AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN S. BUITTOS, Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., JUNE 3. 1858. Democratic State Nominations, Supreme Judge, WM. A. PORTER, Of Philadelphia Canal Couuissioneb, WESTLEY FROST, of Fayette Co. Are wc to have a celebration on the com ing Fourth Ol July, in .Carlisle? If so it is tiibe Some movement was mode in the matter. O* The wheat crop in this 'sdfction of the country never looked more thrifty. The only fear is that it will get too rank, and lodge be fore it reaches maturity. Pic Nic. The members of the Good Will Hose Company intend to hold their Annual Pic Nic this year at the Meeting House Springs, on Thursday, June 10. This Company is com jwsed principally of active young men, whose public spirit will induce them to get up a splen did "entertainment for .the occasion. Tickets -$2, •to, be. had of cither of the Managers. Fine Otsxees. —Mr. E. TV. Blake will please accept our thanks for . the very superior oysters he sent ns a few days since. Mr. B’s. eating bouse is directly opposite, the Mansion House, Main street, and is fitted up in a .very: tasty manner, lor the accommodation of ladies '•lid gentlemen., He deserves, and should re ceivS, the patronage of all epicures. Bad Weaihee fob Bees-—The almost con stant Wet weather for the last six weeks has seeere upon the bees. We hare heard of whole swarms starred to death, not haring been «H» to gather honey enough to sustain life. Persons haring bees had better examine them, and if found short of honey, supply them with food of some kind. Scpcaioa Pot.—We write- this, article with a very superior Gold Pen, got at Coxirs’e, West High street. We hare nerer seen a better as sortment of Pens (with gold and Hirer cases) flan he has now on hand. In quality they are certainly superior to any heretofore offered for sale in Carlisle. His store has also just been replenished, with a great variety of 'watches, jewelry, spoons, &o : , &c-, which he is prepa red to sell at lower rates than heretofore. Gire him a call. Mojtaei. —The nrßHary spirit, we are glad to notice, appears to tare been aronsed in er.ery quarter, since the passage of lire new Military Lav.’ Nearly every town and Tillage in the State are organizing new Volunteer companies. We would like to see one or two good compa nies organized in Carlisle, and composed of so ber and respectable, young men, with sufficient pride to uniform and drill themselves perfectly. Our two oM Companies appear to hare gone down, without a hope of resurrection. Let us, therefore, bare a couple new Companies, that will prove a credit to our f own. . py Some people don’t know-how to pass a person on the alreet, and thus force one to step, /flrst.,to one aiilo and then to the others as. if ' wavering between two: magnets. You should always pass to the left of a man, and invariably give the ihsido of the side-walk to a Jady r — This will in all casca prevent collision. If yon see any dogs oh the pavement, the best thing you can do, ia to kick them off—but bo some what careful, because there are puppies which have only two Tegs. Rainy Days. —During the month just closed, as we learn from the note book of one of our citizens, there have been twenty-five days in whicb.rainfell, being a greater period than ever before known at the same season. 02P" The chronicler of the weather in noting Ui condition for the last six or eight weeks has had hut little opportunity to tary Ills report.— Tlain, storm and cold have been its distinguish ing features for fully that length of time, during . which wo haye rarely been favored with more than one clear day at a time and those like an gels visitsfe—w and iar between. (jy A correspondent of (he.Harrisbnrg Her ald recommends Maj. Jacob Rehreii (formerly of Carlisle, but now residing at Middletown,) as a candidate for Assembly. The Major is not only a true Democrat but a decidedly clever man, and is worthy the confidence of the people of old Dauphins Lumber.—Great quantities of lumber have been put into market this spring. . The Harris burg Herald, says—The lumber market is ut terly flooded, and prices are lower than they have been, for a long time. KT" The new liquor Law promises plenty ol food for litigation and fees fur lawyers. The Judge in Northampton county decided that Courts had discriminating power to reject ap plications for licenses,'while in Lancaster and Dauphin it is decided that all who conform to the rules shall be licensed. Judge Galbraith, of Erie, decided that no publication of application need be made, while others contending that all licenses except for eating houses must be adver tised. . CT’Hon. Rufus Choate has accepted an invi tation from the Boston Democracy to address , them on the ensoing 4th of July—the eighty -fieeond Anniversary of American Independence. Mr. C. was one of the old line Whigs who join ed the Democracy in the memorable contest of 1866, and is one of the most gifted and eloquent orators of the age. The “Usury Bill” Signed !—Gov. Packer has signed the bill regulating the rate of inter est, commonly known as the usury bill, passed during the late session of the Legislature. The bill is an important one, as it legalizes the taking of a higher rate of interest on money loaned than the old rate of six per cent. E7* The Journals in the Western and South ern States speak, without a single exception, of the flourishing condition of the coining crops, and we have seldom or never had a year in which the promise thus early in the season was as good as now. Oy.A now.batch ol counterfeits on the York county. Bank, it is said, has been put in circula tion in the Eastern part of the State. Our rea. den should took out for them. Henry M. Bice, one ol the Democratic United States Senators from Minnesota, is only 86 years old, is a native ot Madison, N. -Y.,and is a printer. THE BRITISH AGGRESSIONS^ Thb bill Introduced in the United States. Sen ate by Mr. Douglas, entitled « an actio restrain and redress outrages upon tto flag and citizens of tbo