aieeigan Volunteer! JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor CARLISLE, PA.; MAY 6, 1858. Democratic State Nominations. Supreme Judge, WiVfe A. PORTER, Of Philadelphia Canal Commissioner, WESTLEY FROST, of Fayelte Co, Sudden Changes op Weather —The weather, for the last few weeks, has been as fic kle as a Miss in her'teens. We hare had hot and cold in such quick succession, ns to make it difficult to know how to dress to keep com fortable. A few days more and old Sol will asr pert his power and bring forth the fruits of the season. i Tab First op May.—Saturday morning waft ■the first of May, and it opened in such a man ner as to uphold the historic reputation of this month for loveliness. The sun rose with more ; ihan usual splendor, and a slight shower hav -1 ‘ ’ing fallen daring the night, everything appear ;cd fresh and delightful. The leaves on the trees ifeemed to : have sprung forth with magic quickness, the birds were singing and skipping ■in cheering numbers; and everybody we met 'looked delighted, happy and vigorous. Hail to .glorious May! Union Builk Meeting.— The Union Bible meeting—embracing all Protestant denomina tions—held in the English Lutheran Church of this place on Sabbath evening last, was well at tended, the house being filled to its utmost ca pacity. Short and interesting addresses «;ei-e made explanatory to its objects, by the Rev. Mr. ToitifF.NCK. Secretary of the Bible Society, Rev. Mr. Fuv, Dr. Collins of Dickinson Col lege, Rev. Mr. Balls, Rev. Mr. Wing, and others. The meeting was quite an interesting occasion. . . Moke Troops ppR'UTAn.-;. A detachment of United States troops, numbering 300, under command of Captains Andkson and Campbell,. left (Carlisle Barracks ori Tuesday last, for Utah. They are a fine looking set qfmen, and, no doubt, will do good service for the United States. Recruits. —The recruiting service must be ■quite active in the Eastern cities, if we may judge from the number of recruits arriving at the Carlisle Garrison, Every three or four days, large bodies of men are brought here, where they remain for instruction for a short time, and are then marched into service. Air Home. -r-Dr. Ant, member, of Congress from this district, arrived at his home in Now villa, on Monday.. He will return to Wash ington in a day or so. . '■ Struck by Lightning. —We learn that the barn of Mr. Jonas Strickier, near New Cum berland, was struck by lightning, on Thursday night last.. The entire roof was.thrown of! the building, and shivered to pieces. A man who was in the barn, came near being injured by the falling limbers, : - 1 The Bii.l to admit Kansas.—The bill ad mitting Kansas into the Union, as it passed Congress, we published in full last week. To prevent misrepresentation, the bill should be carefully read by all. , Debt ofHAnaisßima.— According to the etatenWnt of the Borough Treasurer of Harris burg, the debt now owing by that town to bond holders, is $141,158 75. That’s a right smart debt for a town like Harrisburg. —Carlisle Vol unteer. ' And a “right smart” town we have here, in consequence of that same debt. The truth is,! we never yet knew a community to flourish un til it did get into debt Harrisburg Herald. ' Our friend of the Hariiaburg Herald is right —the debt of. Harrisburg lias been the making of. the town, and this doctrine wo have been preaching up to the good people of Carlisle for the last twelve years. The only way to make a town'prosperous is to improve It, and this can only bo done by a resort to loans. An Act of Justice. —We see by the procee dings of Congress, of a lute date, that it is in contemplation to grant to the soldiers of the -war of 1812, and of the sevbral Indian wars; pensions for their services. This is an act of justice which ought to have been done these hieritorioiis persons, by the government, long ago. The survivors of the war of 1812. in the United Slates, at present, are comparatively' few in number. A period of forty-three years has elapsed since the period pf 1815, and the men who marched to the tented field, or those who did duty at other posts during the pending conflict between Great Britain and the United Stales, deserve the notice of the government, and such pecuniary compensation as will ease the necessities of the old, infirm, and decrepid soldier, and smooth the passage to a warrior’s .grave. ■ We see no reason why the soldiers of the war of 1812 are not as deserving of a pen sion as those of the revolution, and we rejoice that the government is about to redeem-itself from reproach on account of the long and heart less neglect of this meritorious class of citizens. PTs~ Among the many medicines offered to the public, DU VALL’S-GALVANIC OIL Is surpassing all in amount of sales. A- greater number of dozens of, this medicine have boon sold than of any other preparation—and why ? Because it is a good article and is In demand— 'the sufferer will always have it. ; Riot at York —The Borough election in York on Saturday. resuhid in the success of the fusion or opposition ticket by 81 majority. Excrement prevailed at the polls the entire day, and was followed by a serious riot in the eve ning. The Democratic Press gives the follow ing particulars of the disgraceful affair: . In the evening, about 9 o’clock, a terrible riot occurred in Main street, between the Mar ket house and the Bridge, between some of the members of the Vigilant and Laurel Fire Com panies. in which two or three persons were wounded by shots front a pistol or musket. A gentleman standing on the inside of the door.ln the ‘'Tremont House.” was struck on the back of the head with a bail (lid from a pisiql.makr Inga rather frightful butniol a mortal wound. Another person, we are told, had a portion of his ear shot off. in the street. A number of other,persons were somewhat injured" in the melee.i Bullet holes and other marks of vio lence, may be traced in a number of the build-1 ings along the street. The shmters.walls. &c,, of the store of Stine