AfiEBICAJV FOLOSTEER. MS B. BUSTTOS. Editor ft Proprittor. CARLISLE, PA., APRIL “29. ISSS; Democratic State Nominations. SrpKEHE JrnoE,-' W.VI. A. PORTER, Of'Philadeiphia. . C**ii CoHsnsstoxcs, WESTJ.EV FROST, of Favefto Co:: fom * " s “ scrTe ; h i cir crinstitu ' • ■ r _ -- r - ctjis and honesujv and thus-preserve ■ Union- Bible Meeting—A Union mectiw: i lbe hm * T anli r rotTCt ,he interests.of the State, of all denominations, in behalf of (ho KUc ' Our antic,pations, too' regret to say, Imre not cause.'trili be held in the English Lutheran ; *•» reahsed-the people,have been mis-repre- Church of this place, on Sabbath evening neat. ?rn thear confidence abused. The Rev. Mr. Torren-cc, of Philadelphia, is ts-: Xrhr -' has the Taisia lore done? Tnthefirs: pcctcd to be present on lire occasion. I T>k«S ’he members voted themselves saX> -ex-, ’ 1 ■ ‘ j Ira-piy, 1 * thus robbing thepeople'streasury oi WTffisr Weather.—The weather, during • some 528.000. They followed ibis up by pass-; (he last few days, has been decidedly wintry, ; jag The bill providing for a transfer (facetiously : the air Wtingshaip apd piercing, so as to. a salel of ehc public works to iheSun-, dcr winter clothes comfortable, : bnrv and Erie Railroad Company, for the nom- • Z-— —— , , I inal sum of 53,500,000, secured in snch a dc-; Heavy Fhosts.—The recent b«LYv fronts in ; . ~. Ji •. i 4 > ♦ v. , , * , .. roanno* asto niSKc it probable that i Ibis vicinity have very much uuurcd, if •„ -n ' "• A. cl -. iV ,a i . • J _ , - „ . _ ; S:atc will never receive more than Sl< oa'oo, ! not totally destroyed, the trmt. On Satumay:- . . , ... > . 5 . * J ...... ils i: not monstrous ? But take Us best phase, nicht ice, an eighth of an inch m thickness* was . . . ~ ° , .(suppose the enure price paid, 50.500.0CK>,) ; formed, and the frost was unusual; v lor ' \ r . { . 4 .- . . . , _ , ! , _ ■ . • what is there to justify us in giving these works this season of the year. Previous to ibis the , •.. ~ .. , % , , ■ . a . away for scarcely one-third their actuaVvaluc j prospect for an abundant yield of all kinds , v |lw r • J ... ~ This iniquitous bill was toujr/if through the fruit had never been mote promising. «e _ ~ t w , , , . .. , .... Legislature tv a set of sharpers who own land 'fear, however, that our fond anticipations have ° • . . ;. , ... ■ .» . j on the route of the railroad, and who are other been Wasted, and that we must agam be de- • intercsted the bankrupt Company thus pnved of the greatest of our luxuries, fru.t. We expressed the hope, two weeks, The Gincns. —By reference>to onradveitieing since, that Goy. Packer, in ihe, event of the columns it will be perceived that Mab:e & Cros* passage of this infamous wrong—this.hill full of b!e ? s French and American circus will exhibit snares nud ambiguities, and which has a hidden in this place on Tuesday, May 4th, in the after- sna^c \ n every section—would strangle it by an noon and evening. The best of actors have | esCrciec of the v *q. ' But, Gov. Packer signed b“t> engaged for the campaign of 1858, and L* b m soon after it S passage..and thus defeat iromfhb number advertised on their bills, and \ - e f( . indred l 0 their reputation as snper.or actora we have no GoTcrnor make himsdf a T , artv donut that their performance will be good. , \ ■ , . " . , v ' •( transaction; . But. lie has voluntarily assumed lire responsibility, and we tear he will soon be convinced of the truth of the proverb, lhat they who “have sown the wind shall reap the whirl wind.” Perut Cocstt Democrat.— Mr. Geo. Stboop. has disposed of his interest in the Perry Coun/y Democrat, to his partner, J. A. Maoee, Esq.— The Democrat is tiro able organ of the Demo cracy of Pony, and has always been regarded one of the reliable Democratic papers of the State. Hr. Haoee, its present editor, is a gen gtleinan of ability, who has labored most zeal ously In defence of Democratic principles. We most heartily wish him the success ho so well deserves. The Kansas Conference Report.—The result of the conference between the committees of the two Houses of Congress on the disagreeing votes bn the Kansas bill, was reported to the House of Representatives on Friday by Mr. En glish. Chairman. The measure recommended by. the Committee is in’ substance to the effect that.. Kansas shall be admitted'under the Le compton Constitution-after a vote by the people; if the vote be a negative one, then Kansas will have to await the requisite accession of popula tion to entitle her to one representative in Con gress before again having an opportunity to come into the Union. The vote authorized to bis taken, is riot directly upon the constitution, but upon a modification of a clause of the ordi nance -yhich accompanies the constitution rela tive'to the public lands, the result of which •must be practically the acceplanc or rejection of thcwhole measure of admission, nt the present time, or of the Lecompton constitution itself. The full Report will be found in to-day’s pa per. It has not yet been voted upon in either House. . . .' - The Month ot April.— The following lines on April, have been going (he rounds of our cotemporarios for some time. The poetry is good, but we doubt whether ‘any ono who has experienced the gloom of April life in this vi cinity of lafe, will agree with the pool that “we cannot choose but love her,” unless she behaves belter, in fpture: “A timid, blushing maiden, With downcast, tearful eyes, lb-her hand an opening rose-bud Perfumed by dewy sighs. “Olt advancing; oft retreating, She has won our’ heart the while, And we cannot choose hot love her,, For her tear-drops and her smile;” The Nett LiQi'oa Bile.