United-States,’,’ proposes in effect to clothe the .President with a, war power. Thus it is SJf.asp re i and provides tor contingencies that may require action before Congress can be Called - together. It is under stood to have in view recent Mexican and Bri iah outrages. If the tone ot the press he any indication of the spirit of the people, tor a generation, at least, there has been no such feeling aroused as now exists throughout the country at the daily occurring events in the Gull. About twenty five American vessels have now been molested by British cruisers, and in the face of the great fact that our country has always firmly denied that any such right exists in a foreign nation as indiscriminately to overhaul and board our ships on the high seas. This seems inexplica ble. It certainly will not satisfy the growing indignation of the people to say that some igno rant captain has misconceived his duty. There can hardly bo a doubt that the Ameri can people, as one man, will support the course of the President in the prompt and efficient measures he is taking to protect our commerce; and that they would look most favorably on ev. cry judicious measure looking to an Increase, of our Navy, not only on account ot onr present aggressions on our commerce, but because our ordinary naval force is entirely inadequate to the important service required of it. Should extraordinary service be reqnired, the Navy would be entirely inadequate to the wants oi the country.. It is certain, that should Great Britain refuse to disavow the acts of her crui . * sers, the rights and honor of the country would demand immediate action of the most decisive character. The Behish Oeteageb. —in the United States Senate, on Saturday, there was an inter esting debate upon the resolutions reported on I F riday from the Committee on Foreign relations, protesting against interference with American commerce by foreign prmed vessels. Mr. Ma son, of Virginia, warmly sustained the spirit of the resolutions, declaring that the nature of the recent indignities Wes such that the American people can no longer permit them. Mr. Mallo- j ry,-of Florida, offered an, amendment, declaring | that “ the American people cannot permit such ; aggressions, and Congress should therefore leg islate, to enable the Executive to adopt measures at once to prevent the continuance of such in dignities.” He withdrew this, however, -ac cepting ,in lieu thereof an amendment, offered, hr Mr. Hale, of SdwHampshire, which declared that “the acts of the,British are belligerent in character, and should he resisted hr- all the I powers of tbe.GoTernmenl.*’ ■ There seemed.to be but one expression of opinion in regard to these motions. , Messrs. Douglas, Seward, and . Toombs advocated'their passage with much elo quence. Mr- irCsou, of Massachusetts, offered an amendment, even stronger than that of Mr. i flale, authorizing the President to send the na | ra! force of the United. States to the scene of 1 the recent outrages,, with .distinct instrheiiohs to capture the ships which have committed the . acts complained of. HC7* The Proprietors of the Kzw Yoee Tlles tbated Goldes Peize announce that in their issue of may 22ndwillappear the first chap ters of a historical tale of the south-west, enti tled,—Sarah De Vaughau, a true story of the times of Aaron Burr, by Miss Elia. Soutbworih. They also announce, to appearin their issue of May 29th, the first chapters of another new talc, entitled Nobody's Child —by the well .known author, Charles Bqrdelt. Aqy of our readers who have not seen a copy of this ele gant weekly, will do well to send for one, as specimen copies are sent free of charge by the publishers, Messrs. .Dean & SiUer, No. 335 Broadway, New York. The subreription price is $2, and to clubs of tenor more $l5O per annum. Each subscriber, besides getting the paper for a year,'receives a present, which is forwarded as soon as his-subscription money is received. For further particulars, sec the ad vertisement of the Golden Prize in another col- umn. Tue Weatueii,— The following verses do. scribe, pretty accurately, the weather we have had during the past month : ,“ It shines, it rains, . • Then shines again, . What does the weather moan 7 It hangs indoubt, The sun comes out, With drizzling mists between. “ Now dark, how light, Like day, like night, changing* fickle weather ; It mists.at times, Then rains or 'shines, And sometimes all together.” Probable Effect op the Southern Fresh ets.—Great apprehensions are felt in the South ern States that the coming summer will be a very sickly one, and that the yellow fever will return. This fear is based upon the fact that the long continued freshets, at this particular time, are likely to-breed fehrile'dlicaKe. Nearly one-fourth of the land on the Mississippi, from Vicksburg down to the mouth of that.rivcr, has been overflowed for many weeks, and all the swamps, bayous and lagoons at the South are gorged with stagnant water. In the interior of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, the freshets have been unprecedented. Free Lager.—A couple of Lager beer ven dors in Reading, have been running opposition to each other for some time past, and in their endeavors to “ kill each other off” have at length commenced disposing of their lagef “free gratis for nothing,” The Press says; “The friends of the rivals were marching in solid phalanx upon the casks, and a large quantity was con. Eumcd at the headquadq'uaters of each. Where it will end we cannot divine, as we understand the quantity of beer on hand is inexhaustible. O’A ; . ,Washington City Jury have fined John B. Hines seven hundred and fifty dollars for refusing to receive the vote of John Chap man, a naturalized citizen, who brought the suit against Mr. 11., ns commissioner of elec tious. It was proved that Mr. C. presented his naturalization papers from onooftheNcw York courts. tO* Tuckerman, before being committed to the Slate prison, at Wethersfield Conn., reques -1 ted that his clothes might bo put away in cam. phor. so