AMERICAN VOLUNTEER
JOBS B. BRATTON/Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA 7 ., MAY 13, 1858.
Democratic State Nominations.
Supreme Judge,
’ WM. A. PORTER, Of Philadelphia
Canae Commissioner,
WESTLEY FROST, of Fayette Go,
s The Weather. —On Sunday wo had one of
the moat beautiful days wo have ever enjoyed.
By evening a thunder storm arose, and about
0 or 10 o’clock, tho rain commenced pouring
down vigorously. It continued to rain a groat
part of night and Monday. It is somewhat sin
gular, that all the-rainy spoils, wo have had this
month commenced with thunder showers.
Don..— Ouy town has beemnorc than ordina
rily dulldorXho last few d*ys. Trade seems to
be at a stand sflltrond-buCineas men are having
an easy time generally. Real summer weather
may bring a revival ot business.
Rain, Rain.—Tho weather ot late is well cal
culated to increase tho misery of all who are
addicted to tho “ blues,’? for we have had little
else than cold;,rains, cloudy days, and dark,
nights for tho last two weeks. After one or two
clear days, it commenced to rain again on Sun
day evening, and at (his writing there is nopros
' pect of a clear up. It is indeed miserable wea
-1 ther—about as disagreeable as,can well be ima
gined. The ■ different streams in our county,
we team, are imich.swollen, and the earth is like
, a well-fIJIed sponge. Cord-planting will neces
sarily ha late this .spring.-
Had his Pocket Picked.—On Friday evening
last, as Mr, Christ. Mellinoer, of Stonghs
town, was returning home from. Philadelphia in
(lie night (rain of tars, his pocket-book, con
taining sqn)S,SSOQ or $6OO was stolen from his
pockeftiy&bffieflong-flngqred pick-pocket. Mr.
J£. had been to the city with a drove of horses
and the. money stolon was a portion-received
from his sales.
.UF” Messrs. Leidich & Sawyer, .having pur
chased the store of 6. W. Hltner, are’now en
gaged in taking an account of stock. The store
.will be closed for a few days, when it will bo
opened and replenished with a hew assortment
of Spring.and Summer Goods.
Chilly Weather. —Many ofour citizens who
'had “ taken down” their in anticipation
of constant pleasant weather, no doubt bitterly
repent of it. The weather is damp and qftllly
enough to keep one beside a warm stove all the
time, . . 1 ■ •. ■
. Accident.— On Saturday week, says the Ship
pensbnrg iVcuis, a severe accident happened to
a little son of John T. Green, Esq., of Dickin
son township, hy being thrown from a carriage.
It appears that ho was bringing a young man by
the name of Hays, who has charge of a school
at Oentreville, to this 'place in a carriage, when
his horse took fright, rah, off and throw them
both out, breaking one of the legs-and other
wise injuring Master Gueen. Mr, Hats was
considerably bruised but had no bones broken.
From last accounts the lad was doing well and
was on a fairway to recover.
Another Society. —The last society spoken
of in California is the “ Pay Nothings.” It is
said to be alarmingly prosperous. The pass
word is “lend mo a dollar” —the response,
“ broke.” It is but a branch, however. The
original society has been in existence in thisvi
cinity for a long period;
Philadelphia Election. —The election for
City o(Beers in Philadelphia on Tuesday of lust
week; ; resulted in the olectifn .of Alelander
Henkt, the People’s candidjjto, to tho.Mayor'-
ality, over Riciiabd Vaux,. Democrat; by a ma
, Jority of 4.702, The Opposition also elected al
.the other city officers by large majorities. "
A New Senator. —The Hon. Thomas Cling
man, a member of the House of Representatives
from North Carolina, has been appointed-a Se
nator, from that State; to fill a-vaoancy occasion
ed by tho appointment of the Hon. Asa Biggs to
be, Judge of the District Court of the United
States.
TT~7~ Bishop Pottei, accompanied by Mrs. Pot
ter and three sons, sailed recently, for Europe,
in the ship Saranac, from Philadelphia. The
voyage is'undertaken with a view to recruit the
health of tho Bishop, which has succumbed to
the arduous labors of the diocese. A farowel!
service was hold in St. Paul’s Church, at which
most of the Episcopal clergy wore present. Tho
ship took.out also 100 steerage passengers. ,
Senator Douglas’s Position.' —A dispatch
from Washington to the Philadelphia, Evening
Journal, says: “ The Ahti-Lccomplon Demo
crats who opposed the English bill are prepa
ring an address to the country to vindicate their
course. In the meantime, however, their lead
er, Judge Douglas, evinces a disposition to re
tarn to the Administration ranks. His speech
oh the Oregon bill on Wednesday, opened the
eyes of a number of his friends who had sup
posed that the breach between the Senator and
the President was.irreparable.”
' Wno wouldn't be a Sooeb?— Under the new
. Military law, passed at the recent session of the
: Legislature, militia enrollment is entirely die.
pbhsbd with, Bed all volunteer companies para,
ding, are allowed every person each day, not
exceeding six times during the year, one dollar
and fifty cents per diem. In addition to this,
the commanding officers of a regiment may or
der the companies composing it out for an on.
campment parade, not exceeding six days, once
during each year. This is intended as an in
ducement to young men, with military ardor; i
who cannot well afford to lose the linujjor the i
indulgence of it, ,
Hon. Josiah J. Evans, United Staten Sen
aloe from South Carolina, who was elected,ju
1863, as the successor of Mr. Barnwell, died
suddenly in Washington on Thursday night
Ho was in the Senate Chamber during the day,
and, apparently in good health. Ho was some
what advanced in years.
