AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BUATTON< Editor & Proprietor . CARLISLE, PA., JUNE. 10, 1858, Democratic. State Nominations. Supreme Judge, WM. A. PORTER, Of Philadelphia Canal Commissioner, t WESTLEY FROST, of Fayette Co, Dickinson College. — A catalogue,of thisjn •stUution for 1857-8, is upon our table. The number of students in College, 190—53 of whom hail from Maryland’." The College, wo mo glad to hbtice, is in a ilonrishing condition. Coming.— The 4tli of July isnear at hand and arrangements should bo made for some sort of an appropriate observance of it.- The Weather.— After a long spell of rain and storm wo are again blessed with pleasant weather. Smiles and sunshine have succeeded dull countenances, a murky atmosphere and mgddy streets. Dedicated The new church recently erect ed by the United Brethren denomination, at Mechanicsburg, was dedicated to the service ol Almighty God on Sunday last—Bishop Davis, of Ohio, officiating. Dead.—Wh. B. Andekson, Esq., who for merly represented this District in the State Sen •ate, died at his residence at Andersonbnrg, Perry county, on Wednesday evening. U;s "age about 58. Large Trains— The freight train on the. Cumberland Talley R. R. on Monday morning oTlast week, was composed of near sixty cars. Quito a large train for this season of the year. Dull Times.— SincoNpur residence in Carlisle wo have never known as dull a' .season as the "present. Onrraerchants, business and profess ional men, mechanics, and all others, are com plaining, Farmers and country people seldom Visit town, and when they do come they bring go money, but always take’ some away. Wo hope a'change for the belter may soon take place. ' ■ . Distressing.—A little, son of Mr. Adam GreGor, of Mifflin township, this county, aged , Between six and seven years, strayed from home and was lost in the mountain, on the 23d ult,— ; Diligent search was made by.the father and his .neighbors for several days, but without success. On the 2d inst., However, some wdod-ohoppers (bund bis body in the mountain, about a mile from hi* father’s house. The little fellow had starved, to death. An inquest upon the body was : held by Robert Middleton, Esq., and the jury rendered their verdict that the child came to its death (fora exposure and starvation. The Cherries.—Wo notice that many of the cherry trees about town give evidence of the early ripening of the fruit upon them. In a few days we may expect our markets to be well Supplied with Ahis fruit. . Military Funeral.— -The funeral of McNa mara, the murobred soldier, took place on Fri day afternoon, at 4 o’clock. He was buried With military honors—all the tioops at the post, (some 300,). being in procession. The Band performed a solemn dirge, hs the long procession passed down Hanover street to the 1 grave-yard. . The American flag covered the coffin, and tho horse that had been rode by the i deceased,' draped in mourning, was led behind " the hearse; The carbine, so well handled by i the deceased, in the drill, only tho day before,. was strapped to the empty saddle, and the bools were reversed in the stirrups. Military funerals are always imposing and solemn, and in the present instance our citizens realized a deeper feeling than is manifested vm ; der different circumstances. Tho big tear drop could be noticed in scores of eyes„as the man gled body of tho stranger was committed to the cold earth by his fellow-soldiers. 'Poor fellow ! the prime of life ho was literally butcher ed in a public street of Carlisle, with no one near him to whisper consolation in his" dying hour. He may bo the son of an Anxious father and doting mother —the brother of a warm hearted sister. No one hero has aiiy knowledge of; his lineage. He came to this country and joined our Army, and fell by the coward hand of. the assassin. Peace to his ashes I . Cheating their SunsoninEus.—TVo notice that a number of our exchanges arc in the habi of publishing tho first pari ol long tales, from the New York Ledger, with the information that .their readers must look to that city flash journal fpr tho conclusion of the story! The editors who practice this fraud upon their readers are paid foe so doing by the editors of tho N. Y. Ledger, who expect by this means to increase the circulation of theirpaper, by selling to-thoso whose. curiosity becomes excited, by reading tho first chapter of “ The Perils of tho Boi der,” orsome other outlandish and obscene tale, kJtlVon to them in their own county paper. Tho ' country editor who can bo guilty of thus de frauding his'readers, should lose every paying subscriber on his books. It is a sharp trick of a city publisher, and wo are sorry to seo our cotemporariea of the country, even for pay, countenance the deception. These first chap ters of tales have been sent ns for publication, ■with the offer to pay us at advertising rates We invariably commit them to tho Barnes, for ' we would consider it an insult to, and a fraud upon our readers, to publish tho first part of any thing, and then tell them to look to a New York paper for the concluding part 1 The Volunteer shall never bo guilty of such deception while our. name remains at its head. Thane you, Gentlemen.