Frystngcr & Co,, and the Banking house of the York Bank, bear the marks of quite a mmiber-ol halls', stones, &o. K 7" The lion. John Cadwal'ader was sworn in on Monday morning last, as Judge -of the District Court, for the Eastern District of Penn eylvsnln. THE mm BIfFICULTT SETTLED. Peace to Uffi CoBillrj! ! TPeatb happyto Inform our readin (hat (ho Kansas diitienlty has at length boon settled by Congress. '6n Friday last both tho House and the Senate adopted the Conference Bill reported be - Mr. Enoush, admitting Kansas into Hie Un ion under tho LOcompton Constitution. the ( vote stood 9 majority in tho House, odd 9 ma jority in the Senate. Dr. Ann, member of Con gress from this District, voted lor the bill, and has thus'carried out the wishes of his Democra tic constituents. «< Thisresnlt,” says the Wash ington Union, “ is one which will give peace to ho country and relievo the national legislature of a subject which has not only engrossed near ly all Us time, but has boon a means of discord and estrangement between the members of tho democratic party which every patriot must have deeply lamented.. Wo doubt hot, and the result which wo announce to-day with unmingled sat. I isfaction, abundantly proves, that, with few ex ceptions, It has been tho determination of de mocratic members and senators faithfully to ad here to the great doctrines of self-government which formed the basis of tho Cincinnati plat, form, upon which Mr. Buchanan was elected to the Chief magistracy of the tfnlon. Perhaps it was no more "than might have been expected that in enforcing for the first time after the ex press repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and the. Utter repudiation of the Wiimot . Proviso, this principle, differences of opinion would ai ise and great difficulties bo encountered, even to tile extent of putting to hazard the success of tho measure adopted as a medium of its applica tion. Happily, these disagreements, which so recently threatened tho success of the measure finally adopted by the democratic party of the two houses, after the most anxious deliberation, were so far accommodated as to command a majority in both brandies oi the legislature,' and the' cordial approval of the President and his cabinet. In reaching thjs auspicious con clusion, tho most extraordinary events have in. tervened, which cannot fail to make a deep im pression upon the country. The Lecompton constitution, assailed with bitter ferocity at the opening of the session, four months ago, and denounced as a usurpation and a fraud Jn the course of legislation npon it, has received an affirmative endorsement from every member of the House of Representatives. It is a curious coincidence, that, on the mo-. tionOf Mr. .English'to lay the motion to recon sider upon the table, the usual clincher adopted in cases of sharp controversy, like that upon final action yesterday, the vote stood 118 yeas against 100 nays, precisely the vote which pass ed the Kansaa-Nebraaka act four years ago." ■ Thus has terminated the .most extraordinary and alarming political,difficulty which has ever disturbed the politics of this country. Its - ori. giii is to bo found in the passage of the fatal Missouri Compromise ■ and its close was appro, priatoly effected on the anniversary of the inau. guration of George Washington as President of the UnitedSfatcsundertho federal constitution.' The illustrious Father of Ids Country, on the occasion of his accession to tho Presidency, says : “Every step by which they have advan ced” (speaking of the Slates) “to tho character; of an Independent nation, seeins to have been distinguished by some providential agency— We submit, that this graceful acknowledgment of Divine interposition lb behalf of the republic is most appropriately repoatod’on the presen occasion. It is also worthy of special observation,.that the deficiency bill,* so warriily contested, passed both Houses yesterday,. ■ .These great measures thus concluded, both brandies of the legislature adjourned to Holiday. Relieved trom the cares which have so heavily pressed upon the mem bers, they will have an opportunity to exchange congratulations, and .to renew professions of friendship for each other, and of devotion to.tho great cause of the democratic party, which, by the result of yesterday’s votes, must have be come doubly dear to every patriot and well wisher of the Union. t The great obstacles in -the way of active leg. islation living thns been removed, may we not anticipate that the few remaining days of the session will be devoted to the consideration of the many important measures now demanding the attention of Congress? We can see no ob ject which the opposition can have, in the pre sent aspect of public affairs, in interposing diffi culties in the way of prompt legislation for the boiteflj of the country.” , , ~ , ' . i" ’ . Tbb Admission or New States—Gen. Quit man’s Bile.— The- bill which Mr. Quitman, of Mississippi, endeavored to introduce in thp House a few days ago, sots forth that it is un wise, impolitic, and unjust to the existing States, to prematurely, and hastily adniif new-Sfutua, thereby unduly stimulating Hie' occupation of distant and vacant territories, by forced and un natural migration for political and partizan and sectional purposes, producing strife and discord between the different portions of the Union, and leading to corrupt political combinations in Congress. In order to correct theso evils, and* give timely notice of the lino of policy which, will hereafter bo pursued, the bill provides (hilt no now States shall be admitted into the Union until it is ascertained, by a census taken .by au thority of Congress, that the Territory asking admission contains a population sufficient for a representative in Congress, nor until the people have been authorized by Congress to bold a Convention to frame a Constitution, and to pre sent the same for admission. Oregon Wages. Fhioes, &o In Oregon, men get from $4O to $l2O per month in