D3>~ Gideon J. Ball, Esq y formerly State
..Treasurer, of Pennsylvania, and for several
years past a leading member of the State Legis
lature, has boon elected Cashier of the Bank of
Commerce, at Erie, Pa. This is the old Erie
City Bank, resuscitated tinder a new name, and
with now managers.
f ——
. Death or Gen. Merger. —The venerable
Gen, Charles Fenton Mercer, so well and favor
ably known throughout the United States, died
near Alexandria, Va., on Tuesday, in the 80th
year ol his ago. Many years ago hit was a dis
tinguished member ol Congress, and tilled other
offices ol responsibility with signal ability.
Something for Defaulters.
An act passed the Legislature at its late ses
sion which has long been needed to protect tho
community against as wicked a set of swindlers
as over went nnwhipt of justice. The main I
provisions of this law wo append, with the elm-1
pie remark that Wo hope it will bo promptly
impartially enforced in every insti"' 00 _
is violated. Wpjmve no bowels of compassion
tor tlio many scoundrels, who"' 3 a " 13 in ‘
. , . . . i,no hitherto robbed the
tended to punish, who ho'"
confiding portion Of. me community, and even
■women and. children, of their properly witli per
fect' impunity- In a word, this wholesome en
actment is to punish frauds committed by bank-'
oi-s, trustees, and agents of all descriptions, en
trusted with the property of others.
It provides that if any person being a trs-deo
of any properly, shall with Intent to defraud,
convert or appropriate tho same to his m™ use,
he shall be guilty of misdemeanor. That any
broker, banker, attorney, merchant or agent
having control ol property of any other person,
who shall with intent to d elrarnl, sell, negotiate,
transfer, pledge, or in any manner convert or
appropriate.to his own nso or the use of hnoth.
1 or person, stmh property or any part thereof, ho
I shall bo gniitv ol a misdemeanor. Any person
1 entrusted with the power of attorney for the
I sale or transfer of property, who shall frandu-
I ionfly soli nr otherwise convert such-property,
/ shall ho guilty of a misdemeanor. Any officer,
/ director, or member ,of any body corporate or
/'company, who shall fraudulently convert or np-,
I ply to his own use, any money or property of
f the company, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any officer receiving money for a company, and
fraudulently omitting to make entry thereof in
the books; any member or officer destroying,
mutilating, or falsifying the books or papers be
longing to' the company, or making any false
entry; any member or officer making and pub
lishing a false statement of the affairs of the
company with intentipn to defraud, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor. Persons convict,ei} un
der tliis act shall be imprisoned not more than
one year, and fined not less than' one thousand
dollars, at the discretion of the court.
From this outline of the act, it will'bo seen
that it inflicts tine; and imprisonment upon a
class of offenders, very numerous of late years,
who have heretofore escaped punishment . The
justice of its provisions were so manifest that it
pnssodiboth branches of "Ae Legislature without
opposition. And for tliis good law, wo are will
ing to'overlook half a dozen had ones.
Rejoicings at Washington.
The final passage of the Kansas bill caused
great and general rejoicing at Washington.—
The residents of the Federal Capital, as well as
patriotic citizens sojourning there from all.quar
ters of the Union, united in expressing their joy l
at the auspicious termination of a wexalibus
controversy which had.occupied the attention
of Congress for so long a period, to the exclu
sion of all other business. Last Saturday eve
ning, a large concourse of pcoplit, headed by
the Marine Band in a large chariot diawn by
four horses, proceeded to the White House, and
serenaded the President, while at intervals the
loud booming of a field-piece stationed opposite
the North front of the Executive Mansion, I
drowned the music and the chcers of the ihulti-
tude, and awoke the echoes all around the city.
In the midst of, these loud maifestations of de
light, the President appeared at the window
over the hail-door,' and acknowledged the honor
paid him by the assembled crowd in the follow
■ing brief address, spoken.in a clear and distinct
voice, and in his usual pleasing style of orato
ry : ' I--’’-./ ■’ ’•'
the president’s speech.
Gentlemen : I feel very much honored by
the kindness which you have displayed in com-,
ihg iii such respectable numbers to give me a
serenade. I have long been acquainted with
Washington. I,have been intimate with my
fellow-citizens of this city for a longer period
than inuny,pf you have lived, and I have never
received anything biit kindness, attention, and
good will from thepopidation of this District
[Cheers.] I thank you ihost cordially that, the
Icindness which your fathers have extended to
me still lives in the breasts of their children
and I hope when.l leave this city,'if I live to re
turn to my quiet home, I shall carry with me
your affectionate regard, which I shall endeavor
to deserve. ( Applause.] This is a great occa
sion on which you have assembled. It is:fur
above men. The best interests of the country’
ivere involved in the long contest which has so
happily terminated. [Applause.] I hope and
believe that the result will lend to promote the
peace and prosperity of our glorious Union,
[cheers :] and, of all the people upon- the face of
the earth, the, people of Washington are the
most interested in preserving this unity of in
tcrests which has rendered us glorious abroad
and -successful' and prosperous at hohie.-
[Chcers.] Ido not think that it will be becom
ing in me to enter into any discussion of tin
great question which Has so happily terminat
ed. I therefore must conclude these brief re
marks with again repealing fo you how hearlih
I fell your kindness, and how gratefully I shall
over remember it to the last period of my exis
tence. [Cheers.] - - '
Mr. Buchanan retired amid the prolonged and
.enthusiastic cheering of ihe people; but. shortly
afterward again approached the window, and
announced that there were several gentlemen I
with him who might bo. willing to speak to
’ Hem. Messrs. Toombs, Gwin, James B: Clay
Letcher, alfa Stevenson, were then successive!
introduced, and made brief speeches, in warm
response to the rejoicing of the multitude, over
the happy termination of the Kansas con
troversey. From the Presidential Mansion; the
serenaders went to the houses of Senators'Big.
ler, Brown, Hunter and Green, and to the rest
dences of Hon. J. Glancy Jones, Alexander H.
