AMERICAN VOLUNTEER;
JOHN B. BMTTON, Editor & Proprietor
CARLISLE, PA., APRIL 15. 1858.
Democratic State Nominations.
SUPBEME JDDOE,
WM, A. PORTER, Of Philadelphia
CaXAE Commissioneb,
WESTLEV FROST, of Fayelte Co,
(C7* Any of our subscribers who may 'fail to
receive the Volunteer, in consequence of their,
change of residence, or those in town by the
omission of our carrier, will please notify us of |
the fact, and we will'nppb' the remedy.
Our streets aro-not particularly clean, I
But they are in much more respectable plight
than- oiir alleys. Some of these are decidedly
filthy—heaps of dirt, brush, dead cats, etc.,
lumbering up many of them nnd'l.rendering a
passage through them not only difficult, but
unpleasant.. With this beautiful spring weath
er, we say, clean up.
BuMSOKtSa.— Webhscrve that the peach,
apricot and plum trees in our vicinity, have
within the last few days, put out a luxurious
crop of blossoms, which, if not injured, prom
ise well for the fall harvest. The rain has had
much beneficial cflect. -
Tilb Ccmdetu.and Vai.ley Institute.— The
Cumberland Valley Institute at Mechanicsburg,
which was sold at Sheriff's sale in this place, on
tho 3d inst., was re-purchased by the Rev. Jo
seph S. Loose, its former proprietor. What
disposition will be made of it is yet unknown to
us, yet we hope to see an effort made to re es
tablish. its reputation as an institution of learn
ing. ," ■
full and iutesesting account of the ex
ecution of the murderers of Mrs. Garber and
Mrs. Reamer, bf Lancaster county, will be
found in to-day’s Volunteer. The murderers
made a full confession of their guilt.
Newspaper Bohuowehs.— Wc have occa
sionally said a few words on the subject of
. newspaper.borrowing, showing how unjust tho
practice is to the publisher and subscriber, both,
of whom expend their money in such cases to
• but little purpose. Were there no lending of
newspapers, the habit of borrowing would soon
be broken up, and'all readers would be placed
upon the samelooling. We are. aware that it
docs hot seem neighborly or accommodating to
refuse the loan of a newspaper to a friend, nor
do wc find fault with single instances—it is,the
confirmed habit which operates so much against
our interests, Wc are satisfied that many
families in our town regularly read the Volun
teer, whose names have never been upon our
■list. WeWahtto give all such a chance of
subscribing for themselves, and thus help pay
the expenses of publication. Therefore, wc au
thorize all newspaper lenders to throw the blaine
of a refusal upon us, and request them, as far
as is. consistent with their own feelings, to
discontinue the practice of lending to all cases
where the borrower is able in subscribe for a
Copy himself. •
, Depreciated Bask. Notes. —lt is worthy of
remark tbat a large proportion of the currency
now in circulation in this vicinity is made up of
the issues of the York Banks—much of the re
mainder being Gettysburg, Chambersburg.and
Harrisburg. The most apparent reason for
this is that these Banks do not keep their issues
at par in Philadelphia—and, as the Banks
there do not care to receive them at par on de
posit, large numbers of them arei kept in circu-.
tation—no doubt to the great profit of the
Banks concerned. We believe there is no doubt
of the entire solvency of these Banks, but it
would be a great convenience to business men
if the notes of our local banks and those of Phil
adelphia could be substituted lor this-deprecia
ted ipaper.
The Deficiency Bill. —One of the most im
portant bills of the session {the Deficiency .Bill,)
passed the House on Saturday by a small ma
jority—a number of Southern Democratic mem
bers voting against it. Had it not been .that
several Republicans voted for this urgent meas
ure of - pubhVnecessily, it wduld have been de
feated. The chief objeot'of the bill is to pro
vide means for the Utah expedition. It now
goes to. the Senate.
Bust- as Bees.—The Farmers, men and hor
ses are now in active service from early dawn
till dusk, preparing the ground to receive the
seed and yield the bountiful harvest.
DCT’ltis indeed wonderful to read in the
newspapers of the day, accounts of the religious
excitement which prevails in every section of
the country. So remarkable is i t that, the most
careless and indifferent are induced to stop and
reflect, and wonder where these things are to
end. The papers teenrwith incidents of.the re
vival, and columns are devoted to the subject.
One would imagine that all the newspaper Edi
tors-in the land had turned Religious Reporters.'
The Kansas Bill—The llodsb adheres
•tb its Amendment. —ln the House, on Thurs
day, the Kansas bill as returned from the Sen
ate, was taken up. Mr. Montgomery moved to
odAcrc to the House amendment. On putting
the question to vote, the motion to adhere was
sustained by a vote of 119 yeas to 111 nays, the
same vote as before, one less pair, Mr. Humph
rey Marshall, of Kentucky, and Mr. Bowje, of
Maryland. Thus again has the House rejected
the Senate bill for the admission of Kansas into
the Union under the Lccomptpn Constitution.
The Spring Trade has fairly commenced,
and the stores are thronged with customers,
who must be fastidious not to find sometfainglo
gratify their (astesamongthe choice assortments
offered.
The Remains op Col. Benton. —The re
mains of Col. Benton were taken to Missouri,
going by way of the Relay, over the Baltimore
and. Ohio Railroad to Wheeling.
[JZy We have examined the peach buds at
different points in this locality, and find them
uninjured.
■ QZy The wheat.crop is generally represented
as looking well and promising fair.