— The Liqnor Bill, as it passed both branches of the Legislature, has been signed by Gov. Packer, and is therefore a law. Ttjrill be found on, our first page. It will bo seen, by a reference to its provi sions, that the business of selling liquor is vir. (ually thrown open to all who desire to enter thereupon. This is going back about a quarter of a century: a result for which the extreme and over-zealous advocates of temperance re. form may claim the exclusive credit. Being now at the bottom of the hill again, they can commence the upward ascent, wiser, (wo hope) though sadder men. We suggest for their mot to the homely adage—“raostliaste worst speed.” The great historian reraarks-that- “ the experi ence of past faults, which may sometimes cor rect the mature age of an. individual, is seldom profitable to tlrosifcceesl vo gene rat ions of man. .kind.” . Wo hope the succeeding generation of temperance men will prove to bo one of the' ox oelfjonal cases which Gibbon recognizes as-pos sible. For the- information of those who have al ready taken out license, under the provisions of the old law, we publish the following further supplement to the now law : Section 1. Re ii enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all persona who hove- taken out'license during the month of April, A. D. 1838, under the provisions of the law lo which this is a sup plement, shall bo charged in accordance with the rate of License provided for by the supple ment passed April 20th, 1858, and (ho County Treasurers of the several counties are hereby authorized to'rotund to such persons as have paid a greater price,than is required by the sup. plemont above referred to* the excess above the said rates of license. G. NELSON SMITH, Speaker of the Home of 'jßeps., pro tem. •V WM. H. WELSH, • ' Speaker of the Senate, Approved the twenty-second’ day of April. Aono Domini one thousand eight hundred end fifty-eight. ■ Vetoes. —During, the session of the late Leg islature, Gov. Paoebb vetoed no less than twen ty-five bills passed by that careless body. It Would have been well-for the people had ho ve toed every bill and resolution passed, except the one that adjourned the Legislature sine die. OCT' Harrisburg receives lor Market-house stall ren's, annually, 33,708 86. The stall rents of the Carlisle Market house only foot up $137. Qur Market-house is nearly as largo as that of Harrisburg, and, we believe, all the stalls are constantly rented. How comes it then, there is such a difference in the amount of iTnts collected 'f The Legislature of this State accounted sine o’<> on Thursday last, after a . session of three ! and a half months—very unprofitable months jat that. We find little to commend and much to condemn in the doings of that body. When ! jit assembled, in January last. we. in common I with the people of the State, hoped and believed iba: wise councils would be permitted to prevail; in both Houses, arid ihat a majority would be ■ After the Legislature passed the bill malting [a present of the Slate improvements to the Sun bury and Erie Railroad Co , the House passed a resolution abolishing the Canal Board and office of Stale Engineer. But that was the last of it—it was not even voted upon by the Senate". So the three Canal Commissioners and the Stale Engineer will continue in office, without Unties to perform, for one year longer, at least, at an annual cost to the Treasury of about 510,000. This is another peice of robbery. The .State improvements being all disposed of, what use is there for a'Canal Board ? None whatever.— 'But 3’et the three Commissioners, their. Clerks, and the State Engineer will continue to pocket $lO,OOO of the people’s money, just ns the mem bers pocketed their $2OO each, without render ing any service! Is it not too bad that our poor old Commonwealth must be thus fleeced T Again, the people of the State, from one end to the other, embracing all parties, demanded of the Legislature some protection against the dishonesty of banks and bank-officers. A gen eral desire was expressed tflal notes under the denomination of $lO or $2O, should be prohibi ted, and thus afford protection to. the poorer class in case of the bursting up of a bank.— This and other salutary amendments in . the banking laws, the belter to. secure the people against fraud, was so universally asked for, that no-one supposed the Legislature would dare adjourn without first passing U bill ,em bracing these objects. But, our wise-legisla tors, were too much engaged in speculating schemes to think of this or any other question lin which the people lelt a deep interest. The influence of the banks was greater than the in fluence of. the .people, and therefore the our roncy question was not even discussed. ,We have thus referred to some things the 1 Legislature did do, and to some things it did not do. We are sorry to find fault with a Leg islature having a Democratic majority in both Houses, but a sense of duty requires us to speak out in condemnation of wrong doers, no difference to what party they belong; We nev er have, and we never will,‘excuse the disjion esty of public servants, merely because they call themselves Democrats. In thus referring to the doings of the late Leg islature. we ofcour.se disavow applying pur re marks to all the gentlemen who composed that body. Far from it. A large majority of the Democratic members in both Houses, and-sev eral of the Republican members, remained true to their constituents from first to last. Among those true men—men whose integrity would not permit them to countenance a public.or pri viato wrong—wo may mention our Senator, Gen. Fetter, and the member of the House from; this county. Hudit Stuart On every question both these gentlemen voted right.— They return to their constituents with clean hands, feeling conscious of having discharged, heir duties faithfully and honestly. Tbe State Senate.— Tho terms of the fol lowing Senators expire with the close of the pre sent session: Philadelphia—Harlan Ingram, D. Montgomery—Thos. P. Knox, D. Berks —John C. Evans; D. Northampton Lobanch, D, Sehuvlkill—G. M. Straub, D. Centre, ike.—Andrew Gregg, Op. Tioga, &c, —Henry Souther. Op. Erie and Crawlord' —D. A. Finney, Op. A-lleghenv—Wm. Wilkins, D. York—Wm. H. Welsh, D. Total—B-Democrats t 8 Opposition.. The expiration oftiio terms of these gentle men will leave the Senate stand, politically, as follows: Democrats. 18 j Opposition, 9. It is altogether prob.ablo that Senators from the same parties will bo chosen in the districts where elections are to bo held to supply those vacan cies. V Signed pr the Governor. —The bill to sell the North and West Branch and Delaware divi sions of tne State Canals to the Snnbury and Erie RaUroad Company, for throe and a half millions of dollars, has been signed by the Go vernor, and is therefore a law. As soon as the sale is completed the State will have parted with its last foot ofimprovoments. It has been que ried whether the State will ever get any pro coeds from this sale—and on this point we are hot at all sanguine, ns the intricate manner in which the bill is drawn tends to create a strong suspicion (hat there is a big “ cat under (ho meal.” It looks as if (ho author of the hill was an adept at the patent safe game—as on reading it wo wero forcibly reminded of “ now you see It and now you don’t see it I” TfM. F. PACKER (C 7“ T. W. B. McFadden, late Prolhonotary of Bedford county, died at Schelhburg, on the l-Übmst. TOE LITE lEGISLITCEE. ELppC<tl of thi I’snrvlnff. I The following is a copy of a >»" fdativo fa ! the ntcs of interest on money, wti'icli originated | with Jin Ingram, one of tho Slate. .Senators •i (rom r’hiladolpliia, and passed belli brandies of j the Legislature previous to tlie adjournment .