl of Rosso, one of the first astronomers in Europe, lias told a gentleman' in England (hat he anticipates buo of the most intensely hot summers this-year that has ever been known, and ho advises farmers to build sheas for their cuttle, by way of protection against the extreme heat. Marriageable Giius for California.—Miss Surah Pellett, the reformer, has turned up again; she proposes to forward to California u consign ment of Hvo thousand marriageable girls from the—New England States. They are to bo con signed to the various divisions of, the Sons of Temperance, who'are to provide for theirwants —husbands included. CuEOcmiED.— ln a single building in Boston, on Thursday evening, there was a prayer meet ing on one floor, a boxing exhibition in the room above, and a calico ball in the upper hall. 0“ It is to be expected that the Wpr Do-: partment will shortly order a change of the uniform o' 1 the army generally, and fix upon one in accordance with the recommendation ol a board of examiners recently appointed for that purpose. Ip” During the month of February, the sum of $700,000 in double eagles was coined at the San Francisco mint. During the same month, 110 ounces of silver and 177,771 ounces of gold bullion were deposited. : [flTf At Ripley, Ohio, the proprietor of a gambling saloon was recently converted, and at his request, a daily prayer meeting was organ; ized in his rooms, and it is being carried on with great animation. TT Twn young,men named Tolly, tried at Pontiac, Mich., fur the murder of their father, have been convicted. * MSSiS VOTE IS THE HOUSE. adoption op Montgomery's substitute, Washington, April 1,1858. The.Hosso was ciilled to order at the usual hour, ami, after reading the journal, Mr. Stephens, (Georgia,) said that 1 o clock having arrived, he moved to take' up the Senate Kansas hill. < The bill was read, and Mr. Giddmgs, (Ohio,) objected to a second reading. Under the rule, the question recurred, “Shall the bill be reject ed?” . Mr. Stephens demanded the yens and nays. The vote was taken, and stood, yeas 96,nays 137. . . . , The bill was then rend a second time. Mr. Montgomery (Pa.),then oficrod the Crit tenden substitute ns amended by the Auli-Le complon Democratic Conference. , Mr. Quitman offered a substitute, which, is the same as the Senate bill, with the omission the declaratory clause, that the people have the right at all times to alter or amend their Con stitution. in such a manner ns they may think proper, etc. Mr. Humphrey Marshall wished to amend the original Senate bill, by striking out the same clause proposed to be omitted in Mr. Quit man’s substitute. . _ Mr. Stephens refused to yield the floor for that purpose, and demanded the previous ques tion. Mr. Marshall wanted Mr. Stephens’ refusal 16 bo borne in mind and entered on the record. The question was then taken on Mr. Quit man's substitute. (It was negatived —yens 72, nays 160. The question then recurred on Mr. Montgo mery’s substitute, and it was adopted—yeas 120. nays 112, ns follows; Yeas— Messrs. Abbott, Adrian, Andrews, Bennett, Billinghurst, Bingham, Blair, Bliss, Brayton, Buffington, Burlingame, Burroughs, Campbell, Case, Chaffee. Chapman, Clark of Connecticut, Clark of N. Y., Clawson,Clark B. Cochrane,' Cockerell, Colfax. Comins, Covode, Cox, Cragin, Curtis, Damrell. Davis of Mary land, Davis of Indiana, Davis of Mass., Davis of lowa, Dawes, Dona, Dick, Dodd, Dnrfee, Edie. English, Farnsworth. Fenton, Foley,Fos ter, Biddings, Gilman.Gilmer, Goosh.Goodwin, Granger, .Groesbeck, Grow. Hall of Ohio, Hall of Massachusetts. Harlan, Harris of Maryland, Harris of Illonois, llaskin, Hickman, Heard, Horton, Howard.'Owen Jones, Kellogg,Kelsey, Kilgore, Knapp, Kunkcl of Pennsylvania, Law rence, Leach, Lei ter, Lovejoy, McKibben, Mar shall of Kentucky, Marshall of Illinois, Matte son, Montgomery, Morgan,. Morrill. Morris of Pennsylvania, Morris of Illinois, Morse of Maine, Morse of New York, Moil, Murray, Nichols, Oiin, Palmer, Parker, Pendleton,Peit it. Pike, Potter, Pottle, Purviance, Ricand, Richie, Robins, Roberts, Royce, Shaw of Illi nois. Sherman of Ohio, Sherman of New York, Smith of Illinois, Spinner, Staunton, Stewart of Pennsylvania, Tappan, ’ Thayer, Thompson, Tompkins.Uridcrwood, Wade, Walbridge, Wal dron, Walton, Washburn ol Wisconsin-, Wash burn of, Maine, Washburn of, Illinois, Wilson, and Wood. Nays.