[£7> A full regiment of Volunteers for Utah,
from. Pennsylvania, is now fully organized. A
committee from Philaelphialeft for Washington
to tender their services to the President. It is I
believed they will be accepted. I
THE EXTRA PAT SWINDLE,
After much coquetting and dodging, the Sen
ate haa also passed the House section of the
Appropriation Bill, which allows each member
$2OO extra pay. .Wo expected bolter.conduct
of tl.c Senate—we could hot believe that (bat:
body contained a majority of men who wore!
bold enough and dishonest enough to take ad- J
vantage of their own position to rob flic people’s
treasury of sonic $28,0001 Wo woie mistaken,
however —flits swindle has been accomplished.
Hoir any member who lias voted for this ex
tra-pay robbpry can return to his constituents
and look them in the face, is jnove ihan no can
understand. We hope that every man who, for
$2OO, was tempted to support the swindle—no
difference what.party ho belongs to—may he
hissed at by the people ho has misropi'osented,
and be consigned to political oblivion forever.
1 Poor weak humanity I—“the temptation of a
little money,” to use tho words of a cotempo
rary, “ hasprovod too powerful to he resisted
by a weak majority o( grave and dignified Sen
ators, who might have boon supposed superior
to such mercenary considerations. Alter first
negativing a motion to restore-the extra pay
clause, by a fie vote—l 2 to 12—when tho bill
was in Committee of the Whole, and afterwards
voting down a similar proposition when 'it was
on second reading, by tho close vote of 12 to 18,
a reconsideration of the last vote was obtained,
and the motion finally prevailed—l 6 to 14. Our
dinitteresled Legislators may therefore consider
their “extra grab” into tho Treasury as lawfully
secured to them, unless tho Governor should
take the responsibility of vetoinj the whole Ap
propriation Bill on this ground, which is not
likely, although the people would sustain him
in doing so, beyond a doubt.
The people of Pennsylvania are not averse to
paying their public servants fair salaries; and
if a proposition to raise the, pay of their Legis-’
lators had been fairly, submitted to them, and
urged upon proper grounds, they, would proba
bly' have made no serious objection to it.. But
tliatj at tins timo of all others—when thousands
of industrious citizens are unable to And any
employment, and others can, only obtain work
at greatly reduced wages j and when many a
poor man is uuahle to earn even enough to pay
his taxes—that the Representatives of the'peo
ple should, at such a time, without deigning to
, consult, with their constituents, coolly vote some
$28,000 (this is what the extra pay to members
and officers amounts to) of the public money
into their own pockets, without rendering a
particle of extra service, or having incurred any
extraordinary expenses their usual
duties, is so flagrant a violation of confidence,
and so great an outrage upon the principles of
common honesty, as to call for the severest rep
rehension. If this unwarrantable dratt upon the
Public Treasury is suffered to be made without
complaint or objection, what assurance can the
people have that it will not be repeated, at
another session, upon a much larger scale ?”
The following is the vote in the Senate upon
I the passage of the swindle
Teas —Messrs. Bell, Coffey, Crosswoll, Fin
ney, Francis, Gazzarn, Gregg, Harris, Ingram
Marselis, Myer, Randall, Rutherford, Scholl,
'Straub and Wilkins—l6l '
Nats— Messrs. Baldwin, Brewer, Btickaigw.
Craig, Ely. Evans." Fetter, Knox, Lanbach,
Schaeffer, Steele, Turney, Wright and Welsh,
Speaker —l 4.
The Franking Privilege.— There is noone
abuse of power that demands more speedy re
form than this. The indiscriminate manner in
which it is used by those entitled to it, for the
purpose of conferring personal favora, has call-,
ed the attention of the community to its enor-.
mity, and there is strong ground for ’demand'
ing its abolishment. As members of (he Leg
islature are-year after year voting themselves
greater pay, we see no reason why they should
longer be permi[ted‘also to burden the State
with the very heavy expense.of postage, which,
to the extent of nearly one-half, is not attribu
table, to its legitimate source. No other reform
is more seriously to be wished for than in re
gard to this subject.
Tire Army Bill Signed.— The bill provid
ing lor.raising one regiment of Volunteers lor
the protection. of the frontiers of Texas,' and
two regiments for service in the Utah expedi
tion;, was signed by..the President on-Thuas
day. Had the Deficiency Appropriation bill
passed, it is said the President would have ’im
mediately accepted one regiment from Ohio and
another probably from Kentucky, The Wash
ington correspondent of the Philadelphia Jngur
rer writes that Mr. Buchanan staled to one of
our members of Congress, that no Volunteers
would be required from Pennsylvania.
| Commissioners to Utah.—lt is now confi
dentially asserted that Gov. Powell, and Major
the Peace Commissioners to Utah,
will be inslructed to assure the Mormons that
it is not the desire of the President and the
United States authorities to-make war upon
thcm.butto secure the enforcement of thelnws,
to which end they will be counselled-to partici
pate. The commisioncrs will also inform them
that some troops will be retained in the Territo
ry to protect emigrants to the Pacific from the
attacks of hostile Indians.
The Commissioners will go with the next re
■einforocmcnts dispatched to Utah.
Hon. Thomas L, Harris. —We see by an
article in the Washington States, that- tbehcallh
of this gcalleman is not only in a precarious,
but an extremely critical condition* and that
his approaching dissolution is hourly expected.
The Slates thinks it probable ihat the exertion
of being carried to the House, to vote on the
Kansas bill, will hasten his demise. The coun
try will remember with pride his distinguished
services as a.Eoldier and a statesman, and will
most sincerely lament the untimely end of one
so young and gifted.