—■ Although apparently designed to cheek the practice of loaning money upon usurious' into-, rest, its real object is to AicilitStc such traiisac ; lions. It repeals those portions of the old law. : that forbid the'taking of more than C per cent.,; ; and indirectly k-galisws conu-aets or - shaves" ] | for the use of money at any rate of interest the . 'parties niav agree‘upon : "hid. moans, at any. ■rate the cold and . calculating ■lender Iras the I conscience (or rallies, the wan! of conscience) ! 'to exact, and the necessities of the borrower .j ; oblige him to pay. This is all the usurers went, j and all they hav* boon striving to ootain Irom : ! jhe Legislature lor so many years. It may suit Pluladclphia. well enough, where money is re- j qnired lor many purposes that will bear a l u ' av * ier interest than 6 percent,, hut should this bill j receive the Governor's approval, its operation [ among the larmers of the country districts can ’> not be otherwise than pernicious, ; JRcguJa-ting the rate of Interest*' ; ' Section 1. Beit enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives ol the Commonwealth ; of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and •. it is hereby .enacted by the authority of the same,; That from and after, the tourth day of Julv next, the lawful rate of interest for the loan or rise of money, in ; 11 cases where no ex press contract shall have been made for a lc£s : rate, shall be' six per emt, per annum; and the.; ! first arid second sections of the, act passed 2d • March? IS2S, entitled “ An act to reduce the J interest or money from eight to six per cent, annum,” be, and the same are hereby re • pealed. 4 « Sec. 2. Thai when a fate of interest for the | loan or use of money exceeding that established • hr law shall have been received or contracted 1 tor, the borrower dr dehlorshall not be required 5 to pay to the creditor the excess over the legal ! rate { and it shall be lawful tor such borrower or r debtor, at his option, to retain and deduct such j excess from the amount o! any such debt j-and ' 5n all cases where any borrower or debtor shall j heretofore or hereafter have voluntarily paid the - whole debt or sum loaned, together with, inter- j cst exceeding the lawful rate, no action to re j cover back any such,escess shall be sustained ! is any Court of. this Commonwealth, unless the j same shall, have been commenced within sis ! months from and after the time of such pay : ! ment. Provided always. That nothing in Ibis | net shall aff« ct tne holders of negotiable paper, taken bona fide, in the usual course of business. Fatal Accident —Caution - to Parents.— A little boy, four years old. son.of Mr. Jacob Stelzcl, was choked 10 death, at Newville, on .Tuesday laitt'by getting a short lead pencil in his throat. The physician was at hand, but before lie could ob;ain an instrument to abstract it, the child was diad. • The Mormon Leader’. —The Dear I News, of a late date, contains the commencement of an autobiography ol Brigham Y oung. It threatens to be of prodigious length, ns .two numbers only bring down Ilia personal ‘•.history’-" to the time of his birth i We learn, .however, that bis grandfather was a physician and suigeon in the yild French and--Indian war, and-was killed “by the falling of a pole from a fence,” and that his father was a soldier of the Revolution, and ■Served in three campaigns under Washington. Brigham himself wits bofn in ’Whittinghamv ■Vermont, in the year 1801, and is consequently in his 87 year. Tlie number of'his wives (aim infer from ether authorities,) about equals that of Uis years. It is sad to think of the amount of bereavement which the death of such a man would occasion. .. Highly CoePlimeNtart. —The Lycoming Gazette says-" That exceedingly useful body, •the Pennsylvania Legislature,, adjourned oir Thursday. Last year it sold the test of the public improvements ol_ the Slate, and this year it sold the balance. If it will sell the Capital next year, we do not know .of anything else be longing to the Stale to sell —the Legislature sold itself many years ago.” The Ent> Coming.— Sunni of tho loading seek end adventists in Newark, N. J--, Itave, again set a.period lot* the destruction bt tho world professing to have discovered the errors of their ptevious calculations, and to have liuallyascer tabled the exact truth. They regard the recent financial depression and the prevailing religious excitement as signs of the last days. By the next arrival from Europe they expect to hear ol the destruction of the city of Rome, and tins will portend the conflagration of the world next summer. ' Tho prophecy of Lord*liosst, the. as tronomcr of England tba( tl ll* coming summer will be the hottest one ever known, it is thought to favor the hope or a general conflagration. Letters from Kansas say that the politi,. cal agitation in tile Territory absorbed the at tention of the squattovsythatthey have neglected their crops and private affairs, and so exhausted their means, that a large portion of-them will bo unable to pay for their inndbefore it will be ollbred for sale under,the proclamation of-the Preside!!