Stephens and William 11. English, to compli
ment them over the part they had taken in the
settlement of the Kansas question.- Senator
I Hunter was absent, and Mr, Stephens was ill,
l-but the other gentlemen made happy responses.
And the crowd went home in great good humor,
after firing a national saluteof thirty-two guns,
including a gun for Kansas, in Central Market
place.
Ci?” The bodies oi Anderson and Richards,
hung at Lancaster, have been exhumed by the
doctors. Anderson disappeared from his grave
on Saturday morning, and Richards was no» est
a day or two later. -
K?*Tho next State Agricultural Fair will’ bo
mid in the month of Soptem-
ttF”lt is an extraordinary fact, that when
people come to what is commonly called high
words, they generally use low language.
Xjy- There is a divine out west trying to per
suade girls to forego marriage. He might as
well try toTiersuado-ducks that they could find
a substitute for water, or rose buds that there is
something bettor tor their complexion than sun
shine. The only convert he has yet made is a
single lady, aged sixty I
Qge-It is believed, says the Albany Journal,
that the Queen of England is about to carry out
her often expressed wish to visit her Canadian
subjects and possessions. Her Majesty has
more enterprise than any ot her predecessors,
and,' in all that is truly royal, more wisdom than
the male imbeciles who occupy some European
thrones.
Lute Fore/gn fYeirs,
■ BV (ho arrival of IW steamships BorussUand
I Anglo Saxon, wo have late and interesting nows
I from Europe- Tho. (rial of Simon Bernard for
participation In the attempted murder of the
Emperor Napoleon, was concluded. The jury,
after a consultation of one hour, brought in a
verdict of not guilty.' Telegraphic despatches
received at London, state thatan organized plot
in favor of Russia lias been discovered in Cir.
cassia, and. a Hungarian officer, who was impli
cated, together with several emissaries, had been
condemned to death. Affairs between Turkey
and Montenegro have become so aldrming that
(he Russian charge at Vienna had announced
that Russia is concentrating troops on the fron
tier to provide for contingencies. Tho acquit
tal of Bernard, in London, has caused a great
sensation in France, and tho journals did not.
oven dare to publish the speech of the prison
er’s counsel. In India, the rebel Zemindars'
have submitted to tho British. Tho rebels have
mostly lied to tho northward, but a largo body
had passed into Rohilciind, which was still dis
turbed, and the troops were in hot pursuit. The
triSfl of the ex-King of Delhi was concluded on
tile 9th of March, but tho result was unknown.
Nana Sabib was at Ca pee, preparing to pene
trate the Deoan, in hopes of being joined by tho
Mahrqttas. Tho British will soon attack Calpeo.,
The executions at Delhi and other, cities con
tinue.
Later Foreign News.— By the arrival of the
steamship Enropa, from Liverpool, with dates
to the 24th nit., we have news from Europe and
Asia three days later than previous advices.—
The Liverpool cotton market has been very ac
tive, at an advance lor the week of 1-8 a } d.—
The market for breadstuff's closes quiet, but corn
has an advancing tendency,though closing heavy.
Provisions are generally steady, and bacon clo
ses buoyant. The British government have de
clined instituting any further proceedings against
Simon Bernard on account of his complicity
with tho Orsini plot. Tho clipper ship James
Baines had been destroyed by tiro at the' Liver
pool docks. Tho siiip and cargo were, valued
at $170,000-, Later advices from India say that
the British troops continued to gain successes
over tho rebels. Tho Governor General’s pro
clamation calling oh them to surrender had pro
duced no cffeqt. ' Tho American whale ship
Cortes had been destroyed by fire off Cape Cru
sade, Mauritius. The crew were saved.
The Firemen of London.
The ages of the London firemen range from
twenty to sixty and upwards, and there is one
man now in the service in his seventieth year.
quite able to fake his turn oh duty with the
rest. The men are carefully selected, .and full
threo-fonrths of them have been mon-of-war’s
men, The duties these men have to perform
are hy no means light', for each man, on the
average, lias been on duty at tlio station house,
or on the watch on, premises damaged by fire.
I three days and three nights of the twelve hours
each in every week of the past year. This is
exclusive of a sort, of engine drill for the
younger men twice;a week, and attendance to
ciean engines and tools, and repair and oil the'
hose; and of attendance and working at fires,
where (ho men are in the midst of intense heat,
steam, and smoko, saturated with water and
obliged to stand, in elevated situations, exposed
to severe and cutting winds, so that they are
often seen in winter literally incruated with ice.
The men are sometimes called but by fires, or
the alarms of fire, as many as four llpies in the
night. Notwithstanding : this hard duty and
extreme exposure, the rale of mortality among
lie firemen is highly favorable. For the. first
13 years of the establishment the deaths were
at the fate ot 96 per 10,000 per annum, while
for the last twelve years, the mortality lias fallen
to 70 per 10,000, . Both these calculations in
clude deaths by accident, .which, in spite of the
perilous nature of the employment are very rare,
md have not exceeded 44 in 10,000 in the whole
period of 25 years. The higher mortality of the
earlier period is.attributed, and probably with
justice, to the less pa eful selection j but (he
moderate rate throughout the whole period of
23 years is evidently to be attributed fo the un
usual cafe and attention bestowed on the com
forts and health ot the men, who live cither at
the stations, or in houses provided by fbe estab-
lishment, and subject to careful inspcction. The
management is in the hands of a con mitfeo ap
pointed by the several Are assurance offices,who
■pay tie men liberally, and give them plenty of
warm and comfortable clothing.