DC7“ The Democratic City Convention in Phil
adelphia, has nominated the following ticket
for City Officers to be voted for at the May elec
tion; For Mayor, Richard Vaux ; City Solici
tor, James H. Randall; Receiver of Taxes,
Charles Worrell; City Controller, William Cur
tis ; City Commissioner, Thomas Ellis.
DZyjhe New York “Red Republicans” are
about completing the record of their folly by
getting up a monster funeral, ovation in honor
of Orsini and Pierri, who attempled the assass
ination of the Emperor Napoleom
CZ7* Colonel James S. Wallace, for. many
years connected with Philadelphia journalism,
has assumed the management of the Louisville
Theatre.
Connecticut Election.—W. A. Bucking
ham, the Republican candidate for Governor,
has been elected by about 5,000 majority.—.
I Both Houses of the Legislature will be Republi
can by a large majority.
STUPENDOUS UDEL SUIT.
The Herald stntcs that Fernando Wood, cx
,Major of New York, is about to bring against
the New York Tribune, the nibst magnificent
I libel suit ever instituted in this l ommtry. The
alleged libels were published in the Tribune in
the course of the three or four years that Mayor
Wood was in office, and includes many charges
against him both in his public and private ea,
paoity. When the Mayor was in office he did
not feel called upon to notice these publica
tions ; but now that ho has retired from all po
litical excitements, since the recent election, he
feels obliged, out of regard for the reputation of
himself and family, to demand a complete and
thorough investigation, yhich will result, he
is convinced, in a complete vindication of his
character in public and private life. In pursu
ance of this-resolution we are informed, says the
Herald, that Mr. Wood has secured the servi
ces of several eminent lawyers, and that the case
will not contain less than seven hundred ■and
fifty distinct libels —principally clinrgesof swind
ling- thieving, forgery and 'other opprobrious
offences, and founded upon certain remote com
mercial transactions which can bo easily eS
plained. The array of counsel in the case is
one of the greatest ever known at this bar, and
the parlies will be proceeded against by crimi
nal indictments as well ns in.the civil courts,
and thus the. whole matter will be thoroughly
investigated.
Duelling in Loustana. —From- the Young
America of March 27th, published' in the par
ish of St. John the Baptist, La., wo extract the
following: “ A hostile meeting took place on
Monday, 22d Inst., between Mr. J. Williams
and Mr. A. Burch, which resulted fatally to
the latter. The difficulty originated in the set
tlement of an account. The weapons were
double-barrelled shot guns, distance forty pa
ces.. At the first fire, the bullet of Williams
took effect on his opponent, shattering bis arm
and passing through the body. killing him in
stantly. Burch was a hard working,
ous man, with a largo family entirely dependent
upon him for their support. We understand
that he has left a widow with' seven children,
all of them too young to be able to do anything,
toward maintaining themselves.
‘‘On the Tuesday following, another duel
with rapier sword's took place between Mr.
Ernest, Lc Gendre, editor of the Meachacehe.
and Mr. Gustave Furrate. The former received
a slight wound in the breast, while the latter
merely a scratch on the hand.’!
A Man of Nerve. —The European papers
contain lengthy- accounts of the evidence elicited
in regard to the conspiracy- to take the life of
the French Emperor in January last. Orsini,
the leading spirit in the affair; seems to .have
been a man of remarkable nerve. He manufac-
tured the fulminating powder, with which the
shells were charged, in England, and transpor
ted it to Franco in wet cloths. Subsequently it
became necessary to get it perfectly- dry, and
ho held it before a fire for the purpose, thermo
meter iii band, to regulate the heat, at the emi-,
nent risk of bringing upon himself the awful
death he was preparing for Louis Napoleon.
The ascent of the mercury one degree might
have produced an explosion and blown him to
atoms.
Death from Lightning.— During a thun
der'gust on Monday evening, a young man,
aged about nineteen years, named Sappuel D.
Hall, son of Air. Samuel Hall, residing on the
Philadelphia road,'.about seven miles from Bal
timore, was struck by lightning and instantly
killed. He was crossing a field, was not under
a tree, and within a hundred yards of his fath
er’s door, when ho was struck down.
Flood in the Mississippi. —Accounts
from St. Uouis speaks of a great rise in the
Mississippi and Arkansas rivers. Whole cot
ton plantations are said to be under water, and
the town of Napoleon submerged some places
to the depth of ten feet. But few places will
escape inundation between the mouth of the
White river and the Louisiana lino.
Tiued of Kansas.—We have not seen a bet
ter hit than thgifollowing at the monopoly of the
press by the eternal Kansas question!. .
“ The editor who threatened to write two col
umns a week about Kansas unlesshis delinquent
subscribers; paid up,, says that- everyone has
squared up Ins account, and three hundred and
seventy paid for one year in advance.”
Rhode Island Election. —The:- election -in
Rhode Island-has resulted in the success of the
“American Republican” ticket- for-State offi
cers, and the same party has eleoled'amajorily
of bothbranctas of the.Lcgislature.-
Plenty of Shad.— The season’ for shadi so
far, stands unprecedented in regard to supply.
The Philadelphia Jlrgvs of Saturday, speaking
of tlid great luck of the fishermen, soys : -
“ Wo have.heard.of hauls ranging from one
hundred and "(iffy up to three thousand six hun
dred, at the various fisheries-on tho river Dela
ware ; particularly those in the rogion.ofßrides
burg, and northward to Trenton.”
Main Line Pennsylvania Canal.— The
canal is now open and boats passing upon it at
all points between Huntington and Columbia.