— Messrs. Aid, Anderson, Arnold, At kins, Avery; Barktdale, Bishop. BocoOk. Bon ham,' Bowie, Boyce, Branch, Byran, Burnett, Burns, Caskie, Clark of Mo., Clay, Clemens, Clingman, Cobb,John Cochrane,Cornihg.Craig of Mo., Craige of N. 0., Giawford, Curry-, Davidson. Davis of Miss., Dewart, Dirnmick,- Dowdall. Edmunson, Elliott, Eustis, Paulkheit, Florence, Farnett, Gartrell, Gillis.Goode.Green wood, Gregg. Hatch, Hawkins, Hill, Hopkins, Houston, Hughes. Huylcr, Jackson, Jenkins, Jewett, Jones of Tenn., J. Glancey Junes,Kent, Kelly, Kunfcol of Md.. Lamar, La’ndy. Leidy, Letcher., Mitclay, M’Queen, Mason, Maynard, Milts. Miller, Millson, Moore. Niblack.Peyton, Phelps, Phillips, Powell, Quitman: Ready, Reagan, Reilly, Ruffin, Russell, Sinidirige, Savage, Scales. Scott. Searing, Seward, Shaw, of N. C., Shorter, Sickles. Singleton, Smith of Tcnn.V Smith, of Ya.. Slalwonh, Stephens, Stevenson. Stewart of Md., Talbot, Taylor, of ,N t.,1 Taylor of La., Trippe, Ward. AViifren, Watkins, While. Whitel.g;. Winslow.Woodson, Woi tendyke, Wfigtu of Gil., Wright of Tenn., and Zollieoffer. (Tin- vote* on the pqsnrge of Ihe hill ns nriiend “l by Montgomery's .substitute, is' precisely similar totlie above.] The iiiinouiiouiieiit w-iis greeted with m.ucli a|>[d;tn.sc (Vum . those. in (he gentleman's gui le) V- Mr. Kictt of Smith Carolina moved, that the gallery be cleared, and insisted upon the en forcement of I lie rule. [Much confusion ensued among the spec alors ] - The Speaker reminded those who applauded that I hey were not in-1 he gallery of a theatre, and said that if the indeconun were repeated, the galleries iliun siiould be ch ared; A voice from the members—Except (he la dies. . ' Another member—Certainly. The Mouse then proceeded to vole on the Se nate bill, as amended by -Mr. Montgomery’s substitute, which was,carned, yeas 120, nays 112-bemg exactly the same as the vote on the adoption of Mr. Montgomery’a- substitute. •After the annguiicement of the result the House adjourned. The bill, as thus amended, contains tlie fol- lowing provisions That'die Slate of Kansas be, and' is- hereby admitted into the Union oil an equal footing with the original States in all respects what° ever ; but inasmuch as it is greatly disputed whether the constitution formed at Uccompton. and now pending before Congress,' was fairly made.or expresses the will of the people of Kan sas, this admission of her into the Union as a Slate is here declared to be upon this funda mental condition precedent, namely, that the said constitutional instrumentshall befirst sub mitted to a vote of the people of Kansas, and assented to by them, or a'majority of the voters at an election to bo held for the purpose: and as soon as such assent shall be given and duly made known to the President of the United- Slates, he shall announce the same by procla mation; imd thereafter,and without any further proceedings on the part of Congress, the admis sion oftho said'Statc of Kansas into the Union upon an equal fooling with-the original Stales, in all respects whatever, shall he complete and absolute . At the said election the voting shall he by ballot, and by endorsing on his ballot, ns each-voter may please, “for the constitution.” or “against the constitution.” - Should the said constitution be rejected at the said election by a ' majority of votes being cast against it, then, and in that event, the inhabitants of said terri tory are hereby authorized and empowered to form for themselves a constitution and State Government by the name of the State of Kan sas, preparatory to its admission into the Un ion, according to the Federal Constitution, and to that end may elect delegates, to a Convention as hereinafter provided. Another section constitutes the Governor and Secretary. President of Council and Speaker of the House, a board of commissioners to see the elections fairly carried- out, and empowered to prescribe the time, manner and places of elec tion : after the constitution is framed by the Convention, it shall be submitted to the people or adoption or rejection ; -and that so soon as the result of said election is made known to the President of the United States, he shall issue a proclamation declaring Kansas One of the Slates ot the Union, without any further legislation on the pan of Congress.all white male inhabitants ol said