The Cheat Buffalo Hunt.— The head-quar
ters of (ho great Buffalo hunt, in whioll Moham
med Pasha, a bevy of Congressmen, -and ,a,lot
of diplomatists atij to take next July, will be
established at-Brcckenridge, which .is at the
head of steam navigation on the rod river of the
•North. From this point for full five hundred
-miles the Red river of the North; navigable
(or heavy draft‘steamers, rolls down the rich
est and most magnificent valley in the world.—
Its attractions for emigration are unequalled!
rich in products, with a mild and even tern-
I perature. Through this country roam (ho
buffalo and elk, the hunting of which .will
prove a noble sport to those'eomposing the par
ly. The expedition willjoave St. Cloud on the
Mississippi river, about the middle of July, and
proceed directly to Breekenrldge) and Mr. G.
F. Booth of Minnesota offers to convey all edi
tors of the press throughput the Unions who
dcsire to accompany the expedition, from St.
Cloud to the hunting grounds and back again
free of expense. Proper vouchers will bo re
quired to avoi I in position.
A Bolt op Fine. —The Boston Journal. of tho
14th says: “ As.tho New York and Worcester
train was passing Natick this morning a ball of
lightning ns large as the two flats of a man de
scended, ran along the telegraph wire, and ex
ploded with a report as loud as a cannon. The
wire was consumed, and the posts, for tho space
ot half n mile, wore shivered from top to bottom.
The passengers on tho train were greatly alarm
ed, as the ball of fire was all the time in sight,
and the explosion soemed as if beneath the oars.”
“Times-Ain't as they Used to Was.”— Tho
following extract, which- wo make from tho Con
necticut Courant, ofgjjeptombor 10, 1774, will
sho'wiour readers the manner in which business
was conducted in <tho olden time.’ “The ves
sel advertiecd to sail from Middletown for Miss
issippi tho first of September, will not sail till
the tenth of October, aa some of the passengers
are not ready.”
A Sbmmee Ciiaiu.— A mechanic in N. York
has invented a chair for hot weather, by which
the person wlx> occupies it is refreshed by an
artificial breeze produced by two pair of side
bellows. The effort required to use it is slight,
and tho relief aflorded is said to ho effectual
under tho most oppressive heat.
Alfred B. M’Calmonf.Esq., of Pittsburg,
has been seiooti-d by Judge Black for the posi
tion of Chief Clerk in tho office of the United
States Attorney General.
The Acquittal of Bernard.
One of the most exciting political trials hold
in England daring the present century, has
just terminated in;,the jtcquittnl of J)p. Simon
,Bernard,n French refugee residing in England,
And who had been indicted for being an ancesso
ry before'ihc fact to the murder ,of one Nicho
las Batti. The'trial was simply for murder,
and the person killed had no political influence
or importance; -but the fact that the death o(
Batti was the result of the recent attempt to as
sassinate the Emperor Napoleon, necessarily
brought another and a far weighter issue into
the trial, and made it more of a political than a
criminal prosecution. ■, ■ ■ i
An indictment, it will be remembered, says
the New York Post, was found against Bern
ard for conspiring to assassinate the Emperor;
Bpt, as by the defeat of the Conspiracy bill in
Parliament, the offense still remains a misde
meanor not punishable by death, it was deter
mined. in view, of what was deemed irrefraga
ble proof of Bernard’s complicity in Orsini’s
plot, to find an indictment for murder against
him under an act of Parliament, which could
only be technically made applicable to the case,
and which his counsel denounced as “ a mock
ery and a sham.” Hence, although under or
dinary circumstances !he fact of Bernard's sen
ding to Paris the explosive shells and the revol
vers upon the persons of Orsini and Fieri, or of
his despatching Radio to net ns the confederate
of Orsini, might be considered to be abundant
ly established by the evidence, the belief that
the government wcrenctingin Ihcinterestof the
French Government, and were bent upon pro
curing a victim to the nnappeased wrath of the
French Emperor by a perversion of time hon
ored precepts of English law, seems to have
been uppermost in the minds of the jury, and
their verdict may be considered a manifesto of
the English people in favor, not of assassina
tion, but of the right of asylum, and an indica
tion that, at the present moment, any attempt
to construe a law to please the Emperor will
be indignantly denounced. If Bernard had
been an ordinary criminal and this had b' en an
ordinary murder trial, he would have been con
victed at once, but being the victim of what in
the popular estimation is an obsequious con
cession to the spirit of despotism, the crime
that he lifts committed is lost sight of in the
greater wrong sought to be inflicted upon him.
He is still under an indictment for conspiracy,
and ns the punishment is as for a misdemeanor
only, and the offense is amply cognizable under
the laws of England, it is quite probable that
he may be found guilty.
A Sprinkling 'of Diamonds.—The Paris
correspondent of the Boston Traveler describes
an accident which occurred at Mme. Lehon's
ball,-, who lives bn the left of the Road Point, of
the Champs Elysees. Young Prince Muratanch
his wife were going to the-ball when, just be-,
fore they reached the door, some obstacle in the
avenue made the carriage jostle so violently as
to thro w the driver from his sekt:, the horses
ran away, and broke the carriage on the basin
of the fountain, The Princess was carried,
bleeding and senseless, into Mine, Lehon’s ; the
dances were, of course, instantly interrupted,
and several ladies fainted at the stghi of the
Princess in a ball dress and covered with blood.
The wounds she received proved fortunately
slight. When-{lor.fljjwm was aissipatea.it was
discovered that her necklace and other prna
(ments of diamondshad fallen into the avenue.
' Imagine the consternation which followed this
discovery, especially,.when search was made in J
Vain for them, and it became necessary to post
pone further investigation until the daylight I
appeared. 10,000 dollars worlh of diamonds''
in the Avenue des Champs Elysees at night!