11l a few days the entire canal to Pittsburg will
be navigable. '
O” “Ho that giveih to the poor lendeth to
the Lord.” He who payelh the printer his
just dues layeth up -treasures in heaven—that
of being an honest man. Bring on your dol
lars.
DZy The Legislature of Virginia has appro
priated $2,000 for the removal of the remains
of President Monroe from the city of New York
to the groves of Hollywood, in Virginia.
O’ During the temporary absence of the
cashier, the Grafton Bank, at Grafton, Massa
chusetts, was entered, on Wednesday, and $12,-
000 stolen, $7,000 of which was in bills of the
denomination of $lOO.
.[izy President Buchanan had a long inter
view with Senator Benton the evening before he
died. Associated os they have been in public
affairs for half a century, the meeting between
the two statesmen was one of thrilling interest.
DZy The Democratic ticket was successful at
the municipal'election.held at Brooklyn, N. Y.,
on Tuesday. . .
Ty An important arrest of counterfeiters
was mhde in Allegheny city on Friday.
DZy Ex-Govcrncr Pollock has been elected a
School Director of the borough of Milton, where
ho resides.
We Sustain Oar "Patriotic, President.
Wo have the proud satisfaction fi( knowing-,
says the Genvts oj*Liberty, and regard it as a
matter lo he boasted of, that the incorruptible
and lion hearted Democracy of Payette county
stand firmly by the position of President Bu
chanan, and sustained him in the present try
ing'erisis. Wherever meetings have been held
in our county resolutions unequivocally- sus
.taining the President have been-adopted. and
the utmost enthusiasm has prevailed whenever
the name of the gallant old chieftain Who sits
in the executive chair has‘been mentioned.—
Why should it not be so ? We see the vetfran
statesman of sixty years experience, conscious
of the right and firm in his purpose to ninin
lain it. Like the Patriot Jackson, in the days
of his warfare against the mammoth Bank,
President Buchanan is'violently assailed by all
the enemies of the-Democratic party, and op
posed by many leading men of his own party,
and like “ Old Hickory” Mr. Buchanan calmly
awaits the final struggle and sits unmoved
against lhe : thousand thunder-bolls that are
aimed at his devoted head. We are proud to
stand by such a man. He who has sworn to
support the laws, and firmly resolves to do it,
regardless of threatenings and abuse,.deserves
the support and encouragement of the people:
and it is gratifying to know that the great ma
jority of the Democratic masses of the country
are determined to stand by and sustain Our
worthy Chief Magistrate.
Tlie Seventeen-Year Old Hot Preacher.
The St. Louis Democrat says of ycung Mr.
Fuller, who is called, the ‘-Boy Preacher,” who
is aged hut seventeen years, that he has within
the last five wpeks delivered in Marion county
fifty-four sermons; and been instrumental in
the conversion of one hundred and forty-four
persons. He has befn licensed to' preach only
about two months, during which time he has
delivered upward of fifty discourses, and two
hundred and forty persons have been converted
through .his.instrumentality. It is said that he
never studies his sermons or makes any notes,
and frequently does not select his text until ho'
rises up in the p'ulpit to preach ; and yet, it is
said that ho two of his discourses are alike, ei
ther in point of argument or composition". He
speaks most eloquently, and uses the most
chaste and beautiful language. Calls to preach
at various points are daily pouring in upon
him, ' -.
African Aristocract.—ln one of-his lot
lers from Mobile, Parson Brownlow says.:—
“ At three o'clock I attended, with the Bishop,
at the newly erected African church, and heard
him preach to, them an appropriate and effective
sermon. There are several colored congrega
tions in the city, but this is the colored aristo
cratic church, with a'-membership of seven hun
dred and fifty, and an able and excellent preach
er, appointed so serve them by the Albania
-Conference. The house is of brick, about eigh
ty by sixty, with immense galleries—plain; but
substantial in its finishi It cost §7,000 36,-
000 of . which was paid by the. negroes; and
they all slaves at that!. It seats one thousand
two hundred persons,'•but bn this occasion there
were one thousand five, hundred crowded into
it. While I was reclining on a sofa in the
pulpit, behind the Bishop, I was amazed in
looking over the vast sea of heads, and the up-,
turned faces
congregation, who; with their hymn books-in I
hand, sung most delightfully.'- They- politely
surrendered a few of their front seats to many
ladies and gentlemen, mostly their owners, and
citizens of the first character, who attended
church, and they, crowded into the galleries.’'
(C?” An*fotcrcsling suit for breach of mar.
yiage contract was recently concluded at Char
don. Ohio! Susan Garris sued John Sumner,
who.had courted her for,fourteen years, during
4|hich time he had made several appointments
to marry her. Susan had spent a great deal of
affetion.on John, and a Smart chance of money
oh white dresses, new bonnets, &c., in expecta
tion of an - occasion that never occurred, as
John, after courting Susan to the shady side of
forty, abandoned her, and married a wife in
New-York.- Susan.sued him, and.thejury al
lowed her damages'tothe tune of $lO,OOO.
O'The aggregate wealth- of the United
States amounts to twelve thousand.’ million of
dollars, and the population is twenty-four, mil
lions of souls. The .wealth, divided by the pop
ulation, gives five hundred dollars to each per
son y oung and'oldand-, coun ting dye persons
to each family, it would give the handsome lit
tle fortune of twenty-five hundred dollars to
every family of the republic, not excluding the
slaves.