territory, over the age of twenty-one years, who arc legal voters under the laws of the territory of Kansas, and none others.’shall be allowed to vote; and this .hull he the only quantisation required to -entitle the citizen to the right of suffrage in said elections. ■ PROBABLE END. OP THE FLORIDA War The Madiaon (Fla.) Messenger statoa, on reliable hia h ? Hly B ° w !pes, “lias surrendered his anoid, and is now at Tampa with his whole party, waiting the consummation of arrange moms now being made, to he transferred to the 'a 08 ! - ! V ,S , tlle ol<l gentleman was, in a shocking v nigged and dirty condition when ho presented himsell at Tampa.” ' The House Bill Ktto-Conthretl fn hv .C Senate. " Washington, April 2.185 g SENATE, After some unimportant business thn If 1 bill, as amended by the House, was fakth S* 9 The amendments were read, when Mr G , of Missouri, without further explanation S he would submit his motion to disna™. direct vote of Ihß-Senate. . fa ’ to the Mr. Bigler, of Pennsylvania, took the floor He said lie-considered the amenriim nt of tv. House as a clear violation of the principle that Congress should not interfe ° with the right of the profile of the Tcrmori,* to govern themselves. Under that principle tm had hoped to see the fraternal sight of in states—one slave and the other free—coining into the Union together. He was again s) .i" amendment, because it sets aside what the neri pie of Kansas have, already done. The amend mem provides that if the present constitution be voted down, the people of Kansas shall call a Convention to frame anew one, on which th ' President is to declare Us admission by p roc |„ e motion. Thus it becomes a Stale without con' Jng before Congress at all. What a guarantee against abuse ? Who knows if u will be repub lican in form, or may nqtcomain features inad inissable ? There are many insidious features about this measure that may please the public eve. He trusted that we are near'the close of this Kansas turmoil. He.saw in it ah element of growing mischief. The agitation of slavery is spreading like the Upas,, poisoningall thechan nelsofintercoursebetween thegrintparlksOCtinr Union,, He hoped the slavery feud may be set at rest by Kansas coming into the Union under the Senate bill. • ■ Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, said he had hoped, with the Senator from Pennsylvania, that this question would have been settled in accordance’ with those Democratic principles which had been the rule of his (Mr. Douglas’) life. Be thought that if the amendments were concurred in by the Senate, it would be the triumph of those principles, and would bring -peace and quiet. The Senators on the other side urge as a reason for the.admission of Kansas. that it * may bring peace. Why not, then, admit her? It can be done itfan, hour, by assenting to the amendments. Concur with House and the ac tion is final. Kansas is then adnaitted with the right to make a prostitution to suit her self. Let the men of all parties and sections unite in settling the contention. After reply ing to Mr. Bigler’s opinion that this would bea violation of Democratic principles, Mr. Dougins referred to the President’s message alluding to ,the Kansas Nebraska act,- and asked if the President bad abandoned the Democratic party. The object of the reference of the Constitution to a vote of the people is simply to ascertain if it is the embodiment of their will, if ft is their act and deed: and it is the duty of Congress to see that it is the embodiment of Their Will be fore 1 making it' their fundamental law. The Senator from Pennsylvania cited the case of Florida. Florida was no precedent, and proves nothing except the attempt to engraft on the action of government the principle that there is no nbed of the Constitution being the will of the people.. Such reasoning strikes atthe root of all free Government, and strikes the props from all parties, Democratic, American, and •Republican’. 