Policemen were posted to guard the ground until
day broke, when thediamonds were found scat-,
tered in every direction ; not a diamond ,wasS
missing 1
!E7” M- Herman, the celebrated conjurer, went'
into a hair-dresser's shop on April day, at
Brussels, an# begged to be shaved. All male
hands being, engaged; the barber’s wife offered
lo officiate, and did so. But in the middle of
; he operation M. Herman expressed discontent,
I and said he would finish the process himself.
So taking the razor from the woman’s hand, he
stood up, and to the utter terror of all present,
cut his throat .apparently from .ear to ear. Some
bystanders rushed to him. Whilst others ran for
surgeons and police ;. but to their utter aston
ishment. M. Herman turned around, quietly
asked what they rnejint by lire uproar, and
showed his-neck free from scratch and'ins-shin'
spotless. The police report of the morning sta
ted that the hair dresser was so frightened that
he fell down in a-swoon, and. that half his hair
turned white:
, Confession-op an old.Mukder.—A-sail--
-or died recently in-Texas, and on his death-bed
confessed that he one of the crow who mur
dered Mrs. Alston, of South Carolina, forty
years ago. Mrs. Alsjon_was the daughter .of
Aaron Burr, Sha sailed from Charleston for
New York, in a brig, and on the trip the crew
mutinied and’ murdered all the officers and pas
sengers, Mrs. Alston-being the last one to walk
the plank,. The siiilor remembered her look of
despair, and died in the greatest agony of mind.
Inn Late Scandal in London.—A late
letter from London to the New York. Sunday‘
Times says: “I.believel forgot to say who
were the parties in the high life elopement case,
mentioned in my last, of a married nobleman
with a young.lady scarcely twenty. Lord Car
digan is the gentleman’s name, and. the accom
plished Miss Sophia Henley is the lady. Car
digan had no reputation to lose. He has done
little but disgrace his position in the peerage for
some years, but the lady’s act inspires pity.
She is beautiful,innocent .confiding and thought
less. He is a brute, and bitterly will she haye
to repent this imprudent step. Lord Cardigan
will probably be ‘called out.’ That’s the rum
or to-day at the clubs."
An Author in Debt.— lt is said that the
debts of Lamarantine amount to 2,000,000
francs. This gifted and accomplished French
Writer, is perhaps, one of the most prodigal and.
extravagant men of the age- He is always in
debt, and yet he appears to pay no attention to
his financial aflaifs. Again and again he has
been assisted by his friends'until many of them
have become disgusted, and are indisposed to
aid him further. -Louis Napoleon, however.sdll
adheres to him, apd intends, it is said, to apply
to the Legislature to assist in extricating him
from his monetary difficulties.
The people of Texas are. in a fright at
the rumor that all the troops ate to be withdrawn
from the Texas frontier.
i The Poverty of Statesmen.
Statesmen, who are worthy of the appellation'
. given them, generally fail .to secure fortunes.
They devote themselves to pursuits, which, if
honestly adhered to, rarely yield rich rewards.
Jefferson died comparatively poor. Indeed,
if Congress had not purchased his'-Uprary, and
given for it five times its value, he would, with
difficulty, have kept the wolves from his door.
Madison saved’mOney, and was comparative
ly rich. To add to his fortunes, however, or
rather those of his widow, .Congress purchased
his manuscript papers, and paid thirty thou
sand dollars for them.
James Monroe, the sixth President of the
United States, died in the city of New York,
so poor that his remains found a, resting place
through the charity of one of the citizens.
They remain in a cemetery in Second street,
but no monument marks the spot where they
repose.
John Quincy Adams left some hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, the result of industry,
prudence and inheritance. He was a man of
method and economy.
Martin Van Buren is very rich. Throughout
his political life he has studiously looked out for
his own interest. It is not .to be believed that
he ever spent thirty shillings in politics. His
party shook the bush and he caught the bird.
True to the instincts of his nature he believes
that-charity is a cheat.
Daniel Webster squandered some millions in
his lifetime, the product of his profession and
political speculations. lie died, leaving his
property to his friends. The former Sold for
less than twenty thousand dollars.
Henry,Clay left a very handsome estate. It
probably exceeded one hundred thousand dol
lars. Ho was a prudent manager, and scrupu-
lously honestman.
James K. Polk'left about one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars—fifty thousand of which
he saved from his Presidency in four years..
John Tyler was worth fifty thousand dollars.
Before .he reached the. Presidency he was a
bankrupt. In offlpo he husbanded his means,
and then married a rich wife. ■ ■
Zachary Taylor left one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. “
Millard Fillmore is a wealthy, man, and keeps
his money in a very strong and safe box. ■ It
will never be wasted in speculation or squander
ed in vice,
Ex-President Pierce saved some .fifty thou
sand doljars from his term of service.
Col. Thomas H. Benlon, we are sorry lo say,
.died poor. He was, anxious that Congress
should purchase lOOOcopiesof his Abridgement
of the Congressional debates for distribution
among the various State libraries and foreign
exchanges; he was of the opinion that such a
purchase would tend to diffuse a knowledge of
the political history of the country.
■ Two members of the House of Representatives
have the matter under consideration, by his re-
request, and will,being it, at an carey. day, be
fore Congress, with, as they think, good assu-
rance of success,
O" A correspondent of the New England
fkpner states that an old lady in his vicinity
lias Been in the habit for several years of shoe-
ing her chickens in.order to prevent.them from
scratching, and suggests that a patent right be
! 'OUIUInwJ far Hie "novel - An -ejderly
lady iff the vicinity of Baltimore, well versed in
chickenology, says—“ Nonsense f there is no
novelty in the thing at all, for chickens have
been shooed ever since there was anybody to
shoo them—and further—it often happens that
they are shooed best when scratching the
worst.” This matron is of the opinion that
Noah shooed those lie had in the ark. ;
Lifting Houses in Chicago.—One of the
chief curiosities at work in Chicago now is the
raising of entire brick blocks to a level with the
new street grades. Innumerable small screws
are used. The row.of buildings is disjointed
from its connections : stout joists, sustained by
powerful screws, are placed in each doorway,
and every possible precaution taken to ensure
perfect safety. The labor, progresses wi I h great
rapidity when once fairly under way, and it is
really a remarkable sight to witness an im
mense brick block, with all its customary oc
cupants, goods, &c., rising steadily into the
air, while a.sense of entire security pervades
one who dwells, or. does business there. The
success which has so signally crowned the ex
periments there will tend much-to improve the
city’s appearance, and fine buildings which are
now squatting dutnbtly down seven feet below
the street can be elevated to a becoming level
with great ease.