. .-"..r'.v#, f
[EF” An arrival at St. Josephs, Mo., brings
the important intelligence that Brigham Young
had. very modestly, notified Col. Johnston to
leave the Territory of Utah by the 10th of
March, and, as a tangible evidence of his hind
intentions, had-generously offered to supply the
American array, with provisions ample sufficient
to last- them, until they were but of ail danger
from hisvnliantsaints. Woopine that thopro.
visions will',go. begging. President • Buchanan
has' issued another proclamation to Brigham
Young and his followers, offering a general am.
nesty in case of a return to allegiance.
I£7” Gen. Henderson, U. S. Senator from
Texas, is said to bq far gone in consumption.
Gen. Davis, of Mississippi, is still in a precari
ous condition. He has lost the sight of one eye
entirely.
The preparations for n second attempt
to lay the Atlantic Telegraph Cable are pro
gressing in England, four hundred additional
miles of the cable having just been completed,
and three hundred m° re tor casualties having
been ordered, making, in all, about three thou
sand miles of cable-
, lE7" Two young men, Delvins, who’killed
their brother-in-law in Washington,on Tuesday
afternoon, have been fully committed to answer
the crime- The accused are sons of the late
Lieut. John S. Devlvin, of the Marine Corps.
One is a member of the bar, and the other a
student at law.
K 7” A very destructive fire occurred at Wil
liamsport, on Wednesday. The loss will ex
ceed $20,000.
O’ An Italian in Chicago, worth upwards
of $20,000, who owns five houses on Milwaukee
avenue, has seven or eight girls in his employ,
begging and stealing.
O” An Ohio regiment of Volunteers has been
tendered thod’resident, for services in. Utah.
• DEATH OF THOMAS 11. BENTON.;
Tiiomas llart Bkntox— thelast of our, Au
gustan'age, the cotemporary of some, ofstho
founders of the Republic, and of all of ihat gal
axy of statesmen who may be said to have 1 be
gun their career during and shortly after the
second war with Great Britain—breathed his
last-, on Saturday, the 10th of April, 1858, at
the capital of the Federal Union.
Although this event was not unexpected by
his countrymen, the announcement will occa
sion profound and almost universal sensation.
He was the only living tie that closely connec
ted the present with the illustrious men of other
days, and when he departs the scene ot so many
(rials common to these great actors and himself,
all Americans will, feel as if one Of the noblest
monuments of intellect, and one of the most
- imposing characters in history, had vanished
; from the earth. There was a stern endurance,
a Roman courage, an inflexible will in this man,,
that made him insensible to danger, and ena
bled him to perform prodigies of labor, alike of
body and of brain. To these qualities, and to
his regular and temperate habits, the people are
indebted for the wonderful productions and the
extraordinary services which will make his
name a household word long after his errors
have.been forgotten.
Colonel Benton was born at Hillsborough,
Orange county, North Carolina, on the 14th of
March, 1782, and was educated at Chapel Hi|l
College, in that State. His ancestors were
among the leaders of the Revolution of 1775,
and added .very materially'to the service of the
country during that dark and bloody crisis.—
The family of Harts, from which he isdescen
ded on the mother's side, was one of the most
active in that State furtherance of the so De
ment of Kentucky, and it is even at the present
day a matter of pride with North Carolinians to
cite the historical fact that the people of their
State (and among them the Hahts) were the
strongest supporters. of the famous Daniel
Boone in his pioneer enterprise. It was from
such sterling stock that Mr. Benton derived
the energy and perseverance which entered so
largely as elements into his'character.
' His father havingdied when Thomas was on
ly eight years of age, his . mother removed to
Tennessee to settle bn a tract of land belonging
to the, estate. Here he studied law, and be
came prominent in his profession : was chosen
to the Legislature for one term, in which he
rendered signal services, made the acquaintance
of General Jackson, then Judge of the Supreme
Court, and Major-General of the State, and re
ceived from him the appointment of Aid-de-
Oanip, which gave him the title of colonel, which
he bore to the close of his career. He was in
1813, appointed a lieutenant colonel in the ar
my, by President Madison, but resigned when
the peace was made. His intimacy with Jack
son was disturbed by a violent and bloody.)
quarrel, bitt was afterwards renewed, aftd con
tinued with all itsferver down to theday of the
death of the great hero and sage.
He removed in the year 1815 to Missouri,
then a slightly populated territory of the United
States. He was a Senator in Congress for thir
ty years. Ilis Senatorial; fife commenced in
1820; when he was elected by the Legislature
of Missouri before the formal admission of that
Territory as a Stale into the Union; He became
identified intimately with the politics of that
State, whose admission caused the most memo
rable struggle in the history ofthc country. He
early rose to a prominent position in the Senate
where his oratorical efforts commanded univer
sal attention and respect.— Forney's Press
Magnificent Bequest;— Charles- MoMick
oh, who died recently in Cincinnati, bequeaths
tp that city SBOO.OOO for a University, for the
education and care of orphans. Mr. McMicken
made his will in Philadelphia irt 1855. and- has
modelled his University after Girard college.
The.testator likewise remembered-all his rela
tives in some degree, being most liberal to his
brother, Mr. Andrew McMicken, who resides
(upon a farm in Illinois. His- next largest be
quest was to a niece, who has resided with him
some years. ■ The balance of his devices are to
nieces and nephews in .Philadelphia. The val
ue ot his property, which is in Cincinnati, Lou
isiana, Texas and Missouri, is computed at a
sum considerably exceeding a million of dollars
,r. McMicken was born in Bucks county, Pa,,
in 1782, and was aged 76 years when he died.