lumbering establishments, and from $4O t > $5O on farms. Carp nfers, from $4 to $.6 per day. Flour sells at from $l2 to $l6 per barrel. Beef from $8 to $l5 per 100 lbs. Pork, $lO per 100 lbs. Po. tatoea, SIJ per bushel. Wealth or Illinois. —According to fho re turns of the County Assessors of Illinois to the State Auditor, the aggregate value of real imd personal property in that Commonwealth (omit ting several counties not yet received,) amounts to $408,477,867, being an increase ol $72,227,- 240 over the total of the year 1856, or 22 per cent, difference in two years. Notes oh Time— The oldest clock |s Amer ica is one in the Philadelphia Library, which is nearly two centuries old. It was made in Lon don, keeps good time and is said to have been owned by Oliver Cromwell. Col. Fbemokt Beaten —The supreme court of Calitoruia has decided the case of Biddle Boggs vs. the Merced Mining Company—re versing the judgment of the court below- The question involves tho title of Fremont, to Hie ' mineral -wealth of his Mariposa claim. The court decides against Fremont, and that a fee simple to land does not carry with it the title’.to the gold>ox(ract«d therefrom. O*A proposition has been started in St. Louis, to erect'a monument to tbe memory of Col.-Benton, to that city. The Mormon Rebellion. - Afew years ago, the idea of anypcoplo un der our goveriiment rising in open and bold re bellion.to its authority,.wOuld have been laugh ed at as. idle and improbable- Arid the first motion toward resistance Would have kindled universal and intense indignation, and created n general desire for speedy and severe chastise ment of the rebels. But things have changed. The Government of the United Slates is .public ly defied, her officers are insulted, her authority contemned by her own citizens, and yet some experience no indignation, some even apologise for the infamy, and many Senators and Repre sentatives seem indifferent as to the infliction of deserved punishment. Why this.'chango ? But a short time ago the Republican party, was fierce in its denunciation of Mormonism ns one of the “twin relics of barbarism.” And now the leaders of that party retard lire pas sage of a bill to supply the necessary nieans to crush out that “relic,"Jwhich is now arrayed in hostile attitude l(o ourj Government. We were satisfied long ago that there is no use try. ing to find reasons (br the conduct of the Re publican leaders; their tergiversations are reg ulated by no rule of experience or philosophy ; they are consistent only in being inconsistent. But we did think, that all parlies would unite in .aiding the President iri his desire to tench re-; bellion the sure and speedy penalty of its acts, and at the same time, relieve our-country from the odium of an institution that is a disagree to civilization, and a reproach to freedom./ But, instead of prompt legislation to punish treason, the public Treasury is wasted in pacing men for fruitless and malignant assaults upon our Chief Executive. Mr, Buchanan has not the control of the Treasury, and cannot be held re sponsible for the inertion. Let the/ blame rest where it belongs; upon those who, a short time since, were most vehement in Reclamation about the insolent and Rebellious Mormons. Mormon Emigrants.—A company of 90 Mormons—most of them from Denmark, Swe den aqd Norway, arrived in New York on Sun day, in the ship John Bright. Their emigra tion was projected before the news of the diffi culties in Utah had reached .them, and it was their intention at first to proceed direct to Salt Lake. When it was ascertained that they could not readily do so, it was decided that they should adjourn for a time in Canada, but. they have since decided not to go thither, but to set tle somewhere in the northwest until an' oppor tunity of joining Brigham is afforded them. — They speak hopefully of the progress of Mor monism in the Scandinavian gauntries, Mr. Washington's Bargain with thb La dies' Mount Vernon -Association.— The Richmond Enquirer publishes the terms of ne ; , goti.ation between Mr. John A. Washington, the proprietor of Mount Vernon, and the La dies’ Mount Vernon Association of the Union. They are, the payment oif; two hundred thou sand dollars foT";wo hundred acres of land, in which are included Washington’s residence and tomb, and the landing place. Eighteen thou sand dollars of this Sum were paid on the clo sing of the contract. andj the remainder of the contract price is to be paid in four yearly SnstaL tnents. Mr. Washington, however will allow interest upon any sums,J not less-than five thou sand dollars, that may be paid before the bonds are due: and he retains/the title to and posses- I sion of the estates until /the principal and inter est are paid, except that in case the whgle amount is paid, by lhe 22dof February, 1859, , he will forego interest oh the first year’s pay- , ment, due in January, 1859. ■ , ; A correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, i in commenting upon this contract; says with truth that t‘ Mr. John jA. Washington has got the bult-cnd'bf the bargain with the Igdies pur chasing Mount Vernon. In the first place, he gels a thousand dollars per acre for land not in trinsically worth twenty.; An hundred dollars per acre would be ay extravagant price. All the buildings and , improvements together are not worth five hundred dollars. He then re tains possession and occupancy of the premises until the last dollar, of the purchase money is paid, and receives interest on the amount un paid all the while.! So that he is to live rent free at the mansion, and, besides the outrageous price, of two hundred thousand dollars, gel per haps fifty thousand more in the shape of inter est. If this is not irnfficing in the sacred dust of his ancestor, I know not what else to call it.” - [C7" Mr, Joseph Olay lon died at his residence in Trenton, N. J.,on Thursday last, at the ad vanced age of one hundred and seven' ycafs, having been born in 1751.