that ho could uso them when ho came out. no doubt expecting to bo pardoned soon, notwithstanding his twenty-one years’ sen- tence. [£7» A boat attached to n spern whale, in the Pacific was drawn 32 mile? pn hour and the probability is that a whale will go at the rate of 60 mile* an hour. WK HAVE TOD FEW EOIIDAIS. TVe have on several occasions called the at* tention of onr readers to the fact that we have, iirthis country too few holidays, says the Phil. jlrgusjtoofew rational and innocent amuse ments, too much artificial sanctity and puritan ical gloom, too much devotion to unceasing drudgery and scraping up dollars, too little at tention paid to social and intellectual, enjoy ment. A contemporary comes to our aid in this matter. He says a capital opening pre sents itself for any one who can Invent and in troduce new holidays. Wc have just four days in the year, besides Sundays, on which, by po etic license, (for even then it is only half true,) we may say that labor is generally suspended: one of them the Fourth of July, two others serve to link the closing with the opening year, and the fourth day—Thanksgiving—comes at the Gubernatorial recommendation. We want more holidays. Every month should have its day for secular amusement, and relaxation from business. Holidays now are so rare that our people hardly know how to enjoy them. Think, for example, how most people spend onr national anniversary. Those who labor to get up dis plays for the public gratification, certainly de serve credit Many seek for enjoyment where they too often get only disgrace—in sinks of dissipation. Others in listlessness doze away the day. While a wise few quietly delight the eye by a public display, and the ear and mind by the literary festivities, and end the day in quiet pleasures at home; or with appreciating companions to seek at once the charms of na ture and of social intercourse, by .a Pic Nic in some secluded grove. The very rarity of a day of relaxation makes it to many an irksome task to get through its hours. So it is, too, in a dif ferent way. but even more generally, on Christ mas and New Tears, as well as on Tbanksgiv . ing day. People cat—and the holiday centres and passes with the dinner. Thbse who are more used to holidays can make better use of them. A great many are like the cook, who once having a day given her as her own, never once rose from her bed, but slept the whole twenty font hours. Aristotle’s remark, that a bow shonld not always be bent if yon wonid retain its spring, contains the ex. planation of this failure to nse seasons of relax ation well. Habits are formed so stubbornly that when the pressure of business is removed, ■ the mind cannot put on its .native elasticity, j The trnih is, inch with, us become 100 much | mere drudges, and allow themselves to be swal i lowed np in business. More particnlariy is this i true of the middle classes, measured by wealth, ! and of those who have made or are rapidly ma ; king their own fortunes. -We have no doubt j that this lack of relaxation is one' cause of the alleged physical inferiority of the inhabitants of j this country as compared with others more ad i dieted to amusements. L Give us a holiday a month. Lei the youth of both sates calculate on it for four weeks pre ceding. They will project excursions; they will invent diversions; they will learn how to enjoy themselveK. As a consequence will have a fresher spirit, a more buoyant and more firmly knitted frame; and the labors of life will be much more cheerfully performed. We are not sore, either, but that every one would be as rich at. the end of the year, after enjoying a dozen holidays, na if stinted to two or three. The doctor’s bill would be less, and there would be vastly less of the dissipation and beastliness too prevalent now on a day of public festivity. The call of the country is for more holidays.. He who shall introduce them will certainly have .more title to the public, gratitude. than many who are enjoying honors to which they have no legitimate claim. Who will enter the lists to introduce more holidays ? Measures dp Redress.— I The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says that “the President has taken steps to chastise the insolence of some of the British cruisers, and particularly the Styx. The Arctic and the Wa ter Witch—.small steamers—are to be fitted out, the former under the command of Capt. Harts tein, and for the especial object of capturing the Styx. If the vessels be not compelled to return on account of imperfect machinery, and if . they do not fall short of coal, and if one or the other meet she Styx or the Vixen , we shall have a stir ring little episode in the protracted negotiation that is to ensue upon the relative correctness of the British and the American version of. the maratinie law of visit. “ It is by no means probable that either gov ernment will suffer the question to float us into a war. Before that resort, the British Gqvern ment'will discontinue the exercise of their pre tended right, though they will not relinguish it." , I Another Man over Niagara Falls. —The Rochester Union says a man went over Niaga ' ia Falls on Wednesday. lie came from the Canada side at-GhippewaTin a saiLboat, nearly to the American shore, and was in the act of returning, when he went into the rapids. It was thought by those who saw him from the shore, that he was imprudent in the manage ment of the boat, and depended upon his sail long after he should have taken it down, and resorted to his oars to save himself. It is said the boat was actually in the rapids before the sail was lowered, and then it was too late. Boat and man were lost sight of long before they reached the great fail. ■ Tub Weather.- -Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes’ well known poem on the weather, seems to have been written expressly for the present period. Here it is The weather-cock has rusted East ; 'The blue sky is forgotten. The earth’s a saturated sponge, And vegetation’s rotton. I hale to see the darkest side; I bate to be complaining; But hang mo if my temper stands This raining, raining, raining. Rumored Disturbances in Kansas.