In 1803 he crossed the Alleghenies,with a horse,
saddle and bridle, which . were then his entire
properly.
* Narrow Escape op two Ladies' prom
Death.—As the last train on the Central Road
was going by the old depot, at Phillipsburg,on
Thursday night last, a bullet was fired into
the last car by some unknown person, which
very nearly deprived two ladies, residing at
Easton, Pa., of their lives. .Mrs; J. Dawes,one
of the ladies, who so narrowly escaped, says
that the bullet passed not more than a foot from
where she and the other lady, who was bn the
same seat, sat, and that if it had entered the
next window of the car they would have been
killedi There were very few persons, besides 1
the ladies) in the car at the time, and whether
the shot wos intended for them, or was acciden
tal, is not yet. known, The flash of the gun
was seen by one or two gentlemen, but it was
so dark that they could not distinguish the per
son who fired the pistol, or discover how he was
dressed. The bullet was found in the car on
the following morning. No one is able to ac
count for the affair. Some think that the bul-'
let was aimed at the conductor by an unknown
enemy, others .believo that it was accidental.
Resumption in Virginia—The Virginia
Legislature has passed, an act fixing the .first
of May for the resumption of specie payments
by the Banks of that State. A bill ha? also
been passed requiring the banks to establish an
agency in Richmond or Baltimore, for the re
demption of their notes.
Lynch Law. —At Monongahela city, (Pa.,)
a drunken fellow, having beaten his children ;
driven his wife out of doors, and carried into
the night air a child of his sick with the scarlet
fever, his neighbors gathered, took him from
his bed, carried him to the Monongahela river,
and washed and ducked him till he promised to
reform. Served the rascal right.
A New Kind op Game.— The Philadelphia
correspondent of the New York Dispatch es
off the following:, “A new dodge was perpe
trated in Second street market on Saturday. A
young man named Jackson wasarrested for vi
olating the game laws. He glued cows’ hair to
the tails of wharf rats and sold them for squir
rels.-. The man who made the complaint was a
gentleman from Germany.” '
Purchase op Mount Vernon The La
dies’ Mount Vernon Association of Virginia,
formally entered into a compact, on the 6th in
stant, for the purchase of Mt. Vemon. Price
$200,000. , .
DCT” Blair county has eighteen Representa-
tives in the Western Penitentiary—a larger
number than any other county except Alleghe
ny. ' I
O Zr" The Grafton Bank, of Grafton, Mass.,
was robbed of twelve thousand dollars on.Wcd-
nesday.'
the Condition of Mexico,
Not only at Washington, but all over the
country, the present unhappy condition of the
Mexican republic is exciting 'attention, and
many believe that a crisis is approaching in her
affairs, when it will be the duty of the United
States Government to assume such a position
.towards our sister republic ns will prevent her
from again becoming the prey of despotic influ
ences at home, or being made the football of
European schemes and tyranny. A corres
pondent of the Pennsylvanian, writing from
Washington, says “ that it is probable that
Mexico is even now so divided that she can nev
er bo united under one government again.—
Some of the northern provinces have declared
themselves a sepnra c republics schemes are in
progress for wresting other portions from the
hands of her military .'despots by means of A
mcrican colonization ; and more than one State
is ready and anxious to unite its destiny to our
confederacy. Under all these circumstances,
We should pursue a prudent and firm policy
towards her, and such we have no doubt, is the
President’s determination. An able and
seeing statesmsn will be sent to Mexico to rep-'
resent our Government there, and the next
twelve tnonlhs, may witness great changes in
the political aspect of this continent.”
Washington Cm- is fast earning a very,
unenviable reputation. A late letter from that,
city says:
Murder stalks in the midst of the community
here, and outrages of every character arc per
petrated daily. At night tithe the streets are
almost deserted, and those who go abroad go
always armed with knife or revolver.
A Negro sold at Auction in’ Boston.—
The Boston Courier, of tho 24th- nit,, has the
following: “Messrs. Barbour & Son sold at auc
tion yesterday, the old wooden buildings at the
• corner of Sudbury and Portland streets, to
make room for improvements. The auctioneer
stated that he would sell to the highest bidder,
the buildings and their “contents,” with the
exception of the bricks, and stone, but was
quite surprised, if not alarmed, upon being
subsequently informed that one of the buildings
contained a negro tenant, at tho time of sale.
The black man,'it is said, was once a Southern
slave, although a free man at the present lime.
This little incident created considerable merri
ment, aa tho auctioneer is known to be some
what ultra in his.anti-slavery views.”
Failure op the Sebastopol Expedition—
We regret to leariij as-we do through the Jute
news from Europe, on the entire failure of the
expedition fitted out mainly from Philadelphia,
under a charter granted by the Legislature of
this Slate, at its last session, to raise the sunk
en Russian fleet in the harbor of’Sebastopol.
The attempt, it seems, has been a; total failure
—not. a vessel has been recovered, and the force
of shipping engaged in- the attempt has been
withdrawn and’Ojfered for sale. , The difficulty
seems to have arisen from the perfect riddling
ol the ships by the worms, rendering them so
porous that the water flowed in almost as fast
as it was pumped out. .. .
Another Fight- in Congress. —A Wash
ington correspondent of the Philadelphia Argus.
in his letter of Monday, says : .
“Immediately after the reading of the jour
nal, the House adjourned, in order to afford
members the opportunity of attending the fun
eral ceremonjcs of Mr. Benton, this afternoon.