1 ’ The House amendments to the Kill ■ accom plish two great points: One is, that It settles this Kansas excitement: antf another, that it recognizes tfie right of the people to frame their own institutions. Why. then, should we not all unite and vote for the amended bill mid ini-, mediately settle the Kansas dispute ? Volefnr if, and the right of the, people is reeognizedV Vote for jt. and Slates-righla and States sove reignly is preserved. Vole fop it. and thecoun try is given’peace Mr. Pugh, of Ohio; explained' the reasons ..which wonld-influenep him tn vote agamsi-the' House ■''amendments. His ■ instructions : froitv Ohio did not cover the presenr.jtmctlire. Hence, he .would exercise the right of his private jodg nienr. lie addressed hiinself to Various legal points, shfiiving.lhe innpplieiibilify of (he pro visions of.the amendment to- the cirenmstnnct'S of the case. The amendriiSnt submitted the' .Constitmion to a more contracted circle of vo ter* than have- already bn n fie slhvery clause. It is, however; futile to snlimit if to if vote, the (Vet-Slate people having a’ tiinioritv. Ihe slavery clause cannot' lie approved mid' hence die tomtliuition Would' lie voted'diiwo and the excitement lie protracted by the frniii-- mg of a new one. They must inevitable vote the Lecompion Consti(nj,ion down. ' They could do nothing else; . Even if the comma rfi; inents Were appended (o il, they must iiK-vitu-- hly vole ( firm down. He concluded by show ing that if Congress- assent to the nnieijflinellts. themselves from nil power over ■ the (.onstitii(iVm).to be, frnniedi The pnssnge of Hie amended bill would piTclpitfite (Me people' o( Kansas inio a‘new condition oCvrinrchv. . Tj[e was opposed’to it, in every shnpe /md form, and’’ considered it themost .objectionable proposiudrt' , yef submitted*. - ■ No other. Senators' visiting' to speak. Mr. , Green’s motion was put to a vote, and was- ■ agreed to—yeas 32; nays 23—consequently,- the House amendments were disagreed io. The Vote Was aS- follows-: r,. YIiA3 ~ Mtssl ' s - Allen, Bayard'. Benjamin', Btgm,. Bigler,. Bright,. Brown,' Clay, 'Evans. Fitch, Fitzpatrick',, Green, Gwin, Hammond. Houston, Hunter, Iverson, dimes. Johnson-of- Arkansas Johnson of Tenn.,KenncdV;Mnllory, Mason, Pierce Polk, Pugh. Sebastian, Slidell', Thompson ofKy.,Thompson of N. J-., Wright, Yulee 32. . ° - s—Alessrs. Bell, JJroderick, Oaincrorii Chandler, Clark. Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon'. Doolittle. Dbnglas. .Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Ilall, Hamlin, Harlan, King, Scwrf'rd.Sinimonir, Stuart, Trumbull, Wade, and Wilson—23x. - Absent —Messrs; Bates, , ’Davis; Durkec, Henderson. Keid. Sumner, ahd’ToomW . j 1 he Senate was crowded during the discuss* ion oh tfre atnendibd fail!'. There was not much 1 excitement on the announcement of vhe vote.], Why: Cousins should not Marry. In the Annual Report of tlie Superintendent of the Kentucky the Deaf and. Dumb, we find the following argument against the marriage of cousins; From, ten to twenty per ct. of deaf mutes are the children, of coufi* ins. It is greatly to bo regretted that the law ■forbidding thenjarriage of first cousins did not pass thq recent Legislature. Their marriage is a violation of the law of nature, as. is evi denced by the afflictions visited in almost every cacc upon thq offspring, in deafness, blindness, and idiocy ; and ought to be a violation of hu man laws also. The Commonwealth has the clear right to protect itself against , these ill starred matches, whoso offspring it has ,to main tain, 100 frequently for lifel It .may -ty h°p that this important subject wilhnot escape t fl action of our legislators many years longer, is confidently believed that by forbidding i° ar this kind and by proper attention an care of infants laboring under the diseases sta ed, the number of deaf mutes in tlie community might bo diminished one half in a generation* * late From Dlbli. . Sr. Louis, April B.—The Utah mail ” 1 left camp Scott on the Ist of March, has at with despatches from Col. Johnson,, widen to ho immediately despatched for, IVashinr. The troops continued in the enjoyim id •' health, and were anxiously uwiiiting the minalion of their commaiidor to proceed I coed to Salt Lake City. Col. Johnson ha“ dor his command an effective force of f° u 0 . and about 1000 animals in good ci>na ; ili<> n J “ i ther with n largo Volunteer force. The 8‘ , n impresslnn was that ho would nut wait forcemeats before making the attack- A iniinioatWi with Sait Lake City ka<i _ I1( i( tirely prohibited, and. lit tie or'uothing.k ll " ' the intentions or preparations of the ,Me to.resist the entrance pf the troops.
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