—Our re-appoint ment and unanimous confirmation by the Senate as Postmaster of Carlisle, has induced a great -number of our editorial brethren of this State, as well as several out of the State, to speak of US and our former efforts in the cause of Democ rtby, in a manner highly complimentary. > We thank you, gentlemen, and shall always feel proud to retain your good opinions. Militaey Encampment.— There is to bo a grand military e.neampment at-Williamsport, the civil place of residence of Gov. Packer, on the 7th of September, and to continue until the Jlth. It is to ben “camp of instruction, 1 ' un der the designation of “'Camp Susquehanna so says the order of Adjutant-General Wilson, Just issued. It will, no doubt, be a very at tractive and splendid affair. Wo notice that the Harrisburg Herald copica articles from our paper very frequently, and invariably gives credit to the Carlisle Dm.- serai- Wbv? . HORRIBLE APPAIB. Murder Upon the Street! On Thursday night last, about 12 oolbok, the residents of Louther street, in this borough, were startled by the cry of "Murder I” Mr. Charles Jeuemiku. on hearing the cry, im mediately hoisted the window of .his chamber, and observed a man prostrated upon hiS pave ment. As soon's* he could, he struck alight, and went out, anfl there found a man weltering in blood, and breathing his last breath! No one was near him —no one to bo seen. Mr. G., as soon as possible, informed a number of his neighbors, wlio, after a brief consultation, sent for Coroner McClellan, to hold an , inquest upon the body. The Coroner, with a sworn jury, was early upon the ground, and, after removing the body to the Court-House, procee ded to enquire “ how, and by what manner the deceased came to his death. ” . Upon examination, it appeared that the mur dered man was John McNamara, a U. S. sol der, stationed at Carlisle Garrison. A post mortem examination of the body was made by Drs. Zeigler and Dale, when several dirk wounds wore found to have been inflicted, three of them very severe, the dirk having penetrated the heart in one instance. This was the fatal wound, and caused death in a few minutes. A cap belonging to another soldier at the Garrison ..named Francis Perrier, was found near the body of the deceased. This and other cir cumstances caused suspicion to rest upon Per rier, and ho was accordingly arrested and brought to town by Constable McCartney,— A pair of gloves, which he had purchased at Inhoff’s store the night previous, (found in his knapsack,) contained spots of blood- It was proved that Perrier had been in town on the night of the murder, and was absent from, the Garrison at twelve o’clock.' Before the Cor oner’s Jury, Perrier admitted that he had been in Carlisle on that night, and had drank the best part of a' quart of whiskey, and had lost his cap. a dirk knife and somemonej', but said ho had no knowledge of the deceased, and had never been acquainted with him. He said he had made threats against a couple of soldiers at the Garrison, who had abused him a few eve nings previous, hut that that the deceased was not one of them. Perrier is a Frenchman, about-thirty five years of age, ant) a very bard looking Customer. On the Tuesday evening previous, he had been engaged in a tight, in Carlisle, with i another Soldier, named Devlin, and, from his appear ance, we should say, he came out of the contest second best. Both his eyes Were in mourning, and bis face was much swollen.. < McNamara, the murdered man, was an Irish man, of some thirty-three years of age, and, as we learn, a very pcacable, quiet, and inoffen sive man. It is hot known that Perrier had a grudge against him, or that they were ever acquainted. , The general impression is, that if Perrier committed the murder, he mistook the deceased for Devlin, from whom, he had received a severe beating, and against whom he had made threats. After, the. Coroner’s Jury had investigated the matter thoroughly, they rendered their ver dict'* that the deceased, John McNamara, came to his death by blowsj inflicted with a dirk knife, in the hands of Fiiancis Perkier. Cor oner McClellan immediately made' informa tion before. Justice Holcomb, and the prisoner was commited to Jail, to take his trial at the ensuing August Court. P. S.-rSiiice the above was in type, we learn that on Monday last the knife belonging to Perrier, was found in Louthcr street, a short distance from fhe scene of the murder, A sol dier at the Garrison testified that he sold the knife to tho prisoner the day before the murder. The knife is a strong dirk, with blade some six inches in length, containing blood. The Odds and Ends Party.