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<jui
cd to pay a fine of one dollar. The lut'd *
created is intended to bo placei to Ihe a va
tage of the military companies in the Stato.as
should have the effect of causing organizatio
tions to arise in every quarter.
Kansas ELBcrioN.-iThoßoard of Comma
sioners-appointed by the not of Congress W
a time for the election in Kansas, upon the
compton Constitution, met off Tho 24th. Inst*®
The election day was for the first M on ,
in August next.
K7”A German witness in New Yorbi
Wednesday,'testified Hint lie had drank
hundred and six glasses of lager beer i n O’t* “ J
without becoming intoxicated! Sound egg l .
Frf.