- How many chan, ges has he witnessed in this Extended life-lime ! Born a subject of Great Britain, he has witness ed.ihe growth of.this epuntry.from thirteen fee ble colonies, wi'h npopulation of less than three millions, scattered along the Atlantic sea-board, to a powerful-confederacy of. thirty-one Slates, stretching across the continent from ocean to ocean, and containing nearly thirty millions of people. He was twenty four years of age when the first guti of the American revolution was fired at Lexington; and was in the full strength of uiaiihoojl when the Declaration, of Independ ence was signed. He was thirty-eight years of age when/Washington was elected the first Pres ident, and has lived to see fourteen of his. suc cessors ascend jltc .chair of tlie Chief Magistrate. I Is seldom that it is given to one Vipm to wit. nesA such a scries of historical changes as have ; takgn place during the lifetime of JJy. Clayton. The - - Jiq” Dance.—A contemporary, in re ferring to the subject of protoiScous dancing,re nnrKB| that “ho has never been able to see any particular good effect from dunging, physical or spiritual, except from the lively jigs he used to perform when ahoy, when his tather was ap plying the hirch to him for misdemeanors.” There is philosophy in this. These jigs, sadly ns they have fallen Infp disuse in these refined daysj were often attended with the most saluta ry consequences—“moral, physical and splrit- DpEP in Dbdt.-Ii is said that the debt of Mexico is about 8180.000.000. Before wq go to annex, it would be well to consider how this debj is to be paid. A protectorate over a hun dred and eighty millions would be a considora ablb responsi biliiy. The best way to get pos session would be "to conquer*piece.” ,K 7" About nine months since a little girl in Allegheny Co., aged two years; lodged'a grain of coffee in her windpipe. linearly strangled several times and last Friday week choked her to death. C?" Still expanding—hooped skirts, It is suggested that the pavements should; be widen ed to correspond.., latest Foreign News. By tho arrival af Now Ycrtvtrf4ft*-»teamahip Arabia, from Liverpool, we have news from Eu rope one week lator. Additional'news from . India had been received at London by telegraph from Malta. General' Sir Coltii Campbell re mained at Lucknow. killed at the capture of tbatvffißKgSir William Peel received a serionie. JBBElbc; Hill tort of Charndarco had beenplorm™‘and captured. The rebels were in Bundblcuhd|whero they had congregated in great force. Commissioner Teh reached Calcutta on the 22d of March, and was kept under close surveillance. Sir Hugh Mporo has driven the rebeslfrom the Chnndun districts and the" territory of tho Rajah of Banpoor.— Tho possessions of tho latter has boon/conflsca -tcd. Advices from Hong Kong say tiiat tho four groat Powers have given the Emperor until tho end of March to, send Plenipotentiaries to Shanghae. The Chinese were’arming around Canton, but thoJJluors of Falshom formally de clare that it is only for their defence against the rebels, who threaten the/ oily. General Pelis sier, Duke of Malakoffj'the new minister from Prance to the Court of St. James, had arrived in London. On landing at Dover he had a mill, tary and. civic reception of quite an imposing character. At L6ndon,also, he was received with every honor. In the British Parliament Mr. Disraeli announced that compensation has been demanded from Naples for the imprison ment of tho British engineers, captured on hoard the steamer Cagliari. The trial of Simon Bernard, the accomplice of Orsini, was expect ed to conclude on the 17thjalf!mo, tho day the steamer 'sailed. A strong anti-French appeal, made by his counsel, had created great excite ment and enthusiasm in Court. It is reported in Paris that the Count de Horny or M. de Per signy will soon succeed M. Espinassb, as Min ister of the Interior. The Western Powers are said to have refused, to support Sardinia in its aggressive measures against Naples. fourths of the city of Christiana,-Norway, had been destroyed by fire,, causing a loss of ten millions.of francs News fbom California, &c.—By the arrival at New York, on-Tuesday, from Aspin wall, of the steamship Moses Taylor, with $l,- 500,000 in gold, we have two weeks later news from California, Oregon, Central and South America, etc, . ; , The equinoxinl raged with groat fury forfoiir teen days, along the coast as far as Puget’s Sound, the wind blowingagale during (lie whole, period. The freshets had been heifvy, espe cially in the mining regions. Captain Bennett, of the late brig Cornelia, had been arrested at San FranciscSj and held to bail on the charge of haying scuttled his vessel at- sea, having first robbed her of $50,000 in silver, which he ship ped at Mazatlan for San Francisco. The trea sure is said to.be buried near Cape St. Lucas, to which point the vessel-bad been sent for its recovery. The dates from; Oregon are to the 27th uit. The “ The Salem” wing of the De mocratic party had nominated Lafayette Grover for Congress, and J. M. Whitaker for Govern or. They had also unanimously adopted reso. lutions sustaining Mr. Buchanan’s administra tion. The advices from the Sandwich Islands, to the 18th of March, contain nothing ,of im- •_.< ' .. tzr On the • sotpe of the bones of n human body were discovered' about three miles from Ridgway , near the junction of Mahan’s run and: Elk ,oreek v Pa.. Upon examination they were id tan if ltd nstlie remains of Win. Heed, who. It will be remembered, was lost in the woods two years ago last winters . Hecd-and an other man started out with their guns up Elk creek, on a hunting excursion, on the 10th De cember, 1855. A short distance up the creek they parted. Eced, it was supposed; was go ing to St. Mary’s! . This was the last seen or heard of him. . ■ ■ Chain PnospEOTd at tub South.