— Our oppo nents have as many aliases as a horse-thief. We notice by the Philadelphia News, the old organ of ihe Know Nothing faction, that Leon ard It. Fletohur, Chairman of the “People’s Committee (or Philadelphia” publishes a Card, in which he invites all “who are opposed to the National Administration,” to appoint Delegates to a State Convention, to megt at. Harrisburg, on the 14th of July,, “to nominate candidates for Judge of the Supremo Court and Canal Com missioner.” Then follows another card from Ht’Bucher Swoope, Chairman of the “Ameri can State Committee,” in which he recommends his faction to adopt the call of the " People’s Committee!’ as their own, and to participate in the election of Delegates to the Harrisburg con vention’ aforesaid. Then Mr. Todd, Chairman of the “American and Republican State Com mittee,” puts in his card, and withdraws his former call for a State Convention, and recom mends the Americans mid Republicans to take part in the election of Delegates to the proposed State Convention to assemble on the 14th July. Nextcomes the Card of Wii.uam B. Thomas, Chairman of the “RepublicUrifiltffte Committee,” and he too says he is for a unite of all the ele ments opposed to Democracy, and therefore asks his followers to join with the other factions in appointing Delegates to the Harrisburg Con vention. Truly our opponents may be called theparty of odds and ends. Four distinct organ izations, composed of men of all shades of opin ion’, ar.e invited to meet in Convention together 1 What a miserable farce for sensible men to en gage in. Wo wcftild suggest that when the pro posed State Convention assembles, the gentle men composing it wear a badge of some sort, that the different factions may be designated. Gbeat Excitement at New Obleans. —ln consequence of frequent murderous outrages in New Orleans, and the pttor .inefficiency of the laws to punish crime, the people of that city have assembled, organized a Vigilance Commit tee after the stylo of San Francisco, enlisted n strong force of armed men, seized the arsenal, prisons nnd reins of Government, and commen ced to arrest offenders. The Mayor called out the military to resist the usurpation. At the latest accounts the authority of the Vigilance Committee was paramount, and supported by all the respectable citizens, while the rabble were in favor of tho Mayor and Councils. A collision between this self-constituted Police force, nnd the regular authorities of the city, was hourly expected. Gen. Scott. —This veteran will soon bo sev enty-two years of age, of which time, fifty years have been spent in tho serviceofhiscoun- [Cr; The May receipts of tho Pennsylvania Railroad, from freight, are some $BO,OOO larger than those of May, 1857. Tho passenger re turns are not yet made out, but they will also show on increase. | " PURITY OF THE BALLOT BOX.” The Committee on Elections in Congress have decided that Mr. Harms, who holds a Congressional seal,- from" the Third District.' Maryland, is not entitled lo it, on account of great frauds committed oil the ballot-box at the election in Baltimore city. This Mr. Harris is a full-blooded Know-Nothing, and his desper ate and wicked faction continues to yule-in “thecily of mobs,’’Baltimore. In every other {dace the vile (notion has been crushed out by an indignant people. When this foul party was"in power in two-thirds the towns, counties and States in the Union, its orators and yenal editors talked flippantly about tho “purity of the ballot box !” The old parties, they said, were 100 corrupt, and too much in the habit of cheating at elections- Virtuous Know-Nolh ingism was to correct these abuses, and preserve the “purity of the ballot-box!” This, they informed us, was part of the mission of Sam and his speckled followers. .“ Tho purity of the ballot box,” was constantly rung in our ears by the men who had, in darkness, and in sin, leagued together to make oath against the rights and privilegcs,of a portion of their fel low-men. But, how did the Ruow’-Nothings carry out these professions ? The returning of Harris as elected to Congress from Baltimore, is the answer. The election was a mere farce— it was no election at all., Hired ruffians be longing to the KnowrNothing organization look possession of the polls, and, with cocked pistols iii- their hands warned all opposed to their dev lish order to keep away. One half the people in Harris’ district were thus intimidated and did not vote. A number ’ were killed who dared to exercise the right of freemen, and vole the Democratic ticket. Harris . was thus elec ted—and this was the way the Know-Nothings protected the “purity of the ballot-box!" The fact is, when Know-Nothingism swept the country, it was accomplished by fraud, decep tion, and lying. • They never elected a-man in Baltimore or anywhere else fairly and honestly. ' Their -organization was infamous —they got 1 men to join them by falsifying and -fraud, and 1 they elected their members of Congress and other officials by resorting io the lowest, most ’ despicable and.fradulent pfacticles. Mr. Har ris’case is but one of thousands. Terrible Explosion of Lottery Swindlers. —Mayor Tiemann, : of New York, having burst -ed up the Georgia lotteries, which did their bu siness in New York city, has turned'his atten tion to tho Now Hampshire and Massachusetts lotteries, which have . their