*. Many, persons of those who are un able to pre-empt will lose their Unde, and will itave endured their-sacrifices-and labored in vain to secure a homo. People must pay the penalty ol folly. The political demagogues itave everything to gain in keeping up a violent excitement, the people everything to lose. Presents bt Louis. Napoleon. —Thecom- patty of lancets which formed the mounted es cort'surrounding the carriage On the night of the .attempt to assassinate Louis Napoleon was called to the jadace a few days ago, into the presence of the Emperor and Empress, to re ceive rewatds for their gallant conduct on that night..nnd for'the suffering they have under gone siitcc with their wounds. Tocaohoftheoffl o.t-s, his Majesty piesenlid a gold watch, with a orowned Non the case,and to each of the men, twenty-five in number,a silver watch; similarly decorated. XT* The'Cincinnati Gazelle leafs that the McMioken legacy, bequeathed for the purpose of founding another Girard College, in Cincin nati, will be-frittered away ip'fees,-itnd the ex culion of the testator's purpose postponed by selfish contestants. lL7*,.The forces how concentrated at Fort Leavenworth, for the reinforcements of the Utah Expedition, number a total of 76 compa nies, of all arms, comprising 6000 then. Gen eral Smith is expected to arrive at St. Louis soon, and will proceed immediately to Fort Leavenworth, to assume the chief command. O’* On the 19th. ihe Senate confirmed the Horn John Cadwalluder, of Philadelphia, as Judge of the Eastern District Court for Penn sylvania, rice Hon. John H. Kune, dco'd. Dead Letters.—ln a communication to t|io Legislature ol California, Governor Weller sta. ted that 25,000 dead letters, wore destroyed, every quarter at San Francisco. Tlio Govern or’s brother is postmaster at that place. • A House for tee Governor.— The day liwvious tb the final adjournment of the Legis lature, the House ratified the contract made by the committee appointed in the early part Of the session, for the purpose of purchasing ft mansion for the Governor. The House is loca ted next to the Presbyterian church {recently burned) and was the property of Mr. Horans. The dwelling is in excellent repair, the proprie tor having had it re-modelled and changed two years ago. The price paidfor the same is 810,- 000, including sonic furniture. ( COMMISSIONERS TO KKVISK TUB PkNAI. CODE. I—Governor 1 —Governor Packer has appointed Hon. Chas. I R. Buckalcw and Judges Lewis and Knox ns commissioners to revise the penal code of the State. The Governor has exhibited his usual sound judgment nnd careful regard for the pub lic welfare in the selection of these gentlemen for the performance of this laborious nnd re sponsible duty. Roasting, a Man Alive.-- In .New York,on Tuesday, an.ltalian was violently assaulted nnd beaten by two men, who, after having satisfied themselves with beating their victim,seized and held him several minutes on the top of a hot stove, burning him so severely that he is not expcc:cd to recover. The inhuman wretches were apprehended, and the victim of their cru elty was taken to the hospital. Enormous Cost of The Public Printing. —We see it stated that the printing of the Pa cific Railroad report, ordered by Congress, cost of itself over onehundred thousand dollars. For lithographing and priming in colors, a single ox for the Pa!tent Office Report, we find the sum of 10,576 paid to Wagner & MeGuigan. For a similar service for one bull, the sum of 810,576 was paid; for a cow the sum of 87,- SOO.and for one horse the sum of 85,576. Nice “pickings’-’ for somebody. Salk of Ex-President Pierce’s Horses. The horses which were presented 'by the. mer chants of Boston to Gen. Pierce, previous to his inauguration as President of the United States,' were sold at public auction in New York last Saturday. They cost the merchants 81500,bui sold for 8445, which was considered very cheap, although the animals were eleven or twelveyrs. old. The horses are of a dark bay' color, and look neat and handsome, but are not remarka bly showy for.carriage horses. K7* Araysterious case of niurder was bro’t to light in Philadelphia on Thursday. Thedend body of the victim. a young man named John E. Clark, who was missed since the the. 3d of April, after being foully dealt with,was thrown into the Schuylkill, and was found floating near the Market street bridge. The blow falls terribly upcn a young wife and aged mother. The deceased, on the day of liis disappearance, left his store with four hundred dollars in his possession, and was not seen alive afterwards. The money was not found upon his person,and it is therefore supposed he was murdered for the purpose of robbery. Crime,in Washington.— Strange as it may seem, and humjliaiing as is the acknowledge ment: yet.it is probable that there is no city in the Union in which there ts less security of life, or property at this lime than in Washington. Murder, robberj* and riot are of almost daily .occurrence. Lay' is utterly t powerlcss to arrest the evil.. The does not there ns else ,while wait until mghf to throw her favoring shades nround.and shut out the deed,from the public gaze - but deliberately shoots down his , victim in open day. and in the throng upon the thoroughfare, and cooly walks oft without ar rest. So bad bus become this state of tilings, that Congress haft been forced to lake, official nonce of it, and ..'breaking off from other busi ness, to devise some moans whereby society, there may be rendered more safer Dbut OP HAUKtsmiiiG.— According io the Statement of the Borough Treasurer of Harris burg, the debt now owing by that town tn'bund' holders, is $141,158 75. That’s a right smart debt for a town like Harrisburg. Dbatit op Mu. Du.ni.ap, Author of the ■Book op Forms.” —The Eric (Pa.).'True American says:—"Our fellow citizen. James D. Dunlap,. E<q., is no more. He died on Sunday morning last, aftey an illness painful but brief; in llie 50th year ‘of his age. He represented this county in the lower House at Harrisburg, during the sessions of 1840 and 1841, and sub-, sequent!}* in the Senate. As a lawyer, he was .not without merit. His 'Book of Forms’ pass ed through several-editions arid-is very popular ly known; OCT’ Everett. Bell, Crittenden. Fill more. Fremont; and Cobb have all been named by the opposition for the Presidency in 1860. It will thus be seen that it is not likely that t here will be any look of candidates.’ An lilpOrtant Fact.