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 <?•
a daughter of Carolina,' who modestly bat
vailingly seeks to hide herself from t™. 8
tilde of the country under the,tinpw f e n “"j| ,
signation of 1 A Southern •
applause.) ,
The Last Steamboat J\luuDF.a.—^h e _
Spray was burnt, last week, near nt. '
With a terrible loss of life. She was r B
with another steamer, and, according
.statement of a passenger, the 'captain. Mb
out a barrel of turpentine; and the A
dipped ciipfulls and ihrcw.it-into the lur •
This was not sufficient. The head of in
rel was then broken, in and bucket fulls
turpentine were thrown into the flames
coal, dragged out from the furnace by tn
of an excited fireman, communicated wt
turpentine, and in a'few moments the
Spray was wrapped in n sheet of flame. *
is .a law of Congress which punishes suc -i
lessness as : this. Personally and T' e ? l ! n ~ii.
the officers are liable, and the application
law in tins, and every other instance of th . .
would lend to protect the public and dim
the number of these terrible disasters.
Op* His excellency. Gov. Wm. F.
.has finally made the appointment of Lcatn
spedor for Philadelphia. The'successful
tleman Is Mr. John K. Gamble, of PhiladeW
Thus has the city of Philadelphia carried o
last morsel of she *- loaves and .fishes, on
supporters of Qov. Packer in . iho counlr.
invited to take a back-seat and wait V unlit- •
begns are cooked. 1 * ' ’ * ’
O", Ice was formed in thftVioinity of
tbnv on -Wednesday evening