—We have shocking reports from Kansas. One sto ry is, that a band of mca from Missouri, inva ded the territory, near Chouteau’s trading post, seized five free-soilers, and taking them to a se cluded spot, shot them all dead. Another ver sion of the affair says that the gang was com posed of pro-slavery settlers who had been ex pelled by .Montgomery’s band, and that a bat tle took place between the two, in' which the latter Were routed. jOT «• I hayo no fear that the devil will ever come for me,” said a young-man of questiona ble morals. “He will not be silly enough to take the trouble.” said a bystander, "for you are going straig<o him.”- Tfie Interest Sill. Tho .Governor* on Friday last, attached his signature to the hill passed at the late session of the liegislatuj*rfor a change in the usury, laws. Tins action was taken after careful con sideration, and a full ascertainment of the senti ment of. the and will he generally ap proved by the people of the Slate. We publish a copy of the bill below: AN ACT Regulating the Rate of Interest. Section,!. Be it enacted by the Senate-and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the lawful rale of interest for the loan or use of money in all cases where no ex press contract shall have been made for a less rate, shall be six per cent, per annum, and the first and second-gcctions of the act passed sec ond March, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-three, entitled, “an act io reduce the in* terest of money from eight to six per cent, per annum,” be and ihe same is hereby repealed. Section 2,—That when a rate of interest for the loan or use of money exceeding that estab lished by law shall have been reserved or con tracted for, the borrower or debtor shall not be required to pay to the creditor the excess over, the legal rate, and it shall be lawful for such borrower or debtor,'at liid option, to retain and deduct such excess from the amount of any such debt: and in all Cases where any borrower or debtor shall heretofore or hereafter have vol untarily paid the whole debt or sum loaned, to gether with interest exceeding the lawful rate, no action to recover back any such excess shall be sustained in any court of this Common wealth, unless t£e.same shall have been com roeneed within^six months after the time of such payment. Provided always. That noth ing in this act shall affect the holders of nego tiable paper taken bona fide in the usual course of business. ' G. KELSON SMITH. Speaker Fro. tern-, House of Representatives. WM. U. WELSH, Speaker of the Senate. Approved, The twenty-eighth day of May, A* D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight. WM. F. PACKER. The Kiot jo Philadelphia. , A most disgraceful disturbance occurred on the 25th nit., in the Fifteenth ward of Phila delphia. A German volunteer company, called the Lafayette Guards, was reluming from ,a cdebralion of “Ffnptmontag," or Whit-Mon day, at LemonufiiE, when a collision occurred between one of the members of the company, and a Lieutenant of the Police. An attempt was made by the police, subsequently, to ar rest the soldier, a,fight ensued and was kept up, in which stonejTtnd brick-bats, and the butt ends of muskets, did effective service. An at tempt was made ts serve an Alderman’s war-, rant, to party who bad caused the disturbance.- This the captain refused to per mit, on the ground that, under the tnilitia law, no man conld be arrested while in the ranks. He urged that if" the officers would wait until the company had reached the armory, he (the captain) would hand the man over to the au thorities. Subsequently the police fired into the ranks of the company, and four of the latter were wounded, two of whom are not expected to snrvive. A examination into the origin of this riot is now going on, and the Horth American says that jrom thefigDEts developed, it is pretty clear that - the minnaiidiirt of the- police caused the first trouble, if iwtall.. , The Humbdg.—lt is said that the individual calls himself “the retired physician whdsS sands of life hare nearly run out,” has madeiv'fortune out of the sale of his specific, amounting to over $lOO.OOO. His real name is Oliver Ps Brown, and not Dr. If. James, and two years ago he was a poor journeyman printer in Vermont. Facts have lately been ad duced which prove him to be H. Monsett, who taught people tO.'change mercury into gold ; he was Professor James T. Horne, who advertises that he will show anybody the way to make, 551000 a year, ifmot more,, upon the receipt ofa : cerlain'sum in postage stamps, which, coming duly to hand, thje applicants are sent a recipe for the manufacture of artificial honey, and the right to sell it id any county which the dupe may select, th£qjyo costing $5. The enterpri sing Brown is a|so Madame Julie Mellville, who has lately received from’France some splendid cosmetics. It appears that there was no Canri ibis Itidica in the medicine of but mere ly a compound of liquorice, slippery elm decoc tion and honey-, posting sixteen cents, bottle and all, and for whigh he charged $2. His <• Regu lating and Purifying Pill” and “Excelsior Ointment df India-,” were made on the same principle, and sold for as many dollars as they cost him cents, j The most magnificent of his cosmetics, “ The Milk of Roses and Extract of Elder Blossoms,” turns out to have been a mix ture of magnesia and alcohol, costing him about eight cents—priee 52 a bottle. The Dead letter Office. During a single year, in addition to some $3(3,000 in money returned to its lawful own ers, there have been found in the letters, and re stored, drafts, checks and other valuable papers amounting to three and a half millions of dol lars. In the greater number of instances dead letters which thus been returned to the de partment, have (Tailed to reach their destination in due couraabjf rcason of misdirection; This may doubtless be attributed to the hurry in which banka and large