—A- recent article in' the London Times reveals- the important fact; that the Government of England has it in con templation toseek for military recruits for In dia among the fugitive slaves which are now in Canada. This is-tuming. philanthrophy to a good account. What savs tho Tribune to this new .movement in favor of emancipation 1 Arc they still in favor of the underground railroad ? Health'o? Hon; Jefferson Davis. —Hon. Jeferson Davis is slowly recovering from his se vere illness, thoughinot yet able’ to give much attention to business. The sight of one eye, it is (eared, is gone, through the violence of the neuralgic affection, under which he has suffered; There is some hope of. its recovery through the agency of an operation upon the pupil, in reffiv ciice to which- it is said that he contemplates A visit to Paris to consult an eminent optician there. ;,(C7"The editor of the Detroit Advertiser says that he has learned confidentially of new developemenls which warrant the supposition that the perpetrator of the Burdell murder trill soon be disclosed. O’Many of the letters addressed to the man agers of the bogus lotteries recently broken up in the North, enclosing thousands of dollars, have been forwarded to Washington, to be re stored.to their dcluded'anlhors; [C7*The weddingpf a daughter of Senator Toombs, at Washington city, has been quite an event in the National capital. The Patent Reaper Case.—ln the. import ant patent “ case, in the Supremo Court, at Waßhlnglotpclty, a-docision was given against McCormick and in favor of Manny. A million of dollars Is supposed to be involved contingently In (his action. • REMARKS (IF JUDGE Nllb, On Taking $2OO ns Extra Pay. Before tlie passagc of the $2OO Soiber Hill in the'House of Representatives, Judge Sul ol Franklin county, a veteran Democrat, and as honest a man as ever lived, delivered the fol lowing scatcluug rebuke to the membets who ■were supporting the iniquitous measure, M o would to God that our Legislature always con tained a majority of such men as Judge Nat— men of integrity, wisdom, and morality, who would stand up for the interests ol the Stale and the welfare of our citizens. But; to the speech. ' Mr. Nat of Franklin, said Hr. Speaker. It is somewhat singular that this House should manifest a disposition to vote to its members each the sum of two: hundred dollars besides liio regular salary. Lot us see how tho history of Legislative p:\y has been. Formerly members'‘received three dollars per day. This session will include one hundred and eight days. The pay for tins would ho_ three hundred nnd twenty-four dollars. In 1855" the American or KnowNothiugLegislature cho sen in 18VI, raised tho pay to tho salary ol' five hundre' dollars per session, and if an extra session -was convened by tho Executive, throe dollais a day was paid as a compensation forits duration; with this the Democrats and bid lino Whigs found fault,and so did many of the Ame ricans! The Legislature of 1856, which was Democratic, met and did not change the act of the previous session. In 1857, another Demo cratic Legislature met, and received the regu lar salary of five hundred dollars, and look be sides two hundred dollars more. Among tho people tills act was very much censured. JHow do \jo stand on this question 1 When,elected every man know what the salary was, and if he did not intend to lake that as the reward of his services he should not have come here. It is said that wb do not make much. This I grant. But did we comp here merely to make money ? Have wo no regard for the interests of tile Com monwealth ? Cannot we devote a few days to her service without expecting to become rich 1 by it ? The aggregate of this Legislative plun der is $26,600—n0 inconsiderable sum. If we have aright, in discharging our duty faithfully to our constituents, to take two hun dred dollars! a piece out of the treasury in- this clandestine way, why may we not vote our. selves one thousand dollars or more, if there was enough there to gratify bur avaricious pro pensities? If, by an amendment of the; kind added in committee of the whole, we had laid our greedy hands on one thousand or twelve hundred dollars'each, those who sent us here would have been appalled at the enormity ■ the deed, and would have spared no terms of denunciation in applying suitable epithets to bur plundering act. Hence it is obvious that the difference is only in degree—the principle is the same. Gentlemen say their constituents applaud aiid commend such acts. The gentle, man from Schuylkill, (Mr. Hiitle.) believes ids constituents would do it; yet he seems somewhat sore in reference to my course on this question. Ho seems to feel unpleasant, notwithstanding the vaunted' laudation of his confiding constituents. .1 inform him that I have performed my'duiy according to my con scientious convictions, and If his conscience lias led him to take the money, he can pursue his own course. iWo are daily.finding fault with (he vultures here who net as borers, and constitute the.third House. This body is believed to be inofc.,nu merous than the Senate.. Some of them are in telligent—all are Shrewd—and it is fair to pre sume that they are not influenced by pure mo tives. If we take money out of fbe treasury by a law which we pass to, shield ourselves from the imputation of receiving it aS the stealings of'/office, are we better thanbofers —are wo riot vultures, who have been chosen to guard the treasury, and who, from having itching palms, are unfaithful sentinels? We nre sworn to support the Constitution,- and to perform.our duty with .fidelity. When wo came here we had no right to this money bylaw. * We cannot take it out.of the treasury without ah act being pass ed .by ourselves to authorize it. In this we on-- ly‘differ from other, plunderers by having the power to legalize onr dishonesty. More than this, we are legislating, hy passing acts, and (hat very properly, to punish Saving Fund and Bank officers for embezzlement—for putting. their hands to the money entilisted to their charge, whilst we arc doing the same. No Saving Fund, or Baiik officer who takes the mo ney committed to his care, and appropriates it to his own use; occupies, in morals, a .different situation IVom what .we'do by using the State lands in the same-manner. Ifthisaet is passed, I never can receive one cent of such Ul-goiton. gains. Like the wedge.of gold that Acliim took, inmiy estimatipn.it is infamous. No-innds of, this sort shall ever enter my possession. • I will leave it where if origin to.he. for the benefit of I the Slate in pie Sinking fund. FROM WASHINGTON.- Purchase of Sonora—Pacific Enilroiltl! [Special Dispatch far the Press!'] Washington, April 25.