Nearly all the members who lingered in the hall
after the Hquse adjourned, conversing either in
groups or• iii their seats, were startled by a fight
between Mr. Cfaige, of- North Carolina, and
Mr. Helper, the author of the book called the
‘lmpending Crisis.‘formerly of North Carolina.
They had just before been • angrily engaged in
conversation. Crowds marched in and sep
arated the combatants, while they were engag
ed in dealing heavy blows.
Mr. Helper was temporarily taken in charge
by ihe Seargent-al-Arms. A number of ladies
who wefe.on the floor at the time, were fright l
ened witnesses of the disgraceful proceedings.
Navigating the Air,-— Considerable excite
mcni was created in-Columbia county, Arkan
sas, on the 24th ult., by the sudden appear
ance, of a genius, named Ben. Johnson, from
Harrison county. Mo., in a baloon to which
thiriy wild geese were harnessed. He said he
had been travelling in mid-heaven: for nearly ;
forty-eight hours, and thought it about time to
come down for “fodder.” The story reads like
a hoax, but is testified to as truth by respecta
ble witnesses.
Elopement.— At Cincinnati, a few days
since, a young heiress, from Kentucky, eloped
from a boarding school and married a-Kentuck
ian who had been forbidden by her guardian to
see her. She escaped from the school disguised
in boys’ clothes, which were sent to. her by her
lover. They started off on a tour to spend the
honeymoon. She isa'minor, buton arriving at
legal age will'inherit afortuneofat least $lOO,-
000. Her lover is without means;
Decadence op Lawrence, Mass A- resi
dent of some years in that city, writes us that
the stagnation of business and dearth of em
ployment are greater there than in any man
ufacturing town of New England. Twelve
months ago the population was reckoned" at
15,000 ; by the first of May it will hot exceed
10,000. The, writer adds. “Hundreds are
leaving for California, and as many more for
Minnesota and the West. Yet there are many
hundreds who are too poor to emigrate any
where. Such are now suffering from want, and
must get away-into our farming towns next
month. They cannot slay hero. The Irish
population are scattering rapidly.”
A Club.'—A white-linen shirt, and a coarse
cotton undershirt, splattered with blood, have
been found in a hole near tho scene of the brutal
murder, last fall, of Hiss Adaline Bavor, near
Hohrsville, Berks co., Pa., and is supposed to
have belonged to the murderer. It is hoped
this discovery may lead to the detection of the
guilty party.
Emigrants. —One thousand six hundred and
ninety-six emigrants passed oyer the Pennsyl
vania railroad during the month of March last
—an increase of sovepty-six over the same
month last year-
FlourTnspbotoh.— Geo. M. Lautnan, Esq.,
recently appointed by Gov. Packer, has entered
upon the discharge of his duties.
Be-Appointed. —Mr. Wm. J. Mullin,Prison
Agent, has received from Gov. Packer a, com
mission, giving him authority to visit the pris
ons of this State,
tp* The receipts of produce which reach
Philadelphia.from the West, by the Pcnnsylva
nia Railroad, are steadily increasing.
From Forney’s Press.
, The Manheim Tragedy.
Execution of Anderson and Richards forth
' Murder 6f Mrs. Garber and Mrs. Ream at
Lancaster. Pa.—Great Excitement— Ander.
soli’s Confession. 1 • , 1 , '
On Friday; the negroes, Alexander Anderson
and Henry Richards, convicted ol the murder
of Mrs. Garber and Mrs. Bourn, expiated their
crime on the. gallows, at Lancaster. ' r
■ The prisoners, at an early hour in,the morn
ing Were making their final preparations (or the
awful moment, and were spending their few lust
minutes with their spiritual anvisers. 81
Anderson was a tall, interesting-looking n ,n
lotto, about forty years of age. with long, hl iek 1
curly hair and whiskers, and exhibiting the most
contrition of the two for the murder. Ife wrnt'
a coiifesioo of his effmo and a history of h'°
life, which, with the circumstances of Hie m „- a
der and an account of his execution, ispuhii.i,'
od by Mr. H. A. Rookafleld, of Lancaster f ,"
the benefit of Anderson’s wife and children ~
The volnmo is illustrated with portraits of Rich.
aids and Anderson'.
Richards wnsyounger than Anderson, smooth
"laced, short and stout. He was. also blacker
than his companion. -He told different and con
tradictory stories about his connection with the
murder, and generally endeavoring to fasten'the
bloody deed on Anderson. It was only after
long and tedious endeavors, on'the part of his
clerical friends that ho at last confessed to his
share in the horrid deed..
Tlie morbid curiosity to see the execution was
intense. Nohouses within the vicinity of (ho
jail wore high enough to overlook (ho walls, hut
some Yankees had greeted a platform on .'two
or three tree-tops; capable of accommodating'
some hundreds of. spectators. This stand was:
rented out to curious individuals at a dollar a.
head, and, long before (ho hour of execution
was crowded to excess by a number of males
and a small number, of females! One or (wo
oilier, rickety contrivances' were creeled, and
rented mit'at exorbitant prices. The yard lead
ing to the main entrance was crowded by a largo
number of spectntnra...engerly peering through
the iron gratings. The night .previous | 0 tho
execution both convicts received .the holy,com
munion. . ",
Anderson was awake all nighL engaged in de
votional exercises; but Richards slept’a little.
In the morning they dressed themselves for
their execution. Anderson in white pants and
plain white shirt, and Richards in white pants,
shirt and white fOnndabout, with white gloves.
An affecting scene occurred during Ihe morn-,
,ing. which drew fears from tho eyes of many a
stern, strong man. This was Anderson’s last
: meeting with his wife and family,
After Anderson wasnotiflod that his last hour
had arrived, lie thanked the Sheriff : for all his
kindness, and after a short inlerview with Mr.