—A South Carolina gentleman writes trora Edgefield,that tho wheat and other grain crops never looked hotter, or hid fairer tfir a largo yield, than they do at present. Should no disaster occur, new wheat may bo expected from the Sputh as early as tho 25th to the 80th of May, as it is now heading. The season is nearly over at the South; some corn has been worked over; a heavy cotton-crop has been planted. The last year's crop of cotton will reach 8,252,300 bales. CP" Galveston is the largest town in Texas and numbers some 8000 inhabitants. If con. tains Bor lOchurches. The Catholic Cathedral cost about 510,000. The new Episcopal church will cost $50,000, There are also Methodist, Baptist, and other churches, all handsome edi licea. The institutions ol loarningin this young city, are St, Mary’s*College, the Convent, the Galveston Institute, and the Galveston Female Seminary, [C7” The fraudulent transactions of Gish.the Richmond (Vo.) forger, are known to the anioutij of over §BOO,OOO. Such was the insiu uating character of (Iris scamp, and his success in gaining the conffilenceof the people, that the men who for six -. months were aware of his transactions, their own names having been.forg ed, refrained from exposing him on account of personal feelingsnnd delicacy. • Hon. Wm. Wilkins in Washington.— The National Intelligencer pi, Thursday, says: “Among the visitors at present in Washington, we are glad to see. and in good health, the ven erable William Wilkins, of Pennsylvania, for , merly Senator in Congress, and -subsequently Secretary of War. He is thft guest of the Pre sident.” Judge Wilkins has just qpncluded his term of service as a Senator ol Pennsylvania, from the county of Allegheny. A Clerical Convict Late English papers state that the Hev. Samuel Smith, of the Colle giate Academy, Clifton, who lured a former lo ver of his wife to a secluded place, and then at tempted to rob and murder him, has been con victed, and sentenced to. four years’ penal ser vitude. His wife iv.is- discharged upon a nomi nal bail,. Eauly Harvest in Illinois The Chicago I Press advances the opinion that tho wheat liar ivest in -southern Illinois will commence at least one or two weeks earlier than in 1867, when new barley from that locality was sold in Cin cinnati on the 27th of. June, and tho wheat har vest. had fairty commenced by the 4th ol July. The Church P.ipera in England are wag ing a fierce controversy relative to the sort of gloves It is lawful and expedient ft>r a Bishop to, wear. At a religious meeting lately, the Bishop of London stood on a platform wearing a jmir ol bright yellow riding gloves, an act which has scandalized the disciplinarians. Ky* An old. lady in- Teitas, who sells eggs, has over her door new laid, eggs every morn ,ing by Betty Briggj.” The liurning Mountain. Tho editor of the F.otsvillo Journal recently paid a visit to a natural curiosity'in that vicini ty, and thus gives, an account of it. ’ ftls very , interesting'. “As is generally known, there is a vein of coal located above water level in Broad mountain, about seven miles from this Borough, and noarHeckschervillo, which for twenty-one years.lias been oh Are. The vein, which con- excellent white ash coal, is, some forty feet in thickness. The origin, of tho fire is at , tributed to a couple of miners, who, having some work to perform In tho drift in the depth of winter, built a Are—they being cold—in tho gangway.’ Tho Aames destroying the prop tim bers, were carried by a strong current, rapidly along tho passage, and the Are communicating to tho coal, all subsequent eAbrts to extinguish it were inotTet&ial. The men wore cut off from escape, arid were undoubtedly suffocated to death. Their remains were never found. “A few days since we ascended the mountain at the spot of the Are, and were much interested in examining the effect of the Are upon tho snr-- face. The course of it is from west to cast,and where the vojn is nearest the surface,the ground is for tho space or several hundred feet sunken into deep pits, and while tho stones exibit evi dences of having been exposed to the action of intense heat, every viatige of yogitation has been blasted. It is a desert track in the midst of smiling fertility. The ground in some places was almost too warm for the hand to rest upon it, while steam from water heated by the inter nal Are, rose from every pope. • The Are has ev idently extended for several hundred yards from the place it originated, and Ands-Vent and air to continue its progress, at the pits, to which we have alluded. A score of years has passed, still it burns, and will bum until further fuel is denied.tho devouring element. ■ Thousands of tons of Coal have undoubtedly been consumed, and thousands of tons may yet feed tho Are be fore it is checked.” More Counterfeiters Attested, The Lycoming Gazette, Williamsport, Pa , April 21st, says: "On Friday night, constable Elder and Coder arrested a man calling himself Thomas Bichards, charged by Theo. Schuck with passing counterfeit money. The'accused was taken before Justice Anthony and commit ted for a farther hearing the next day. After the arrest of Bichards it was ascertained that he had two companions in the business, who.in ;he meantime, had left the place. Deputy Sheriff Piatt, and Constable Coder and Elder started in pursuit of them on Saturday morn ing, and overlook the pair on Ihe public road .a short distance above Linden.. On discovering that they were pursued, one of them took to the Helds, and after a short chase, was overtaken by Deputy Sheriff Piatt, who succeeded in seizing him by the coat just as hewasjumpingafence, the officer being bn one side and the prisoner on the other.; when Constable Coder came up and assisted in securing him. . The 01 her was taken.' we, believe, before he had time lo get out of the road. On being brought before Juntice Antho ny the accused gave their names as William Patterson and David Morgan. After a hearing they were committee], in default of $5OOO bail each, to answer at court. In giving chase lo Morgan, when he ran across the fields, he was observed: lo feel his pockets as if -to dispose of the evidences of his guilt, or to draw