agencies in Now York. Ho sent his officers to those Slates to induce the authorities to co-operate ivith him, and with their assistance seventeen of these swindles have been exploded. The letters di rected to them were seized and stnt to tho dead letter office at Washington. Each concern sends out about, ton thousand tickets per month,;at $l each. As many as 2600 letters have noen re ceived in one day by one of these oafahlish mehts. Tho persons engaged in the schemes could not be found, hiving got an Intimation of what was coming. Efforts will ha made by tho proper authorities in Massachusetts and; New Hampshire to arrest them. Other similar esta. blishments are believed to be in existence in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana,-which will receive the Mayor’s attention. ■ . ■ Pennsylvania Bank Building. —The Con gressional committee of Investigation in the Pennsylvania Bank-case completely exhoherale cx-Postmasler General Campbell from any sus picion of complicity in the frauds alleged to have attended, the sale of thejlank properly. No improper or corrupt influence, in the judg ment of the cpmmitte, operated bn any officer of the government in any transaction connected with the purchase'or sale Of that property, ex cepting those which attach to John ’Miller, the late postmaster of Philadelphia, who received a total sura of $23,000, paid him at diflerent limes by Thomas Allibonc, the former Presi dent of the Bank of Pennsylvania, given, as is alledged by Allibonc, as a gift, reward or com mission for scrvicesTn bringing about , a satis ’ factory termination of the purchase of the bank -1 ing house by government. The committee rec ounneud na action. Late News fkou Europe.— By the arrival of the steamsliip America, we'have three days la ter nows from Europe. The Liverpool market reports show a cotton and corn. The America brings advices tp the effect' that the attempt of Sir. Cardwell to remove the ministry for the course taken in relation to Indian affairs, had resulted in the vir{£#l triumph of the gov,- eminent, the mover having withdrawn his reso lution before comings to a vote'. The demand made by England upon Naples (or indemnity to the engineers captured" upon the steamer Cagliari for the imprisonment to which they were subjected, has been rejected; The Nea politan government was actively proceeding with its military defences. Nothing later had been received trom India. The great Derby nice had been won by Sir Jose\>h Hanley’s horse Headsman. The Duchess of Orleans died at her residence near London, after a brief illness, on the 18th nil, aged 49 years. DespehAte Battle witu Indians.- Late in. telligenco has been received at Now Orleans from Texas, by which wo learn that a desperate battle was fought in the northern part of the State, between the Hangers, under Capl. Ford, and a largo body of Camanche Indians! The fight was a running one of six miles, and result ed in the defeat of the" Indians, 76 of whom were killed, several, wounded, and 17 taken prisoners. Three hundred horses were also captured by the whites; Capt. Ford’s loss was only two killed and two wounded ; one of the killed was a white, and the'other an Indian who fought under Ford. Ky” The Providence Journal says that Mr. John Harper, who resided on Valley street, Providence, Rhode Island, was killed by his wife on Thursday morning, about 8 o’clock.— She has been an intemperate woman, and her husband has sometimes been provoked to drink by her example and bad treatment. Tho case was a singular one.’ The cause, of bis death was a stone which:his wife throw at him, hitting him behind the right ear, and with so little vio. lonce as to make scarcely a discoloration of the skini ho. walked several yards afterwards, and foil dead. Qlz* The Episcopal Convention of Minnesota, after a stormy session at St. Paul, has adjourn ed without electing a Bishop, as a radical differ ence- of opinion seemed to exist between tho lay and cloiicnl delegates. [HT'Gon. Wm. Walker, ns everybody expec ted, got off at New Orleans from any punish ment for the violation of neutrality laws—anoif fcnce for which ho was bn trial. Tho District Attorney entered a nolle prosequi in (be case. ■ A ilO j FALSEHOOD. The-Blackßepublicans of Allegheny county, at their dounty'Cqnvehiion, held in Pittsburg, on the 2d'jD9t‘,‘ "adopted the following lying res olution: , J . : r.‘ 1;. • “Resoluctlr That the. despotic policy of the National-Adminstrotionis’forcing upon the people of Kansas, a slaw Constitution, in- defi ance of the knbwrlyfishca and in'subversion of self-government,vaesorves the emphatic rebuke of the people; and -increases the necessitylfor.a political organization aiming at .