Pav op Army Officers The Hew York
Herald gives the following-sums as the amount
received per year by the several army officers
named: Gen. Scotty $18,292 : Gen. Wool,
88 854: Gen. Persifcr P.’ Smith, 88.185: Adjt.
Gen. Cooper. SS;O9H ; Maj. McDowell, 841120
Col. Totten. $4,648; Gen. Harney,. ss.o3l;
Col. May. $3,510 : and says the general.aver
age receipts is, colonels, $4,800 : lient. colo
nels, $4,000; majors, $3,000; oaptains,s2,soo;
lieutenants, $2,000. .
C7* An affray occurred at Belfast Mills, in
Russel county. Ya., on Wednesday of last
week, between Jackson Hambrick and William
Horton. Hambrick threatened Horton’s life,
and.followed him to his house with an axe.—
Horton fastened the door to keep Hambrick
out, who, finding he could not enter the door,
knocked out a window and was attempting to,
get in, when Horton shot him in the mouth
with his rifle, thuball going through his head.
He lived but a few minutes afterwards. The
affair originated from a pecuniary transact ion
between them. :
IC7” A Louisvilfe paper tells a story of a man
residing near that city, who was recently terri
bly enraged when his wife presented him with
twins, threatening to destroy the little ones,
and venting his spleen upon them by pinching
and bruising them in various ways, and getting
into a terrible passion because the mother
would suckle them. It is quite pleasant to add
that one of his neighbors took him in hand and
thrashed him handsomely.
Col. C. F. Wells, Jr,, of Athens, Fa., has
contracted with the Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Company for the purchase of tho North Branch
canal, from Northumberland to the State Line,
for $1,500,000,
. Marriage op Miss Helen Cunningham;—
This young lady was married last Monday eve
ning by, the Rev. Mr. Van Clef, of tho Dutch
Reformed, Church of Jersey City, to a young
dentist of New York.
Gov. Walker's letter on the Kansas Bill,
Previous to' the passage of the Conference
Kansas bill, in Congress, Ex-’Qov. Walker ad
dressed a letter on the subject to Messrs. Cox
and L AwhENdß/’mcmbefa Cf Congress. It is as*
follows:
r Washington Gitt, April 27,1858.
Dear Sins: Your letter of this dale has
1 just been received, and I hasten to say, that, in
my judgment, the conference Kansas bill should
bo adopted. I expressed this opinion on first
. reading the bill on Saturday last, and mustad
■ here to it, although that, if the bill had been,
as falsely represented, a submission of theordi
' nance only, I should have sternly opposed it.
This bill,, as interpreted by me, is .in precise
conformity with my views and course not only
in Kansas, but since my return, and, in follow
ing the path where duty and conscience bade
me, I must support it. I must be permuted,
however, to do this in such a way as will oast
no censure on valued friends, who honestly op
pose this bill, because their construction of it
differs from my own. Whilst this bill maim
tained my views as to popular sovereignty, it
would if adopted, save the Union from.immi
ii»nt peril. If the bill passes, the odious Le
compion Oonstitution-born.in fraud and bap
tised in forgery and perjury. Will be defeated
by an overwhelming vote qf the people ol Kan
sas, thus demonstrating by .practical results,
the truth of my interpretation, that this bill
does in fact submit the constitution to a popu
lar suffrage., or ratification' or rejection, which
is all I have ever required. With such a bill,
and such ft decision of that people under it, no
formidable effort will ever again be made to
withhold from the people of inchoate Stales a
vote for or againsfthe ratification or rejection
of their Slate Constitution, and the oligarchies
doctrine, of conventional sovereignty will be
abandoned. I write in great haste, and Will at'
a future period, imbody my views fully in a
letter for publication, as expressed in oitr recent
conversation. • '
YourS truly, R. J. WALKER.
Hon. S. *S. Cos and Hon. Wm. Lawrence.
The blitli Expedition.
St. Louis, May B.— Major General Porsifer
F. Smith has issued elaborate Orders relative to
the movements of the trains and troops of the
Utah forces.
Thu trains are to be divided into divisions of
226 wagons each;
The troops are’ to bo organized into columns,
each column constituting an escort division,.
The general supply, train is to be escorted by
the first column, under the command of Lieut.
Col. Andrews. . This column is already organ
ized,-and has been ordered fo march.
The second column, under the command of
Col. Monroe, wMI be composed of an escort and
the first division of supplies. Tho column will
march from Leavenworth on the 15th irist.
The third column, under f/01. May, will march
on tho2olh. - -
' The fourth column, under Col. Morrison,,w
march on the 25th.
The fifth column, under Col. Sumner, w
•march on the 80th
The sixth column, under Major Emory, w
march on the 4th of. June.
These columns will, for the'present, oonsti.
tute the first brigade of tho Utah forces; under
(lio'command of General Harney. Each column
will be supplied with four months’ provisions,
which will bo replenished in passing forts Kear
ney and Laramie. ,
General Smitli is yef in (his city, the state of
his health being such as to require his remain
ing hefe a short period. ' .