a weapon, and on searching him, about eleven hundred and fifty dollars, in counterfeit ten-dullar bills, on the Southwark Bunk, Philadelphia, and a re- I volver, fully charged, were found.' The amount (recovered, with.what they passed in thisvicini [ty. Would-'make about twelve hundred dollars. The bills arc said 19 bo Jm excellent hnitation'of the genuine, and in every way calculated to de ceive the public; Richards had'a final hearing on Saturday, and-in default of §5OOO bail, was also committed to answer at court. The whole party came from the north to this place. Some of them took the whole mayor quite coolly .and seemed to consider it a good joke-one of them remarking that money wasscarce and the banks doing nothing, so he thought he would do some thing himself to put some money in circulation. Held uis Breath too Long— The Marys ville (California) News furnishes an account ol a death which occurred under singular circuni stanscs, recently, at a place called Dolor Gulch Iwo men; John Thomas and Ephraim Mal inger, made a bot of ten dollars as to who could hold his breath the longest. At the word, both drew in their breath,‘ but iMaringor soon gave out - Thomas gave no sign or motion that ho was ol his having won tho wager, but kin witli Ids bead bowed upon his breast, still immova ble! -‘Halloa, Thomas, old fellow,you’ve won! What are you sitting there for? Get up, and stand treat,” some one said to him. Not re plying, tho company became alarmed. They -shook him, raised him from the chair—he was dead! Dr. Springall was immediately called |in, bnfall hopes’ of resuscitation were gone; life had become entirely-extinct. Dr. Spring all, assisted by Drs. Wells arid Glaudcin, hold a post marten examination upon tho .body of tho deceased, the result of which showed that the heart had been completely huist asunder, caus ing death instantly. Tekrible Affair.—A terrible accident from firearms transpired near the village of-Lewis berry, in Fairview township, York ' county, about 6 miles from York, on the 19th ult— It appears that a number of persons on that day were amusing themselves at' Target firing, and. as it was wet and disagreeable, the party sheltered themselves in a small building, when one of them named Lewis Miller, in passing through the same with his gun in his hand, the hammer of which accidentally came in contact with a bench or some other obstruction, instant ly exploding its contents. The load of the gun penetrated the upper part of his forehead, caus ing a fracture of about two inches in circumfer ence, through which the brain protruded. It is asserted that a portion of the brain fell from the wound as the unfortunate man was being conveyed to his home, yet, incredible as it may seem, we arc infonned that' his physician, Dr. Nebingcr, is not without hopes of his ultimate recovery. Mr. M. is a son of Mr. Samuel Mil ler of Manchester township and is a man of family, having a wife and two children. Sdpposed Murderers Arrested— An im portant arrest was made at Bluomsbitrg, Pa., by United States Marshall Wynkoop.' A party, believed to be concerned in'the murder of Miss Adeline Bavor, near Mohrsville, Berks county, has been traced there, and seized by tiie officers of tho law. Two other persons implicated in the same outrage are already in. prison, await-- mg trial. K 7” The revival interest has extended to va rious parts of Canada. In Montreal, prayer meetings are, hcldi. three times a day,.and '.are largely attended, Legislative Bodies Generally, and fennsylva ’ Uia legislatures Specially.' Legislative corruption is a disease which af flicts thisrcouhtry, running from one end to the other like a malignant epidemic. The last ses sion of Congress was the scene of an exposure, showing how the members of that body, al ways supposed to be pure and dignified, were bought and sold and bargained and bartered for, like any other marketable commodity.— The disclosure was received as nothing now; it was a well known fact that corruption existed, and the only real-interest attached to the trans action was in the detection of some of the crim inals. The corruption itself stanled no one, because the fact was not a novelty. The Leg islatures of many of our States exhibit the same rottenness. New York ns well as Pennsylva nia is afflicted with venal legislators. . The birr ing and selling of votes has got to bo a busi ness, just like the buying aud selling of fat cat tle. A class of brokers act as the negotiators, and stand between the seller and the consumer to adjust the price and fix all the prelimina ries. so that the transaction is accomplished fairly, satisfactorily and honorably. We may regret that this is the case; we may see it in the greatest danger to our representa tive system of government, but we cannot shut our eyes to its truth. The barter and sale of votes is looked upon with far 100 much lenien cy. Many honest people, a ware.of the traffic, regard it as a necessary evil, and become rec onciled to it as an established system,' Others, who are seeking legislation for legitimate pur poses. And their attempts to obtain a hearing unavailing, and are finally compelled to pay tribute, and thereby encourage the corrupt sys tem, or fail entirely in their object. These remarks have a general application to our representative bodies, and a particular ap plication to the Legislature of Pennsylvania. — When the last session commenced, we hoped better things of it. and that it would escape the character of some of its predecessors. But we don’t that its average honesty was above theirs. It was equally the tool of the corrupt men and designing speculators who assemble at the Capitol every year, for the purpose of fill ing and fattening at the expense of the State. Of course we speak collectively, and not indi vidually. But notwithstanding this truth, we have some reason tq congratulate the people, and hope for better things in the future : not be cause we have any very bright anticipations ol seeing a higher class of men elected to the next Legislature, but solely and’entirely because the Staleowns.no more public property which can be put up at a mock auction and transferred to the credit of. the hungry adventurers who. have Been accustomed, year after year, to take pos session of the Legislature. There is nothing' left to sell. - The board jias been swept-clean. The Inst party devoured’ all the public property which the Pennsylvania Railroad Company bad the magnanimity or modesty to spare. This fact alone leads us to hope that in future the Legislature of Pennsylvania, not being exposed to great temptation, Will be comparatively hon est and untainted by corruption. ' If the sale of the public works should Be pro ductive of this happy reformation, we will be disposed to overlook, the means that has pro duced on end so devoutly. to be wished for.