(lie fescue Of the government-from.the hands that now poluto it, and arc using it for promoting the purposes of the slave power.” . The Black Republicans of Allegheny must place a . low estimate upon the people’s intelli gence, or they would not darn insult them by “promulgating a rcsolulion like the above. , From beginning to end it is false —a.naked, unvar nished lie.. According to the English Amende ment, the people of Kansas are to vote yea or nay oa-tte-tecompton Constitution—or,on the, “slave Constitution,” as the Allegheny Conven-. tinn has it. And at this very time every Blaclr Republican paper in the land is boasting that the “slave' Constitution” will be defeated in every county in the territory. Such being the case, ho# can bur opponents'make-it appear that the National Administration is “forcing upon the people of Kansas a slave Constitution, in defiance" of 'their known wishes?” If the people‘of- Kansas reject the Lecomptoh Consti tution—and onr zebra opponents tell-us they will reject it hy a tremendous, majority—the nest thftg-they. will do will be to assemble a Convention,' form such Constitution as they please, and submit it to a vote of the people, to be adopted orprojected. - If adopted, that is an enff to’ it—the people will then enjoy the pfiviliges of a'Constitution of their own mat ing. This action by the people of Kansas will bo in accordance with the provisions and re quirementa.bf the English .Amendment, and thcrcforelasvful. What more fair’plan of set tlement ppujd have been suggested? And yet, in the face of-these facts, the Black Republicans ofAiregtfenyhavethe cool cflrontery to assert that Mn'EucruNAN’s administration is“forcing upon the people of Kansas a slave- Constitu tion.” If, by giving the people of Kansas the: right .to vote as they please, and to adojdsuqh Constitution as they please, is ‘‘forcing, alayefy upon theta,’’ then is the administration guilty* but nntjOiherwise. , 'i The .-.administration has settled thU... vexed question-—settled it to the satisfaction- of all good men, and taken it out ofNational politics. This is just .what our opponents-<iui not want, arid hence their bad humor. They are still determined, it appears, to keep Kansas bleeding, 'and to 3o so they resort to such shameless false hoods as is Contained in the resolution of the Allegheny/Convention, which we have quoted. We pity-lho men guilty of such demagogueisin. Late and Interesting from California. By the/asrival at New York, on Saturday week, of the steamship Moses Taylor, from As pihwali, with §1,576,000 in gold, Seven, hun dred passengers, and the California mails,-we have news from ,the Pacific two weeks later than previoujt advices. The California Legislature had adjourned, after enacting alaw prohibiting the immigration into that State of Chinese af ter (he'fiijff of October next. The newly-dis covered &i)ld diggings in the valley of Walker: Biver. Adjoining Corsoh valley, cast df .’thpiSir; erra had] turned out quite richi and produced a great excitement in that section, and a, rusk" thither. But the greatest excite-, ment whs caused, by the confirmation of -the news from Frazer river, in British Oregon, whither all eyes were turned. The diggings are said to extend into Washington. - territory, A band of lobbers stopped the stage : running from Nevada to Sacramento, and robbed.it of $21,000 in gold diist belonging.to Wells,Fargo, & Cpi t .Col. Fremont had arrived at Mariposa, and hcen welcomed with bonfires and salutes of artillery. It was, announced that the Indians of PlufnaS county had banded together to make war on the Whites. Indian troubles had also brokeh out in Oregon, Another flllibus teripgjCXpedition against. Sonora was reported to be afoot, and such was the excitement in that.region about it that a surveyor''belonging to the Sonora Surveying Company had to (cave. A guuna. island, containing nearly a million tons bf guano, had been discovered on the track between, the Sandwich and Ladtoqe Islands,and specimens of, the guano have been received at San-Ffcmcisco. Bobberies are frequent all over Califoj-nia, and we find many such recorded in our flies of papers. In some oases'ithe jobbers go in grmed bands, and commit their ‘depreda-. tions in'the Mexican style;. : Duncard Visit.— On Thursday afternoon,o party of, Dunkards from Cumberland county, mimbiring some twenty in, all, mjjp, women and o' litdron, visited' our .borough, and among to o(Ii :r places of note, went to examine the Cap itol., • Some wags around' the building,thinking to hai c. some amusement, took them in charge and introduced them Into the Halls, designa ting,tdl persons whom they met with some high official distinction. When they-arrived in the Senate Chamber, our well-known friend, Prof. Drgke', was comfortably,ensconced in'one of the Cleric’s desks, engaged in finishing up some of hia correspondence, to whom the Dunkards were introduced with much gravity as ,his Ex cellency, the Governor. The professor; played ■ off hia-part. with, much dignity, and after’the; parly-left, they .expressed a great deal of'de light at their entertainment by tho* Governor, whom they pronounced a first rate man. The affair afforded considerable amusement to the wags who got off the joke. —Harrisburg Her ald. , ' Quito a ggod joke, that, but the “ waga” en gaged in it lacked one essential quality of gen tlemen—good breeding. , , , . A Death Blow. —On motion of Senator Wil