mercantile houses close up their correspondence for theday. One bank sends a letter covering paper amounting to thousands of dollars—inside the package is ad dressed to Nashville, outside to New Orleans. Another heavy reinittaneeis directed to Troy, New York, withput any address whatever on the inside. A third package was directed on the outside to Louisville, Kentucky; the inside direction to New Orleans. i Tms and Th|t. —The following item, which we copy from the Easton Express, needs no comment... It ofjords a painful contrast, which those indulging in reckless extravagance would do well to ponder: “It is stateddn the New York papers that strawberries have recently been sold in that city at fifty to seventy-five cents a dozen! In many parts of (he country, laboring men are working for flty.tb sixty cents a day, and have families to support. Some of the sewing wo men in large cities earn but fifteen cents a day ; and many nave.no employment nor means of subsistence.” „ Served Him Bight.— The Coahoma (Miss..) Citizen informs us that a white man known as Joe Donb. hailing from Chicago, was on Thurs day last tied to f sapling in that, vicinity and lashed with binaries, for tampering with slaves. The castigation was administered by' a negro woman whom be bad tried to induce to run away. | Alt ORGAN 6P ADOBE DOUGLAS. There was no paper upon our exchange list which' wo took'groator pleasure in reading, and higher satisfaction in copying from, previous to its aberrations upon, the Lecompton question, than the Democratic Herald , published at Quin cy, Illinois. It was (and is) conducted with masterly ability ; its views upon the currency harmonized-pcrfcctly with onr own, as they ful ly accorded, indeed, upon almost every other question, until Lecompton divided ns. From the following article which we find in the last number of'that ably conducted paper, wo in dulge the hope that we are to be separated no longer. 'Whether in the subjoined declarations with regard to the Republican party the editor speaks the sentiments of Senaf orDouglas or not, we have no means of knowing—at any rate, wo deem them of sufficient importance to give them a prominent insertion in onr editorial columns. — Phila. jlrgus. Black Republican Prospects. —Tho Black' Republicans bare been flattering themselves for some time past that tloy would profit vastly in consequence of differences of opinion that ex isted among the Democrats on the Kansas ques tion. Now that the Kansas question has been removed, at least for tho present, from the arena of national politics, their prospects are not quite so bright ns they were. They manifest a good deal of concern lest the Democracy shall be able to unite once mordand give their common foe a genteel drubbingthroughout the country. To prevent this, their newspapers volunteer long lectures to Buchanan men upon the wrongs and injuries they have suffered at tho hands of the Douglas Democrats; and on the other hand, they think it very pusilanimoiis in the Douglas Democrats to sustain tho Administration in any of its measures, since they found cause pi differ ence upon one solitary question. Because the Buchanan Democrats violated one of the ten commandments, they think tho Douglas Demo crats should turn round and violate,“find refuse' to co-operate with the Administration, in carry, ing out the other nine. . All this is certainly very disinterested on tho part of the Black Republicans, but we suspect it won’t quite win. Wo have no idea the Dem ocrats will cither agree or disagree about any thing, for the purpose, or with a view to please tho Black Republicans. Whatever they do, generally speaking, will bo done to please them selves, and to beat the Black Republicans.—. Nor do we perceive exactly that in the matter upon which there has recently been some differ ence of opinion among Democrats,the Black Republicans have achieved any particular laur els, of done anything calculated to vindicate their political integrity or to increase, public confidence in their political consistency. They have sworn, all along that Congress ought to dictate institutions to the Teiritorics, and that Congress ought to decide tor the Territories tho question-of slavery, at allevonts, whether it. de cided any other question for them or not. Yet they turn right about and complain that Con gress proposed, to settle the slavery question for the people of Kansas, and that the people of that Territory were not permitted to settle it for themselves I They argued that fhe people of the Territories were not capaple of selt-gov. eminent; and yet they turn about and grumble like bears with sore heads, that the people ol Kansas were not permitted to govern themselves! They wanted tho Missouri Compromise restored, and yet they voted fof the Montgomery bill in Congress, which knocked the Missouri Compro mise a harder and a deadlier iicknpon the bead, than it ever before received. They professed to be in favor of tb,e admission of free States into the Union; and yet thdir leaders.in Con gress are speaking against the. admission of Oregon, because her Constitution does not re cognise tho negro as the equal of the white man. In all this, we confess we can’t exactly perceive Uiat the Black Republicans have promoted their political prospects half as much as they evidently imagine they have. Instead, therefore, of spending so ‘much of their precious time in ef forts, to promote dissections among the Democ racy, we conclude they had better devote all their spare time to the Work of patching up the holes in their own; rickety structure. There will rbo quite enough worn for them to do to protect (hair own household from invasion, hc [ fore tho summer campaign Is over.. Many of their -deluded followers have had their eyes, fairly and fully opened to the wretched and hy pocritical inconsistencies of the Black Republi can creed , and platform, during the. last few months, and will most likely refuse to co-ope rate with thodoadors of that sectional and trea sonable faction, any longer. In short, we look