—The reports which have’been floating about, for some months of a negotiation between the Govtriimeiif’of Mexico and .the United Spiles, .for’the purchase t|f So nora by the latter, have not h- en without 'foun dation. , From the intimations in private advi ces by the last mail (Vinit Mexico it would .seem that not only Sonora, hut Chihuahua nud-Low er California, will be offered to this Government, at a fair valuation. I have it, 100. from good authority that an accredited agent comes here .with full power to act. I There frould appear to he good reason forthe acquisition, on our part, of these States. Since the discovery, of gold, silver, and quicksilver mines of unusual richness in Southern New Mexico, nowknowri, with the Manila Valley, under the.name of Arizona, population iri that, region has Increased with considerable rapidity. The natural outlet for their, trade is just across Sonora to the head of the bay, and with Lower California and Chihuahua, the latter ly ing directly wekt of Texas, the_United Stales .will belt the continent from east to west with as large a seaboard upon tnekAtjantio as upon the Pacific., This is a result wishjtd for by those who. in their enthusiastic pali'ioiism. look for ward to the time when; from San Francisco, Sandwich Islands will be the first stopping place for our steamers on their way to bring to our shores, for transit across it on its way to Europe, the trade of the East, which now, as heretofore, through cempries, has, enriched those in whose hands it has fallen. ICT'The National Debt of Mexico figures up one hundred andT twenty-nine millions, with floating debt. This would not be so heavy a load for eight-millions of population to bear, if they-could only establish a government that would give some security and promote the in dustry of the nation. OCT" Family circumstances have again com pelled Mr. Everett to suspend his lecturing cn, gagements in the South. He returns immedia atcly to Massachusetts. KT - The Cincinnati papers announce the a?£ rival in that city of the Duke Paul, uncle of the King of Wurtemburg, who has cxplo ring the West, and is now on Ins way to Aus tralia. ■ . flv” Judgment has again been- rendered against Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, by tfieUnbcd States District Court of New Orleans, Judge .McCaleb presiding. ' Snow Stoiin in. Vermont. —There was a heavy fall of.snow-in various pans.of Vermont on T uesday. the 20tli.inst. . [£7“ 'a severe frost is reported us far South ns Savannah niid Mobile, and it is feared that great injury^may result to the crops. (CT” Pipe strawberries are now among the luxuries at New Orleans. HR, ENGLISH'S KANSAS BILL. . Tlio following is tho bill for tbq admission of Kansas, ns reported by Mr. Enolisu, chairman of the Committee of Conference of tho two Houses 'of Congress s ! A Hitt for Tim Admission of. Kansas. Whereas tho people of the Territory of Kan sna did, by a eouveution of delegates assembled nt Lecompton, on tho 7th day of November, 1857, for that purpose, form for themsolVos a constitution and State government, which con stitution is republican i and whereas, at tho same time and place, said convention did. adopt an ordinance, which said ordinance assorts that Kansas, when admitted ns a State, will have an undoubted right to tax tho lands within her lim its belonging to the United States, and proposes to relinquish said asserted right if certain con ditions sol forth in said ordinance bo accepted and agreed to by tho Congress of the United Slates j and whereas tho said constitution and ordinance havti boon presented to.the Congress of tho United States by order of said conven tion, and admission ot said Territory into the Union thereon ns a State requested; and where as said ordinance is not acceptable to Congress, and it Is desirable to ascertain whether the peo ple of Kansas concur in th'o.changes in said or dinance hereinafter stated,-and desire admission into the Union as a State as herein ,proposed : Therefore, , , , „ 1 Be it enacted, That tho State of Kansas bo, and is hereby admitted into tho Union on, an equal footing with the 1 original States in all respects whatever, but upon tiro fundamental condition precedents, namely ! that the question of admission witii tho following proposition in lien of-tlie ordinance framed nt Lecomptou be submitted to a vote of Iho people of Kansas, and assented to by them or a majority of the voters voting nt an election to be held for that purpose, namely : that the following propositions bo, arid tho same are hereby offered to the people of Kansas for acceptance or rejection, which, if. accepted, shall bo obligatory on the United States and upon the said State of Kansas, to wit : First, that tseolions number sixteen and thirty-six in every township of public lands in said State, or where cither of said sections or any part thereof has been sold or otherwise dis-: posed of, other lands, equivalent thereto and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to said State for tho use of schools. Second, that enty-two sections of land shall bo set apart and reserved for the support of a State University, to be selected by-the governor of said State, subject to the approval of the Commissioner, of the General Land Office, and to be appropriated and applied in such manner as tho legislature of said State may prescribe lor the purpose afore, said, but (or no other purpose. Third,-that ten entire sections of land, to be selected by the governor of said State, in legal subdivisions, shall bo granted to said State for the purpose of completing the public buddings or for the erec tion of others at the seat of government, under tho direction of the legislature thereof.' Fourth, that all salt springs within said State, not ex ceeding twelve in number, with six sections of land adjoining, or as contiguous as may be to each, shall bo granted to said Stale for its use, tho same to bo selected by the governor thereof within one year afterthe admission of said State, and, when so selected, to;bo used or disposed of on sucll terms, conditions, and regulations as tho legislature may direct : Provided, That ,no salt spring or land,-the right whereof is now vested in any individual or individuals, or which may hereafter be confirmed or adjudged to any ihdividnal or individuals. Shall by this article be granted to said State. Fifth, that live per cen tum of the net proceeds ol sales of all. the public lands.lying within said State which shall bo sold by Congress after the admission ot said State into the UiiiOny after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to said State (or the purpose of making public roads and in ternal improvements, as the legislature shall di rect: ‘ Provided, .The foregoing propositions herein offered arc on the condition