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»" 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,. Eew 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. ■ '