upon the prospects of the Black Republicans as far gloomier than they were, a year ago. No matter what may bo, the result of the vote in Kansas, the occupation of Black Republicanism will be gone, unless it shall conclude to fallback upon its favorite dogma of negro equality. If the people of Kansas decide to come into tho Union, that is the end of it; and if they dboide : otherwise, the matter is ended, anyhow, for (he present. In any event, and under any circum stances, therefore, ive can' see nothing in the prospects of the Black Republican party that is calculated, in the- least, to cheer the drooping Spirits of the craziest and most sanguine fanatic among them.. With similar prospects before them, we should seriously apprehend any other party would go into “ liquidation,” or dilapida tion; forthwith. - Billy Bowlegs, In New Orleans, the other day,.Gen Bii.lv. Bowlegs was escorted to the National Tcle .graph Office, where the operators explained the wonders of the telegraph. He comprehended it quite well, and expressed a desire to speak to the “Great Chief at Washington.” . Billy was informed that he could speak'to'the President, and he dictated the following message: - New Orleans, May 18. "To James Buchanan, President of the V. Slates. Billy Bowlegs greets the great. Chief of the Whites, and wishes him long life. (Signed) __ _ Bxllv Bowlegs.” The message was'received at the telegraph office in Willards’,and immediately communicated to his Excellency. The President did not reply that day, and Billy became impatient, and asked the office at Washington: —‘‘Why that message was not answered?” Th>s brought on answer from the President the next day, as follows Washington, May 19. "To Chief Billy Bowlegs: The President returns the greeting of the great Indian warrior, Billy Bowlegs, and wish es him long life, health and prosperity in his James Buchanan.” new home. The steamer, bearing the chief, his fortunes and his followers, left the same evening for the West; in the track of the setting sun. Daootas Tehiutohy Minnesota papers state that this Territory is receiving a fair share of immigration. Numbers are pouring in by way of the Missouri, bound for the valley of the Big Sioux River. It is in contemplation to place two steamboats on the Big Sioux this summer, which will run a distanco'of one hun dred and forty miles above the point wnero it empties into the Missouri. This will tend greatly to encourage emigratiori'in that section. Minnesota and Bacotah contain a large extent of water, navigable lor boats of a light draught, which is rapidly being made available. Some ■five or six hundred miles will this year bo added to the empire of steam. Funebai. or Genebai, PEUSirZK mortal remains of Gen. Perslfer F. Smith, ar rived in Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon of last week, from tho west, by railway, and the funeral took place on Friday, with military honors. Hon. Henry Chapman, of this State do dines a re-election to Congress. [Correspondence of the Phi la. North American .] THE JiMflJ INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. Wbat is most discreditable in tho develop ments really made isj tliatleading manufacturers in Now-England, and their agents elsewhere, occupying high social and commercial positions, aro found mixed up with these transactions in a manner that involves the deepest reflection up on their honor apd good fiuth. While profes sing to act in concert with our tariff interests, and affecting a community of cause, they were actually negotiating with the lobby scavengers about Washington tor corrupt combinations with any party or faction, or interest, to pro mote their own selfish schemes and to Sacrifice, tho prosperity of Pennsylvania, Lawrence, Stone & Go., have attained a “ bad eminence” in this transaction, which can never bo explain ed or removed; and Mr; Stone, who was so* very nice in regard to the expenditure of money, is proved, by his own hand writing, and by the evidence, to have made conditional engage ments, which were afterwards fulfilled wilh Corbin and Wolcott. Another humiliating, feature in this business is the active agency of leading New Tork poli ticians —who always seem to be bn hand where money is distributed —who hired or. sold out their influence to till theft own pockets, and who, like tho virtuous Matteson, their worthy calaborer in many other schemes of mutual pro fit, were only moved by tho most patriotic mo tives, and inspired by zeal for “ the cause.”— It is shown by the committee that about $lOO,- 000 were collected - and expended, some of which has not been traced, for various causes. The release of Wolcott damaged tile whole in vestigation, and for that the. House is directly responsible to the country. The testimony shows that, John W. Wolcott was sent to Washington authorized to pledge any amount of money, and to use any means, however corrupt, to insure the desired change in (he tariff. Soon after the adjournment of the last session, and during the month ol March, 1857, $71,000 were paid to him, exclusively for this purpose, as follows: First payment by draft drawn by tho Boston house on the Now Yolk house, dated March 11, 1857. $25,000 00 Second payment wag made on 13th March, by Mr. Stone,' in negotiable paper; and. a check upon the Me tropolitan Bank, N. Y., aniomll'- iug to Third payment by Mr. Stono in checks, on the 14th of March, Fourth payment by Mr. Slads, on ! day of March, in Boston, with banknotes, , Of this sum, $14,645 97 was in cohunercial paper, endorsed in blank, and negotiable by de livery. Wolcott paid- Geo. Aslnnmi, ex-uiem ber of Congress, $4,000 for aiding the passage of the bill. At least, the latter swears so, while the.former swears he paid no money lor that object. A further snm of $5,000 was paid through Mr. Ezra Lincoln, of Boston, to Mr. Thurlow Weed, of Albany, for his valuable aid in collecting statistic? and the like in this cause. Mr. Lincoln wus then, the editor of the Boston Atlas, lie spent the winter hero before this, scheme was carried, hut