that said State gf Kansas shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the lands of the United' States, or with any regulation which Congress may find necessary for securing the title in said soil to bona fide purchasers thereof; and that no tax shall be imposed on lands belonging to the United State, and that in no case shall non-resi dent -proprietor be taxed higher than residents;. Sixth, and that said Stale shall never tax the lands or properly of the United States in that State, At the said election the voting shall be by ballot, and by endorsing on Ills ballot, as each voter may please,-, “proposition'accepted"'or. ‘•proposition rejected,” Should 'a majority of the voles cast be for proposition accepted,” tlpt President ol life United Slates, as soon ns the fact is duly made known lb hint, shall an nounce the same by proclamation : and thereaf ter, (did without any -further proceedings on the part of Congress, the admission of the Slate of Kansas into the Union upon ait equal, footing with Ihe original States, in .nil respects wlmiev-. ever, shall be complete and absolute, and said Stale shall be entitled to one nientber in the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United-States until the next census bit taken by the federal government: bn I should a majority of the votes cast be for • proposition rejected," it shall Be deemed and held that the people of Kansas do not desire admission, into the Union with said constitution under'the conditions s(,-t for.h in the said 'proposition, and inlhai event the people of said Territory, are hereby author ized and'empowered to form for themselves a constitution and- Stale government,' by the name of the" State of, Kansas, according to the federal constitution, and may elect delegates fur that purpose whenever, and not before.it is. as certained by a census duly .and legally taken that the population of Said” Territory equals or exceeds the ratio of representation required for a member of the House of Representatives of the Congress,of the United Stales; and'when ever thereafter such delegates: shall assemble in convention, they shall first determine by a vote whether it is the wish of the people of the pro posed State to be admitted into the Union at that time: and. if so. shall proceed to form a constitution and take all necessary steps for the. establishment of it State government in confor mity with the federal constitution, subject to such limitations and restrictions as to t lie mode and manner of its approval or ratification by the people of the proposed Slate as they may have prescribed by law, and shall be entitled to admission into the Union as a State under such-constitution thus fairly and legally made with or.without slavery, as said constitution may prescribe. Sec. 2. J‘id be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of insuring, as far as possible, that the elecljon authorized by this act tnav be fair and frd? the governor, United States’ District attorney, and secretary of the Territory of Kan sas, and the presiding officers of the two bran ches of its legislature -namely, the presideutof the council and speaker of the house of repre sentatives— arc hereby cor.stiltiled a hoard of commissioners to carry into effect the provisi ons of this act, and to use all the means neces sary and proper to that end. And three of them shall constitute a board'; and the hoard shall have power and authority to designaleand establish precincts for voting, or'to adopt-tbose already established.; to cause polls to he open ed at such places ns it may deem pioper in the respective countjes and election precincts of said Territory ; to appoint as judges of election, at each of the several places of voting, three dis creet and respectable persons, any two of whom shall Be competent to act; to require the sher iffs of the geveral counties, by themselves dr de puties, to atrerid-ihejiidges at each of the pIK ces of voting, for the purpose of peace and good 1 order: or the said board may, instead of said sheriffs and their deputies, ap point at their discretion, and in sucli instances ns they may choose, other fit persons for the same purpose. The election hereby authorized shall continue one day only, and shall not bo continued later than sundown on that day. The said board shall appoint the day for hold ing said election, and the'said governor shall announce ihe same by proclamation : and the day shall be ns early a one ns is consistent with due notice ('hereof In the people of said Ten-no ry. subject to the provisions of Oils act. The said board shall have full power to prescribe the time, manner, and places of said elections. niiiT-to direct thettine and-manner of-returns thereof, which returns shall be inade to the said board, whose duly it shall he ; to announce' the result by proclamation, and the said governor X. Y. shall certify the same to the President of the United States without delay. V ■ Seo; 3. And beil further enacted, Thatinlho election hereby authorized, all white male in habitants of said Territory over tho age of twen' ty-one years, who possess the qualifications" which wore required by the laws of said Terri tory. for a legal voter at the last general elec tion for tho members of the territorial lo"isia thro, and none others, shall be allowed to vote" and this shall be the only qualilication required to entitle the voter to the right of suffrage in in, said elections.. And if any person not so qualified shall vote or ofler to vote, or if anv person shall vote more than once nt said elec tion, or shall make or cause to be made amr false, fictitious, or fraudulent returns, orshn'l alter or change any returns of said election such person shall, upon conviction thereof, be fore any-court of competent jurisdiction be kept at.hard labor not less than six months and not more than three years. . . ‘ u Seo. 4. And'be it further enacted, Thai (fm members of the aforesaid board of commission ers, and all persons;appointed by them to carry into effect The provisions of this act, shall, be before entering upon their duties, take an oath to perform'faithfully the duties of their resnee- . live offices: and, on failure thereof, they shall' be liable and subject t» the same charges and penalties as are provided in like cases under the territorial laws. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That the officers mentioned in the preceding section shall receive for their services the same compensation ns is given for like services under the territorial laws. 1 . Tito Murder of Helen Jewett. Col. Hatch, of Marysville,:California, writes to the Express, giving some new facts in regard to Robinson, the murderer of Helen Jewett. lie says: : 1 notice a card over the signature of Richard Pcarse Robinson, in which he complains that rumor has connected Jus name with that of Richard P. Robinson, who murdered Helen Jewett in NewYprk city, some twenty years ago. Mr. Robinson, the writer of the card, calls on any person Who ever saw the Robinson of Helen Jewett notoriety, to certify if he bears any resemblance, to tint This I cannot do, ns I never saw Mr. Robinson,of San Francisco, but I can certify that be is not.the Richard P. Robinson who killed Helen Jewett. That unhappy man no longer lives. He died at Louisville several years ago. I knew him ip Nachitoches. Texas, where he resided twelve or fifteen years before Ins death. He was known there as Richard P. Parmlee—was clerk 'of the county, for several years—had an interesting family—behaved himself Well—was highly,es teemed by good men for his many good qmtli. ties, even after it became notorious' that he Was the identical . Robinson that murdered Helen' Jewett. He died of consumption and a broken heart. He repented of his great Clime, and it was not in the nature of the gcrierdus' people among whoin he lived in Texas* ter refuse him their forgiveness, or to withhold from him and his devnied wife and - children their kindness and sympathy. ■ ' 1 Robinson; or Parmlee (for he went bythat name to the day of his death—a name which ids wife and children still hear.) when be died, was a mall contractor urider";.(he’.Govern ment'' upon one of the great lend) rig routes through Texas. He was elected Clerk ot bis county twice. \Vhen first elected it Was not known who he Was. \Vhdn.a Candidate(hr,re-- eiection he confessed, if I mistake hot, that ho .murdered Helen Jewett; and yet he hud so won' the confidence and affection of the people'by his good conduct that he was re-elected. The county of Nachiloches is One of the most respec table in Texas: ; F. L. HATCH.. MAnTsyri.T.E, Mnrch.l3, 1858. A Monument at the Capitol.— The bill for the erection of a monument to the menioiy ot the citizen soldiers of Pennsylvania Who fell'’, in’lhe Campaign of Mexiotj, has become s The Harrisburg Herald thus"speaks of lhopro ; ject: ; -. ‘-The Governor has signed Ihe.bifipypvhlin'g' fdfHie erection of a monument in front, of tlie State Capitol, in memory of-the Pennsylvania" soldiers who died in the Mexican AVar. nod ivc' are-happy fcf .■thtfciiinde- that anniAgemein.s for its construction Will he entered into' at ns early a day iis possible: 'The Cnlinin-MniiVis iianini ill the atit,. to ,sbpei'vifie the buildiiigof tlie imm J ' mnent, art the Gov-entor 1 .. Adjutant .General,■ Gen. E, C. Williams, James Page. Peter Fritz,’ Hon. John W. Geary, B. McDefniom, Gth T. J... Power, John K. Shyniok, Licitt. Isaac'S" Walerhiiry, Major, John Brady, Itichard Coul ter, E. Daiina,' Bobert Anderson. 0. XL .Ripley , r '. Col. Geo. Kelson Smith, and H'/Hinift A. ttodd.i The sum set apart tor the fiuvpost' i* £(1,000.' and the Commissioners nrtujrleriiiiii'id to' erect, such a Monument ns .wUI relwci credit upon uic State. A meeting of the Cmimiissiunev.s will be ' held in a-short period, when arrangements tor-; the receipt of proposals io do work , and designs lor the Monument) will Be made, alter which it will be pressed forward, tn\ra'pidly iis ciicmn sfaiices will permit. -;'Wc.K|plii buA alt act ,ed justice to remark, that OKgjrcat portion ot tad credit allaeOhd io this movement is due to two; felloevtlownsnien. Gen. AVilltaniS: and LicnteiU uni AA'aterbnry, ilnong-h w-hose'adtive exertions principally, the long delayed icSiiijiohial to ho nor the gallant Pennsylvanians..who; fell in' Mexico, is at last, to he accomplished. - „ ■ Ttiia $2OO "Estha” Pay;— A. lettek.:,from' Harrisburg, dated Friday last, thus speaks of the departure of the members of the Legislature from that borough:' Nearly all the in cm hers" pocketed ihe cxlrit $2OO this,tiioining before leaving; There are siimc exceptions, however. Col-. AV., A- OP Lawrence, the' pious mem her. from Dauphin,- presented hiy to the fund to build another PreS J byterian church, the old; one: having been r.oi ceiilly burned down. Judge Kill, ol Franklin, when the question was up, declared he would have nothing to do with such i)I-goiicn gainai and be t berefore presented his share io the Sinai ing Fund for the Statcdebr. Mr, Kinkaid loos fils portion along to deposit with the. .Treasurer of Greene county for the benefit of the county- To show how senseless and untrue the o-'ser* tion is that gentlemen cannot, live here darWß the winter on the regular pay. I will n>ew state that a member told me to-day thatk? would lake home with, him between font I ’® , live hundred dollars that, he hnd. saved . . his compensation. "He had lived eeonoin but I am sure as comfortably, ns any man in Harrisburg this winter- ’ i. More than half- the members have) t, ' ? the line of march for .their respective ho - . our town presents the appearance of an en 1 menl after the military had struck “* and wore marching away with their bags B • Funny.—One of the expiring organs of Know* Nothingism in this city, with that str g luciimlion which sometimes charaotci decaying tirbtnl faculties, employsils Ij . . , giea in a labored article intended I o ®' l ti u .‘ the ijemocratic party which elected Jam chifhan is not n national jwrtji—whenl - meinbcred that this same organ belongs. . great ’ national Know-Nothing . or 6 am . nlll> which succeeded by fraud and violence eying one State with eight c/cctoral eO - Mr. Fillmore, their candidate, while 111c ..V on c. cralic party carried nineteen Stales " . handled and seventy-two votes for Mr. It . an Yet the aforesaid organ belongs to g , s national party, and the Democratic P 4 but a little sectional concern... Isn t' e t ny ? mid don't the aforesaidi organ “ leather medal for the brilliancy of, its con lions ?— Haltnnnre Republican■ Q3T The rolling mills ol Pittyliiitg'.and ly, with ono dr two exceptions, hayo re lyovh, and aye now in full blast*. The Hotel waiters in Neiv. York are strike for higher wages. The boot blacKß probably strike next. ■ '
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