son,-of Massachusetts, the item in the appro priation bill providing for the Government ad vertising in tlirpe paper!) m the city of Wash ington, was struck out. Each paper received from this soufoe about thirty thousand dollars per annnm. Cutting ofi this revenue will prob ably be the' death-blowof one or more of them. O” Queen ‘Victoria is again reported to be in an “interesting condition,” and her daugh ter, just married to the Prince of Prussia, has already been forbidden by her physician to con tinue her equestrian exercises on account of the peril in which it might placo-“the hopes of the Prince to an earjly heir in his estate and digni ty." It takes the Anglo-German’stock to set a.fruitful example. . A statement has just , been made that willilq tlio.last.32 years the Baptists in the Hni tedStateshavemadeaeleargain 0f0,5C5 church os, 4,221 ministers, and 598,080 members, being an annual increase of 885- churches, 102 minis ters, and 27,620 members. TUG TARIFF. The following remarks oh tbo subject of llifl tarifl', \yliich wo take ftom'tiio DoylestownDem ’’ocral, are so plain, practical and sensible, that wo cannot refrain giving them to our readers, with ouf hearty endorsement: The time of high tariffs',' or tariffs, for.protec tion, solely, has past and gone forever, and can never again bo made the policy of tbo country. A tariff is a tax, and the sooner the people un derstand that fact tbo better—and they must learn that every-dollar of revenue collected, is 80 much money taken from their pockets,. fao long as this is wanted to pay the expepSes ol an economical administration of tbo government, it is right and proper it should bo collected p but when'duties are, levied for protection, without regard to ■ revenue, Congress then exceeds its power, and the tax becomes burdensome and unjust. Wo assume the ground, that there is no 'authority In’our government, for Congress to collect.more;revenue than is requited to delr-iy the expenses thereof—and to admit the principle that revenue can. bo collected without regard to expenditures, is opening a wide door ior im position upon the consumers. The right to lo ' vy an excess of duties pf one thousand dollars, .concedes the right to levy twenty millions, un - 'dor which condition of things the people could bo taxed to any amount, illegally. As wo un derstand tbo constitutional power of Congress , to raise revenue, and the, construction the tra ' mers of oiir government placed upon it, wo be lieve revenue .to bo Hie object and,protection the indideni, hud not the reverse, as some of our ’ modern protectionists have tried to make ns be :iieyo. A fair discrimination should bo'made , in favor of American productions, always keep ing in view tbo foveimp standard, but there is 1 no authority to go beyond. . This seems to bo the settled doctrine of tbo country nt time, ! and it will be. a vain; effort to fry to resurrect the dead’caroasS'oi protection. ' . ■High duties are by no means the most need ful thing lor the hom'o manufacturer, but stabil- ity of rates,is equally, and probably more, im portant. A manufacturer, with tho requisite skill and capital; can always succeed under, a revenue tariff, providing the duties are station ary and,not fluctuating from j-ear to year— for when the law is so frequently changed, tlie pro ducer,knows not what to depend upon, and, consequently;,cannot conduct his business ■ un derstand! rigly. Let duties bp laid just sufficient to . carry on tho government, economically ad ministered, ivith.a fair discrimination within this standard,.in 1 favor of the home manufacturer, and the business of. tho country wili'be prosper ous.' ... The doctrine of “ protection for tho sake of protection,” never met our approbation, and if tho people fairly understood it, it-would be more generally condemned than any system which has been attempted to bo fastened upon the Country. ’ It amounts to nothing more nor less than giving a bonus to, a few interests of tho country which are notable to sustain themselves in legitimate business, and the masses must be taxed; in tho shape of. an increased price on many staple articles, in order to help the homo manufacturer compote with the foreign. If a citizen pan purchase goods cheaper at Liver pool than at Lowell, the government has no right to place any obstruction in the way of. his seeking the inarket of the former; buta protec tive tariff does place such obstruction upon his operations, as it increases the price Of the" im ported article about as much as the duty levied, and also raises the homo article Of like kind in the same proportion. In the height of the tar iff excitement in time past, the good of the manufacturer was not the ohly tliing-dontended, for. The banks at that time had tho use of the surplus revenue on hand, to trade and speculate upon ; but since tho adoption of the Independ ent. Treasury system, the government takes care of its own surplus reyonno, and there is no 'further strife for it.; This breaks tho back-bone Of protection and greatly weakens the .opera tions of its friends, as they will no longer have the aid of the banks, whiphoannOt hope to pro fit by its success. ' Even the.present crisis, in our opinion, does not'demand a backward march to protection.