Four companies of the Sixth'lnfantry left
Leavenworth oh the 6th inst., and one company
from Port Riley is fo join them at Fort Kear-.
ney. '
Hom. John Hartnell, Secretary of Utah, le:
tore yesterday lor Leavenworth.
Bin Accident. —Tho Perry Freeman gives
the following account of the accident that hap
pened to C. J. T. MclNTiEE,Esq.,of lhatplace,
while on a Tate visit to Harrisburg j . :
' Wo are sorry to state that our,young friend,
Oha’s'J. Mclntiiie, Escuv niet With a severe,
accident at Harrisburg, oh- the evening of the
27th ultimo, at 9J p’clopk.. Returning •from
Dr. Kinihall’s to Omit’s Hotel where he was
stopping,'he stepped into a broken place in the
pavement, hear the corner of Second and Wal
nut streets,and Iracturcdhis left leg, both bones
being broken, an inch and a.half above the an
cle Joint. He'was immediately taken to Omit’s
by Mr. McAllister, of this place, who was walk
ing with him, where the fracture was adjusted
by Though sttfiering consid
erably, wo are pleased to learn that Dr. R.
speaks quite favorably of the case; and is of
tho opinion that in about two, weeks from (he.
time the. accident occurred; ho can bo removed
with safety to his home in Bloomfield.
Bees in the Spuing.—Some timp ogo we
published an item stating that if bies were al
lowed access to oil cake, the quantity of their
honey would be thereby increased, as . our au
thority stated several hundred per cent. But
honey alone.'ofits constituent materials, is not
all that bees require; for asacorrespondcht of
the N, Y. Tribune states, pollen is also needed
to make “ bread” for young bees. - The weather
may be warm enough arid' the bees lively
enough ; but until the buds adord pollen, they
have no material to - work upon'to enable them
to he in season with the new brood to produce
early swarms. A Mr. Sturlevant, of Cleve
land Ohio, asserts that,he can bring bees for
ward two months earlier" by. the very simple
P
iroeess of feeding them With' unbolted rye
meal placed on- boards near: ihc hive. T-hey
■ ■pitch into it at once:” As of late years bee
keeping Has become a'favorite anti often a pro
fitable 'amusement' With thousands, and as no
class of “ pets” can these respects be compared
to them: it impossible that a- knowledge
of the facts above mentioned’may prove accep
table to many Bees are like trees —it costs
very little to start them, they maintain them
selves with very little attention, they are pleas
ant to observe and in.the end profitable..
Dbonken Students.—A number of students
in the State University of Michigan in
a night debauch last week, when one 1 of them,
named George W. Braize, digd from the effects
of excessive intoxication.
A Mormon's Boast.—Orson .Hyde, one of
the Mormons apostles, boasts that if he lives
ten years and thrives as he has been thriving,
he will have “sons.enough to make
by themselves.”
The California papers have adopled the
English custom of publishing births, ns well as
marriages, and also add a truly American or
rather “Yankee” peculiarity,. by- giving the
weight of the new born citizens.
lET 3 Only eight thousand emigrants have ar
•rived at New York since the first of January.
Almost twice the number arrived at that port
during the same period last year.
Sentence for Munnpri.—On Saturday last,
Judge Thotlipsori, Philadelphia, overruled the
motions for'a new trial in the case of John Kil-
patrick, convicted of murder in the first degree
of John McCracken, and sentenced the prison
er accordingly.
Can Actors and Musicians de Christians.
Bishop Eustbiirn has declined to confirm “Hon
est Tom Comer,” because he lends an orchestra
in the Boston theatre. Bishop Kip, of Califor
nia, has just administered the right of contirma
tion to Mrs. Julia Dean Xlnync, the well known
actress; and Fanny Kemble Butler is a regular
communicant of the Episcopal Ohnrcn. '
A Degenerate Scion.
Our readers are all familiar with the D rn!
on foot to , purchase Mount Vernon t h.Ti .
and burial placft. of Washington.™' r&
from private ownership and plaoti it in ,1
J Public keeping, where it may receive that
which its associations demand, ahd be matin ,
tractive as a place of frequent visitation hi'
those who cherish the memory of the illuatrin
dead, once living, now sleeping there. gS
.movements, looking to this end, have at
been ftgitalcdi but all failed. La terlyhow™
er, the ladies of Virginia have formed an ass ml'
alion to raise means. wherewith to effect th
purchase, and have prosecuted the work with
so much vigor and earnestness that a largo nor
lion of the amount required has already been
subscribed ; and, aided' as they are by M r Ev
eretl’s patriotic and sucdesslul efforts; it is not
improbable that the entire,sum will soon hs
raised. The work would have both accomnlish
ed ere this lime, had the present proprietor
John A. Washington, possessed any portion of
thin.spirit which the authors of the project en
tertam, or were he not totally insensible to tin
emotions which sway them, or utterly calln»a
to the fechhg Which fills the bosom of every
other American. Avarice, the chance of dri
vinga good bargain, the opportunity fora fine"
and successful speculation, led him, while deal
ring to accomplish the sale, to fix R n almost
fabulous price to the properly. •
Its real value, to the proprietor, whether de
lermincd by its produce, or by, a fair and rea
sonable assessment, is very small; neither is ha
worth enhanced to him by, us associations lor
he is not susceptible lo their force. Knowing
however, Ps priceless value to the people and
their desire to obtain it, he deliberately Irumta a'
pecuniary calculation of the strength of iha, af
fection, and determines lo etinch .hiiuoelf from
it. lie is to r.ctfve as his terms, two hundred
thousand dollars for the property, with the
privilege of retaining US occupancy until the en
tire sum is paid, .and the interest upon the
amount remaining unpaid, mini the whole debt
is cancelled. flow deficient is this degenerate
scion of the family, in .those, qualities which
shone in i he character of ihe great Washington !-
—Harrisburg Telegraph.