— One of the standing arguments used at the ses sion just closed, and the one preceding it, for the sale of the public works, was'thecorrupting influences that their public management exert-' Icd upon the people. The Canal Commissioners, Collectors, Supervisors, agents and the multi tude of persons engaged in one capacity or an other upon the public works, .were denounced as an organized -band of robbers, who preyed upon the, S.ate, growing fat and rich on the plunder extorted from, the victimized tax-pay ers. This charge had no doubt some truth in it. But the sale of these same public works has been attended with consequences fully as .deplo rable an their'management. - It has corrupted and debased members, and disgraced the elmr ncicr of the Legislature. The sale of. the Main .Lino to the'Pennsylvania Railroad Company,’ and the sale of the remaining canals to tbeSun bury and Erie Railroad Company, have tempt ed. prostituted and ruined more public men than their management by the State ever has done. The'Commonwealth has been divorced I from her public improvements at a fearful cost, tb public morality. Corruption Iras been im planted so strong and deep by these transac tions ''that it will be difficult to eradicate.— Nothing but a determination on the part of the people to send representatives of established honesty to the Legislature, can ever restore the 'larnislied’integrity of that body-. It is a poor consolation that future Legislatures must per force be honest because the Slate owns noth ing that can. be'sold or-given away; but it is better tlran none, and" we gladly accept-it, in the absence of any well grounded belief that the next Legislature will be a purer body of men than the last.— Harrisburg Union , Rejoicings at Washington ov-er the Passage of the Kansas Bill; Washington, Mhy 2. —Last n?ght & large crowd collected before tlie President’s house, where ennnon were find nririd music from the Marine band. President Buchanan appeared at tiie window. and returned thanks for the honor, saying that the best interests of the country were involved in, the contest which had so hap-; 1 pi!y terminated, and he hoped’andthelievvd that 1 the passage of the Kansas bill Would tend to ■ promote the peace and prosperity, of the Union, i Messrs. Toombs, Gwin, Clay, Letcher, and I Stevenson, alsn spoke tb- the assemblage, the first regarding the result ns a pacification in which there had been no .dishonor anywhere. Senators Bigler, Green, and' Brown; arid Rep resentatives J. Qlancy Jones and English Were also serenaded at their residences, and'made speeches of exultation at. the passage of tiie' Kansas bill, regaiding it an a measure.of peace, not only for Kansas but for the whole country —a measure ol Union for the States and union fur the Democratic party, and as putting an end _!<>, thiip.qiiesiioii._of slavery which lias so long, distracted the country. Gov.. Walker, in his recent letter to Missrs. Cox and.. Lawrence, said that the conference Kansas bill, as interpreted by him, was in pre cise conformity with his views and course, not only in Kansas, but, since It is return, and in following the path where duty and conscience led him, he. must support it. “If,” he adds, “the.odions Lecompton Constitution, born in fraud ahd baptised in perjury, will be defeated by an overwhelming vote by the people ol Kan sas, thus demonstrating, by practical result, the truth of my interpretation, this bill ducs.in fact, submit the Constitution to,popular suff rage for ratification or rejection,Which is alM have required. With such a bill and such a ■ decision of that people under if. no formidable 1 effort will ever again be made to withhold from the people of inchoate Stales a vote for or against 1 the. rati Act tios or rejection of the Slate Consti- '■ tution, and the oligarchical doctrine ot Consti- • tultonal sovereignly with the abandoned.”. A Lucky Hubdand.— The murringo of Miss Emily Ridgway, the only daughter of John J. Ridgway, formerly of Philadelphia, and now a resident at Paris, took place at Paris, on Iho the Bth ult. The groom is Marquis do Gannay, a French nobleman, young in years, and is re garded as exceedingly lucky in possessing so wealthy a prize. The bride ia in her twentieth year. Miss Ridgway was probably the wealthi est female in Philadelphia. t. DZ7* Tuokerraan, the mail-robber, who once moved in elegant society, has been convicted, lie will bo sentenced on Tuesday next. The' verdict shows that, in New Haven at least, jus tice is no respecter of persons. We have no in formation that there was any attempt bo. fore the trial to quash the indictment. O* Specie held by the Ranks. of Philadeh plus amounts to nearly seven millions of dol lars. The circulation is under two millions and s half, Discovery of a New Plot to dssassinato'Z > Emperor of the French. - T It is now positively certain to oil those wi, hove any means of , knowing what pasW^ o ' hind the scene, that the coremonv of ! S !** the Boulevard de Sebastopol, was put O C' D B' count of the discovery of a fresh, nlot »o ° n ao * sinaie tho French Emperor., TheSetaHgoni?’ affair are kept in the utmost possible and are probably only known to thenew 3 ®*?’ of Police, Gen. Espinasse, and t ho p m Prefet himself;. but the mere fact of the cxisteT ror the plofis known to some hundreds in.?-S f uals, and it has even caused a modiflcnii , the ceremonial of yesterday, whereof a t ° n n to be found fn this morning’s official paper, alluding,to the name of ih. lfl6 Boulevard says, “It was quite rieKt tW. ■ new ter of troops should mark the inauaii»v™ 08 * ' such an artery of the capital. and af &" <>' peror, our soldiers were the first who oiiehf ?* have trodden a soil bearing the name ef , 0 rious a victory.” This, as you will sc „ manner of explanation for the presence if.?! the troops that were called together vealcrdn In the origin, the ceremony was to 'be a mil civil and municipal one.; but, when it was di? covered that so great a , danger threatened it was resolved to change Us chnracicr nUoEethVr and instead of a municipal, it becaitiVa military fete. Connected with this, I can relate.to vZ a curious circumstance that: has just occurred and for whmkj can vouch.' Last week, Wof the very highest placed funoiuaries here and-’ one of the nearest not the nearest, in habitual confidence to the Emperor Napoleon Ilf, balled' upon a lady friend of mine, with.whom, and with whose' husband, he has been on intimate terms of friendship for the last fourteen years Both this lady and her husband are foreiehem' settled in Paris. The personage I speak of made the visit in question on purpose to ask these Triends nf his what properly they had preserved in their own country, and how far they had identified their fortunes with .those of France:and the language he held was lextually this—•; With all that my position obliges nie to know, I cannot reconcile it to my long-standing friendship lor you and yours, not to enlighten you upon life reality of the situation we ore,.ail of us, now living in France. , The Empefor’s existence is anallbut , impossible one; he is so; surrounded by plots that every day brings to , light;, so-, compelled now to suspect, the very individuals who;servo . him in ihe interior of.ihe palace, that it is next to a positive miracle that ho should escape.— His own faith in his preservation is -shaken * and from day (o day. from hour to hour, any-', thing may happen in Paris, and Baris becomes place where no one Who is not forced to live should not be desirous of prolonging his slay All this may. not occur—it is possible that noth ing of it at affmay happen; but it is just agpos (sible that it may all Occur any dayahd that being the realstate of affairs here, f cannot raj oncile it to myself not to warn yoti, and not to' advise yon to be ready to leave liiis counlry at a moment’s notice.” * ■ - Tf I could name to you the man. who pro nounced these Words, you would see that un less they were pronounced by, Louis Napoleon’ himself, they "could not be so by any one.wore important. ,? confess my own impression is, not. that the plbtsTor asSassinalion witl'slicceed in their dircci and present form, but T, firmly believe they have another danger, which is eve ry bit as great; and which is evident to' some, few of those, who live in Loins Napoleon’s inti macy. The motion of an incessant and horri- ble danger hahgingover his head, has so pos sessed the Emperor, that in spile of all resolves to the contrary, his nervous system i? shaken’ to the roots, and ho is in that peculiar stifle of mind that prevents a man front seeing straight or moving straight. He no longer enjoys his liberty of action or of thought, ahd.hisoWriiins'- taken acts it.will be that will probably bring a fatal crisis on. •• , ' • : Anns of odk Distinguished Statesmen xi their Death.—The following table will be in teresting at ibis time, as 'showing', the age cl ninny of our distinguished statesmen at the' time of their death : . Born Died Ago General Washington . 1732 . 1799 6f Benjamin Franklin 1700 1790 84' John Adams 1735 1826 9l Thomas Jefferson 1743 1820 83 : Jito Q; Adams 1765 1845 8I 1 Andrew Jackson 1767 1 845 78 Henry Clay 1778 1852 75 John 0. Calhoun 1782 1 850 ,C 8 Daniel Webster 1782 1852 70 Thomas H. Benton 1782 1858 . , 67 It will be seen that Benjamin Franklin was' bnrn at an earlier period than any statesman' who figured in our revolutionary history. If*' was the oldest man who signed the declaration', of independence, being at the time 70 years of age, and had'filled the allotted lime of the psalm; Ist. He-was twenty six years older Ilian Gen-, eral Washington, and'was thirty-seven years’ the Thomas Jefferson. ~ In tntf number of years that,he lived, John Adams was thejia triaroh of pur statesmen, dying at the extraor dinary age of ninety-one years. Ho lived twen ty seven y card ..longer than General W ashing- > .ton; who was appointed on his motion, in the. Continental Congress, Cpmniandur-in-chief of the American armies' , dnring tjie war;of:the'rev olution. His son, John ;.Q., Atlaiiis. was also very aged, being eighty-one, years bid. Th« ■Adapts slock was distinguished forils longevi ty.— Baltimore Republican', ■ ' Mn. EvrciiF.TT's'TttiripTETftTr/ri“ ShriTrlEits Matiion.”—-In replv to Mr. Yeadon’s welcome to Oharleslon Mr. Everett paid the following touching rind well-deserved tribute to the origi nator of the Mount Vernon Association-—no# its able Regent: . “ I do indeed esteem it n chief- happiness of my life that I have had the privilege in inyde-. dining years, and in my retirement from.ajl ■public employments and akpiralions to hccotris in.-any degree the exponent of that profound veneration (Or the character of ihe Father of his Country, which is the most widely'-prevailing and deeply cherished sentiment of the Ameri can heart. Still more do I congratulate tuf-v self that I have hud the grind fortune to cooper ate in the accomplishing o( the noble enterprise of the purchase of Mount Vernon which-In* been thus far conducted on the; way to a suc cessful result by the heroic enefgy.lhe untiring perseverance, and the matchless enthusiasm