was not examined by the committee, which is now regretted, . And the sum of $8,117 00 was paid by.the Jf. York house to various persons, ‘in comparatively small sums, viz: D. M. Storie> editor of the Journal of Commerce, A. NV Reynolds, president American councils, which passed resolutions favoring the policy, • J. R. Corbin, clerk committee of claims at Washington, 1,000 00 The balance was paid for travelling expenses, pamphlets, &c. These various sums maker up the agercatc of $87,117 06, which is charged on the nooks of Lawrence, Stone & Co., to. the tariff of 1857. In addition to tins', it is proved % the testi mony of Mr. Slade, a partner in tire firm, that the sum of $12,000 or $13,000 was collected, which was also disbursed, but in what mode is not ascertained, os ho was examined in Phila delphia, and had no access to the books,and papers in Boston. The committee believe that Wolcott appropriated the. bulk of the money he received, and that it now forms n part of the banking capital of Gordine/ Wolcott, & Co. [From the N. Y. Herald 'May 26M.J Mr. W. IF. Stone further testifies. that the cast) accounts in Boston, of this manufacturing ttnu, show, on account of, moneys spent to m llueuce legislation in behall of the tariff bill ul ’67, a deficiency of $BO,OOO. I'rbnl the infor mation before us, the looseness and recklessness of tins firm in regard to tliis enormous lobby fund pusses all comprehension under the rules of common Sense. With regard to Matteson, (Orsathus Betiajuh.) Mr. Slone was brought plump to to tpe puint. Matteson dues not mince the matter nor beat about the bush, but comes straight up to the mark. Mr. Slone says that in a conversation with Mr. Matteson that gentleman remarked that. “ there were twenty jive votes in the House that could be influenced through their friends and when asked what ho wanted the him to do with the money indicated by Matteson, ($25,0' 0.) Air. 'Matteson replied, "'Hut it ih the hands of Mr- Greeley. 33 In other words,.the money was to be put into Greeley’s bands for the benefit ul Matteson, as was the ca.-e with that thousund-dollar draft of the lies Aloines Improvement (Jompauy. Poor Greeley ! what a catspaw they make of him I Next, the Chevalier Webb—the right royal and spotless Chevalier Weub—figures upon the carpet as large as life. Listen. Mr-Stone tes tifies: “I do not remember receiving any letter fiom a Atew York editor, but one, and that teas from Gen . Webb. He wrote me that he was de cidedly in favor of repealing the duly on row materials ; that he was coming to' Washington to spend, the winter, and intended to lake, a house ; and that, I was disposed to bear the additional expense ht would be. under, he would take pains to invite members of Congress to see him, and ex plain. to them. the reasons and arguments for adopting the measured 3 ' There’s Jeremy Bid-' filer for you en' dishabille! There’s a fussy jackdaw robbed of-his peacock’s feathers ! What a flood cl light is here thrown upon the whole brood of the Peter Funks of the lobby, and'their impudent devices for fleecing green horns possessed ol more money than brains!— •Unfortunately, however, lor’ the Chevalier Webb, the firm of Laivrence, Stone, & Co., “ had no funds to dispose ofinthat way. 33 Cannot the Chevalier Webb give us a copy of that begging letter, and tell us—failing in this tariif experiment—how he contrived to make that house pay expenses? <■ Ho was in favor of repealing the duty on raw material-” Gene rous Chevalier -Webb! “ Ho was coming to. Washington to spend the Winter.” Magnani mous Chevalier Webb! ' “Ho intended to take a house.” High and mighty Chevalier Webb! If the company would pay (or the rent, the oys. ters, canvas-backs, champagne, and cigars, he ■ would invito the members of Congress to his ' house,.dine them and wine them, and convince , them of the wisdom of repealing tho'duties oh those raw materials,' Oh, the modest, self sacrificing and incorruptible Chevalier Webb! i It is a groat pity ; but over since that $52,000 United States Bank operation, (he Chevalier Webb has been entirely too big for his breech- 1 es. “He. intended to take a house,” and to , hold his nightly feastings and carousals on a grand scale, il Lawrence, Stone, & Co. would only consent to loot the bills. But “'they had no money to dispose of in that way.” Oh, the unfortunate Chevalier Webb ! ’ - Next Mr. N. P. Bunks comes in for a note of $7OO, of the nature of which Mr. Stone could give no precise information; but the Hon. Tim-, othy Davis is down for an admitted tariff item of $lO6, remaining unsettled on the books. - Next, passing over the curious information given the committee by VVolcott and Corbin, or the present, and, also, the refreshing inno cence and simplicity of Hon. Mass’s Greeley, and .the labored explanations of Matteson, we como to Bon. George Ashmun, an ex-member of Congress from Massachusetts, who confesses the corn tq,the extent of a little tariff lobby fee of $4,000, Then comes the poor unfortunate Chevalier Webb, who, with .tears in his eyes, protests that he never got a dollar of all this lobby money, badly as he wanted a sop. We close up our present exhibit with Tburlow Weed. He confesses to the 85,000 from Ezra Lincoln, 1 but says that no part of the money was corruptly used in' promoting the passage of the tariff bill of ’57. Of courfce not. It is the bu sincss of Thuriow, as with Wolcott, to lake in not to pay out money. Tburiow’s serviwi wefo arguments and statistics. Ho has bwn engaged upon them for . upwards of thirty years, and by hook or by crook knows how in make fhe lobby pay for tho valuable knowlcdcw thus acquired. ' What a precious company nf lobby fowls have thus been caught in the sainn trap. How dainty the disclosures they make and yet how suggestive,of the whole machinery of these thimble-riggci-s and confidence-men at Washington. We await the falf report from Congress. Dir. Wolcott’s testimony. r From the Special Report of the rvary 11 j 1858.] Question. Had yon any funds placed in your hands belonging to any of the manufacturers („ Massachusetts for the purpose of influ enc ; n " members of Congress upon the passage o n£ tariff act? : . ■ Answer. I had not. Q Were you ever authorized by any of them to make tiny promises of future benefits m event of the.passagc of that act ? I was not, Q. Did you, after tl>b close of: the fast sess ion of Congress, receive from the manufactur ers, .cither in |?osi,on or elsewhere, any funds, money, negotiable accounts, or any thing of that sort, to be. used in that way ? A. No. sir.’ <’ , - , Q. Did you at any time during the month* of March of April, 1857, receive from Mr. Sionr any negotiable securities, or money, or credit* of any kind ? , ' . A,. Never. Never for any such purpose ns that) either direo.ly or indirectly. Q. Did you receive at any time in tho early part of March, a considerable sum of securities for any purpose ? A. Never for for any purpose connected with the tariff, either to be paid to mempers of Congress for the purpose of influencing their ac tion, or to be their agents! „ "Q. Nor for their benefit ? A. Nor for theirbenefit either directly ot indirectly. , •' Q. Nor in satisfaction of .previous arrange ments or promises.' ' A. Nor in satisfaction of. previous arrange ments or promises. 20,018 83 12,981 i; Q. Did you receive any securities at any time during the month of March last to the a mount of $>30,000 at one time 10,000 00 , A. Not for any purpose uf that sdrt. Q. Did you ever, for any purpose? A., Well, that would be a matter of strictly private business. I did not for the 'purpose of influencing members of Congress, or their agents. 574,000 00 Whereupon the witness asked for lime locon sul tcounsel in regard to his obligation toon, swer the question last • propounded to-hint; which was granted. That on the 11th' instant the' witness again appeared before the said committee and sub. .mitted the following as his answer, to the said question, and peremptorily refused to make any other or further answer thereto; Q- Did you receive (tom the firm of Law rence, Stone & Co. some time in March lost, a sum of securities or money of the amount of $30,000, more or less ? • A. I did not in March last, nor nt any oth er tune, receive from Lawrence, Stone; & 00., any money or securities o( any amount for tho purpose of influencing, or to be usedln influen cing, cliredlly or indirectly,, the action or vote of any member or officer of the present or the last Congress upon the tariff or any other act or -measure considered by Congress or before it, or contemplated to be before it. Nor did I ev er pay, or promise to pay, directly or indirect ly, any inpney or pecuniary consideration to any .officer or .member of any Congress for his Vole or services in the passage of dr to influence Ids action in relation to the tariff or any other law. Nor did I ever give any money or securi ties to any person for the purpose of being paid to any officer or member < of- Congress • for his vote orinfluence, directly orindirtcTy, upon act under the consideration -'of Congress-” Mt have t any knowledge iliac n:i} - such act or thing was done by any othc r person. $3,500 00 1,570 00' ' New Railroad Route. i Railroad Allotment.— We are informed ’ that the Sherman’s Valley & Broad Top Rail i road Co. have allotted '23 i', miles of tlieir Road, , commencing at, the mouth of Fishing Creek, i between the Pennsylvania and Northern Central ■ Railroad Bridges; and running West to near the i Borough of Landisburg, Perry county, to Mess i rs. Raymond, Lauman, Irwin, Kendig, Wiley - & Co., off of this, county. The company have ; been foriuuate in e gaging tliis firm to do their work, as they are all men of ability and means, 1 which associated together..consthut.cs as good a Company- as could have been formed, We I are informed that the Company’s Engineers are ' already in the field, and, that the work will be commenced without delay. As some of our.rcaders may be ignorant, aa to the advantage of the proposed road, we give a brief description of Us connections. The Sherman's Valley and Broadtop Railroad is the only remaining uuconslincud link, wham, when completed, will form the shortest contin uous through line from New Yoik to Cincinn ati, St.,Louis, the South and Southwest, vie. the New Jersey Central, Allentown and Read ing.,, Lebanon Valley,.Sherman’s Volley and Broad Top, Pittsburg & Cohnellsville, BnUt more & Ohio, North Western Virginia .and Ma rietta & Cincinnati Railroads to Cincinnati-' ’ thence by the Ohio & Mississippi to. St. Lows, ond so on west—bringing Cincinnati by this ■ route 198 miles nearer New York city than by the New .York Central, via Albany and Bulla lo, or 150 miles nearer New York than by the’ New York & Erie Railroad, via Cleveland i Columbus. The cities ofPiiiladelpbia aiidßai limore, with their present liuep, of communion lion, with the west, possess very great advantf ges over New York city, which the- business men ol that oity ’desiie, by the construction of the S. V. & B.F: R. B. to throw in favor of New York. Apart from this roads forming a link in' the shortest through lino from Now York to the west, it will open up and develop a very rich agricultural and mineral district, which has; thus far, been isolated.from all nrtf kets, which would of itself very soon make a renumeraiive business for the road. By route the Rrpad Top coal is brought thlriy-o ne miles nearer-to -Harrisburg, and the cast.iflaa by the present road (tiia Huntingdon to Broad Top).— Han[ishupgjlerald. Tlie construction of this rood will ptovo a God-send tq the “land shark of Cumberlan . Gen. John M. VFoouuurn, of NewviUc- c owns in Perry county, we learn, sou o forty or fify thousand acres of land, most of tainous, but yet valuable for, its limber.. road will pass close by these lands, whic c course will enhance their value very const era hie. Wc congralulate.Qcn. WooDßfi B,f u f° his good fortune. ' Miutaey Fine.—By the provisions of A" new Militia Law, all persons of ajccrtain age, who do not join a volunteer company are re