“A Littlb Moub Graph, Oapt. Bragg.”—
We learn dial the- cetebra.ed- bgh iinilkry
corps, known us “ Captain Bragg’s Battery,’’
which rendered such invaluable service in the
laic war with Mexico, has been ordered by the
sect entry ol War to proceed to Utah, and left
un-Sunday evening cn. route for Fort Leaven
worth. For some lime past this unsurpassed
body of soldiers has been stationed at Fortress
Monroe,’Old Point Comfort; and in a lew .hours
after receiving the order were ready to proceed
on their long journey. The company, "consists’
of seventy-four men, including non-commission.
,ed officers, and the following officers in com
mand : Major John F. Reynolds, Tliird Anil*
lery ; Lieutenant C. McKcene, Lieutenant John
Edwards, and Lieutenant A. Wildrick.
The company carries with it their .light
battery, consisting of four six poundere and
four oaissors, but will” not be mounted until
they reach Fort Leavenworth, which wilfhe
about the 20th of May. Leaving that pdst,
they expect to travel at the raie of fifteen miles
per day, and reach Utah some mini during tho
month ol July.— . Baltimore American,
Horrible Butchery.—A correspondent of
the Petersburg Express, writing hum Bayed®;,
ville, ,N. 0., on the.2Bth nk., says:
“In Richmond- coumy on Friday last, at
most diabolical quadruple murder was perpeiri
led by u crazy negio fellow belonging w a Air.
John (Jbappell. The iirst victim, a child of
Mr.; Chappell—then the wife—i ben another
child—and ihen Mr. Ohappill himself. Some
bl the neighbors were sent fur, and the fiegrir
had 10 be killed before be was subdued, ‘flic
particulars are .'truly hornft mg. Mrs. Chap
pell,.seeing her child knocked down, ran so iis
assistance, and while in the act of lifting it up,
her bead was entirely severed from her body by
'a blow-from an axe. The bloody tragedy very
naturally produced l thVinost intense exeitcuteill
in the neighborhood.” ■ ■
A Dissolution op Partnership.—Two 1 '
barbers in Newark, N. J , commenced opera
tions with two combs, a razor, one bar of soap
and a wash basin, about a 'month ago, but were
making money ko fast, the junior partner re
tired from the service, spent the 1 proceeds, and
ran the concern in debt. The senior ihonght
ibis was going a little far, andcallcdon Ihe
other 10 -come to lime,’ and settle the liabili-
ties, which ainoutned to $1,84. But he dodged'
nind retired upon'llia dignity.
The following notice was subsequently found
stuck up with a piece of soap, on a telegraph'
pole hear the Market street depot: .
OTIS.—Do disholutiqn ob' co-parabip3
herelofo resistimb twixt the and Mdse Jbrießiti
d.e barber perfessibn, am heretofore resomd.
Phasens what oze must pay. the irisofiber. Uem
what do firm oze must call on Jones as do lunw
is now insolvelent
, Resumption op Business.— l he Cambria
P a.) Iron works,’ which resumed work on
291 h ult, are now niniiiug wilh a full
ment of hands, and are turning otti oil to-luo
tons of railroad bars per day, which are smppr
td-cast for the North PennsyVvama Road- .
An Enormous, Rapt,— last Saturday, ths
largest raft of timber that ever floated on the
Mississippi left the niouih of Black river, mar
Lacrosse, Wisconsin, bound to Si. Louis Mo—;
It was manned by twemydbur “red shirs,”
and measured- 560 feet in length, 260-ket in
width*, and contained fuly 1 000,000 feet of
lumber. The dock load consisted of 250,000
feet of-lath, and 250.000 shingles.
Employees Discharged.— The Rerinsylra l ;
nia Rail read Company on Saturday
one hundred and thirty live employees at Al-'
loonu, because, it is slated-; they were concern*'
eil in-a *• strike.”
Tilk Hospital.— There are df present 20i
patieutsiu the Slate Lunatic Hospital. Harris-;
burg. The total number of' patients admitted
since the commencement of the Hospital is 951 i
tty The Queen’s family name is D’Ealo.—
Thu name Guelp, commonly supposed to « 9
that of the Royal Family ol England, is only IW.
name of a religious faction, Of which tlio Eke*
tors of Hanover represented the head. •
In the District Court, of Philadelphia o
Saturday, a little episode occurred, i« "'"‘j '
Judge Sharswood, with great propriety. “f ,j IS .
ed tile arrest of a member of the hsr j" .
the lie, in open court, to another meuih
profession.
OP” At Chestor7orange - c6unty, New York,
an arrest was made of li female resiaei
charge of poisoning several persons it r>
lage. • After confessing to having help t | l(t
al fellow-mortals to the grave by I'“ ’ ..j
unwomanly culprit “shuttled oil thi
coil,” herself by taking a dose of arse
By the last a-rival from Fnroph,^^
gence has been received that three
the City ol Christiana, in Norway has b
—loss, ten millions of Irarice.
DCT'Not quite a month remains before
journmeni of Congress. Tiiero appears P ion
out to bo no reason for supposing the r
to adjourn on the 7lh of June will be re
0C7 = A' very serious tire occurred on
night at Steubenville, Ohio, destroying -
blc paper mill. The less will reach over 3
thousand dollars..
C?” James C. Vandyke, Esq., has
appointed and conlirnied as District a
lor the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
FIOIITINO ON THEIR OWN HEarONflinlll*' j.
dozen Kentuckians anived'in Cincinnati”
day last, equipped wjih riflosand other I g
.'nateriais ready, arid immediately look 1
lor St. Louis. from whence they intend prn>-
dlng-to the Utah country, with expectat
the commencement of hostilities.
=II
Digue Johnson.