Garber, Mr-Ream, and his father-in-law, pre
pared to die.
The death-warrant of Governor Packer au
thorized the execution fb take -place- between
the hours often and two o’clock. The Sheriff
was disposed-fo execute them at’twelve, and so 1
staled to the prisoners. But they declared their
anxiety to pass through tho dread ordeal with
ns little delay ns possible, and according]! - fixed 1
the hour at eleven, Or ns soon as possible.. A
little previous, nil the visiters and friends of the’
condemned .withdrew, and their last half hoiir •
was spent in close communion with their spirit-'
nnl advisers. Their demeanor Was marked and'
characteristic.' Anderson was calm; composed,-
and resigned. Richards also was calm and tv- '
signed.
... Tno final preparations nil. being made, (ho
prisoners p’-occeded to. (ho gallows. They, as
cended the stairs-with a firm step, and hy di
rection of the Sheriff knelt, down in their reaped--
five positions, immediately under tho hooks
which wore to receive the fatal cords.
After liymn and prayer, hy Anderson, and the’
benediction hy, a clergyman, the cap was ad
justed.’ At twentv-flye'minutes before twelve
the Sheriff pnllod’tho cord attached to tho lever;
and the platform fell instantly and noiselessly,
leaving the, victims hanging in mid-air, Ander--
son did not oven struggle or perceptibly move-
Richards seemed’to die harder.
A- few minutes alter twelve. Dr. Henry Car
ponter-nnd Dr; Berg, the, Shorlif’s .physicians,
pronounced the convicts dead, and their bodies
were lowered in their coffins-, which were placed,
in a wagon and drawn to.the Poor House bury
ing ground; followed.,by fonr or five hundred
persons, including (he family of Anderson.
lava'se Jssanlt on the. Secretary of- the In-
teiior;
[ April B.—This foicnoon, a
man named Peter Besancon,formerly of Louisi
ana had violent words, with the Secretary o
the Interior in the hall of the Department. T)
former struck, or attempted' to strike the Si
retary. The latter turned and discovered Ik
sancon in the act of drawing a pistnl upon him.
Mr. Thompson thereupon seized 1 Bcsancoit'
and threw him upon the floor, dislocating and
fracturing the latter’s arms. It is believed that
Besancon, who is well known here, was refused'
office by Secretary Thompson, which, with pe
cufiiary embarassments, has temporarily debil
itated'his mental faculties. Besancon has been
for several years in the employ ot the Govern
ment at VVashington, and is lookctVupon vtitb
respect by all who know him.
ANOTHER VERSION;
Washington. April, B.—Peter -Bcsajicpn. ft
Frenchman of New Orleans', whowfls
from-the Pension,Office some months back, and,
refuscda reappointment by the Secretary of the
fnlcnor, in; revenge sought that official this
morning at the Land Office, and as the Secreta
ry came out of the private office, presented a re
volvor at him. Secretary Thompson instantly
struck the pistol from his hand, caught jßesam
con by the arm, threw him down, jumped on
him; breaking his arm, and then picked up the
pistol; and'went to his office.
Vicissitudes op' Life.— The Cincinnati In
quirer has the following:
i _ Passing alongdhe street yesterday.onr alien*
lion yras suddenly drawn to asecne not a little
novel- and interesting- inits character., In an'
alley, witb paste pot in hand; and a roll of bills’
on his arm, wdiom should we see but Wesley'
Sinead; late President of the Cilizens’Bank,
posting-bisowfi'bills of property for sale, for
the purpose of paying off'the remaining debts
of the Bank, Heedless of the wondering gaze
of the astonished passer-by, belaid un the paste
and spread ’out' the bills with all the*rcadines3
'and facility of a practical poster, taking care to
place them in the moat conspicuous positions,
and above the reach-of boys’ and ‘rag-pickers.”
Forty-three years ago, Dr. Sinead was an ap
prentice in the Gazette establishment, and, her
ing the youngest, the duty devolved upon him
of posting up the show bills, &o. At this Into
icriod ol his life, when overtaken by adversitr,
ie is nobly struggling (a rare sight, indeed,
among bankers) to discharge ail bis obligations
to,his creditors.
Washington Apfaibs—Tender op Penn
sylvania Volunteers—Utah Affairs
Washington, Apl. 13.—Senator Bigler to-day
presented to the President the tender from the
Adjutant General of Pennsylvania of a regi
ment of volunteers..
The cabinet held a long session'to day, com*
menoingat 9 o’clock, in reference to the affairs
of Utah. It is said that tho President content*
plates sending a message to Congress upon the
subject. - • •
Gov. Powell and Major Ben. McCulloch, the
Commissioners to Utah had-,started on Satur
day night, and when at the cars, a messenger
was sent by the President in great haste, to stop
them. It is understcigd important reasons .in
duced this sudden movement. -
The Republicans are afraid of a
Conference on Kansas, and declare their inten*.
tion to defeat the proposition. Tho Democrats
are sanguine of obtaining one, and expect to
carry the Kansas, bill afterwards. Should a
Committee o( Conference be refused; the Demo
crats will succeed in exposing, tho factious cha
racter of tho opposition.
O' A man named Lee, charged with abduc»
ting slaves, has becn-convioted at Norfolk, Va.,
on four indictments, and sentenced to receive
fifty stripes, piiblioly laid on, at the rate of n , “
a day, ahd to be confined in Inc penitentiary f®»
twenty-five years.