— That more revenue is needed; seems to bo ad mitted on all sides, and wo believe the best mo thodto obtain iimyilibo a repeal of tho tariff act of 1857, which will resiore thoactof 1846 in full force,‘which, While it is a ''revenue''tariff, will rajso amplorincans in stagnation of trade, to'meot the wants of fhe'gOvernment.— IVe are opposed to a substitufion of specific tor ad valorem duties, except upon a very few hea vy articles, for the reason that it would dp great injustice,to the consuhier, and make Hie poor man pay d Jieavipr fax, ip proportion to his abil ity, than the .rich onOV The Sinte. Treasury. ' The correspondent of: the Philadelphia Argus givcs.the following table of the receipts into the Stale Treasury during several months of'this year and last: February 28. 1858, $ 410 568 33 Jlarch 31, '299 ; 608U April 30, “ ' , "' .279 431 33. February 28, 1857, 986,38815 March 31, “ 1,027,930 26 April 30,' 1,0,89,870 06. The above is truly a melancholy picture of the condition of the Treasury. The falling off in the revenueis attributable toseyeial causes — One of which (and the principal one wo think) is the insane gift of the Slain Limb of the Public Works to the Pennsylvania an other the general depression in business grow ing out of our financial difficulties. We have no, expectation, as we,have more tjian once said, that the sale of the Main Line will relieve the lax-payers of the Slate to the amount of a dollar. Indeed, judging front the above exhib it, we think it more than probable that the tax es will have to bo increased in order to meet the interest on the public debt. Late from Kansas.— A dispatch from Leav enworth states that the Board of Kansas. Com missioners, provided for; by the English Aot of Congress, met and organized at Lqcomplon, oil the 24th of May, by- electing Governor Denver President. fiTley were all sworn into office; appointed w committee of three to propose the programme for conducting the election provided for by the law, which is to be reported at the next meeting, on the Slat inst., and unanimous jy agreed that the election should take place on thefirsbMdn'day of August. Rumors were in circulation of a battle hav ing been fought.-on tbe pqulhern border, be : , tween a free State, forcb'Under Montgomery,and a party of Missourians, in which twenty-one were killed and eleven wounded. The MonDEa TniAr at Lowell.— The trial at LowellrMass., of Myrlam Y. and Francis E. Heath, for the murder of their fatherat Dracut, in January last, resulted on Friday evening in a verdict of murder in the second degree. Francis was sentenced to the State prison for life. The sentence of his sister was postponed until the next term of the court. Mrs. Twiggs was tried at Danville last week (or the murder of Catharine Ann Clark, and was convicted. The Court sentenced her to be executed within the walls of the jail of Montour county. ICP“ “ Whiskey” is the name of a (rotting horse that has just been brought out at the Long Island Course. Ho ought to be a spirited steed. ttir’Tho Catholics of' Lafayette, Ind., have purchased a square of ground in that city, for the purpose of erecting a, cathedral, nunnery, school, etc. The whole wilt cost $lOO,OOO. . Death of a TJ. S. Senator.— Hon. J. Pick, ney Henderson, U. S. Senator from Texas, died in Washington city, on Friday evening-■ His I term would have expired on the fourth of March I , State Agricultural Society. Tho exhibition of this year, to bo bold at Pittsburg on tbo last days of September, pro mises to be ono of unusual display. A greater interest is felt hut by agriculturalists than has been the'case horctolore > v nnd ns tho arrange ments are perfected, it will bo seen that the so ciety have taken greater pains to do full Justice to all classes of exhibitors. For this purpose a thorough revising of tho premium list is making by a competent committee, who expect to com plete thoir labors and have thorn ready for pub lication early in Juno—thus giving parties an op portunity to judge of its merits in good season. Anew feature of sweep-stakes for largo displays will be introduced, and several special premi ums offered for stock of high blood and of do mestic breeding, while all importations for pur poses of improvement will bo liberally and fitit iy dealt with. The various railroads centering at Pittsburg will, as heretofore, discriminate in favor of all articles intended-.lor exhibition which may pass over thoir respective roads, Bo that with good reason it is that onr friends of tho “ Iron City” felicitate themselves on the prospect of a creditable State Exhibition. The Fori Smelling I'he republican papers’throughout the coun try have for some time been circulating a foul charge upon Secretary. Floyd, staling that lie acted corruptly in purchasing the site for a military reservation, Port Snelling. The mat ter was tho subject of investigation by a Com mittee of Congress. The* parlies charging fraud upon the Secretary, had every opportuni ty to appear and prove their charge upon 'him, if such facts had existed. But the matter, af ter a full and partial investigation, was reported to Congress thus: Resolved. That the recent sale oflhe military reservation of F ort Snelling having been, made by the Secretary of War, under -the directions of the President of . the United States, is in strict conformity to law ; and the evidence re ported by the select committee having failed lb exhibit any fact or circumstance tending in the slightest degree to impeach the fairness of the sale or the integrity of any Of the officers dr agents Of the government concerned in the same, or,to exhibit any fact or circumstances wh.oh should make the said sale a proper subject for the opiniion and action of this House, it is or dered that the committee be discharged frbin the further consideration of the subject, and that th>reporfof said committee'be laid upon the table, ■ , , lady tamiiiff. The great success of Rarey in taming frac tious hordes in England, has suggested to a craf ty Yankee the idea of,applying the secret art to women, especially those who' have promised to obey, and, of course, never done so. He char ges f5O a lesson. Here are some of his certifi cates ; “ This is to certify that Mr. Paul Prettyman has succeeded in subduing my wife. He took her when in her most resiless condition, and in one hour she was cooking beef steak with the plaoieity of an angle, r' • JAMES P. IKSRNFR.” “New,York, May 8,1858. , v . Mr, Prettyman has full .libertyio refer to me. His art I consider the great desideratum of married life. He quieted Mrs. Simpkins, who was always ugly in double harness, and accomplished wonders. Not a shirtrbutton has been missing since the date of his trial. 1 ; P. SIMPKINS. Newark, N. J,” The land Bribe. The Leavenworth Journal, a rabid Anti-Lc coraptbn sheet, says : " Keep it before the people, that there is nothing offered us in the English bill, but what is guaranteed to us'by the Ojganic Jlct,mider whichwewere.admitted as a Terpito rj, and, what diner new Stifles have received at the hands of Congress. 11 "Will our pious’ Anli-Lecompton- cotemporu ries of this place inako a note of this fact ? They published to. the world that the Lahti Or diheo accompanying the English hill contains a larger amount of land than usual, and stigma tized this.as a bribe.- The l.eovcmcoi'th Journal says this is not sot ; KT" talc-news .from Utah, says that Gov. Cmorning had been expelled from Salt Lake City by, the Mormons, who were -in arms, and determined to resist the United States army to the last; The Peace Commissioners had passed ■Fort Laramie; It was .reported that the troops at Camp Scott were short of provisions. ,(C7” Commodore Thomas Ap Catcsby 'Joh'es, a gailanlofflccr of the U.'S. Navy, died at his : residence, near,Georgetown, D. ,C.; on the: 31st till., in the 69th year of his age. DH7T A most melancholy dasuaiity occurred at the village of Roscde, Illinois, on the 3d ihst. A culvert over a small stream was swept away, the tide carrying off the dwelling house of the Rev. H. Ilsley, and causing the death, by drowning, of his wife and eight children. BC7’By intelligence received , per steamship “Oahawba,” arrived on the 4th inst. at New York from Havana, are gratified to learn that the English naval’offlcer who has been fig-, uring so arrogantly in the boarding of the American vessels inthe port of Sagtta la Grande has been arrested, and sent to Jamaica, it is sup posed, to stand a trial for his excessive zeal. tt?”.Thera is a great- excitement in oerta|n parts of .lowa, about the late gold discoveries on South and Middle rivers, in Union, Madison, Warron; Clark and.-Adair counties, which lie in the Southern part of lowa. It is reported that hundreds have gone to tho diggings, and are makingfroin two to ten dollars per day each man, besides, occasionally picking up lumps of from one-hundred tojwo hundred dollars value. New Churches.— lt is now fully decided, says the Harrisburg Herald, that two new churdbos will be erected in that borough by (he Presbyterians—one by the Now School, and another by the Old School branch. Both of them, wo are informed, have largo subscriptions for the purpose, and will erect largo and hand some edifices. Arrest op an English Officer I, 1 he la-‘ test intelligence from the Gulf of Mexico, is that the English naval officer who made himself, so conspicuous in boarding the American vessels in the port of Sagua In Grande, has been arres ted and sent to Jamaioa„to answer for his con duct. D3r- A Yankee, boasting of a visit which he paid to Queen Victoria, clenched his remarks by declaring: “I should have been invited to stay to dinner, but it was washing day.” E 7» A court-martial to try certain charges against. Commander: Boutwcll, of tbe United States navy, convenes at Washington on the 10th instant. The president judge will be Com modore Stringham. (C7* Daily prayer meetings are now held on some of the New Bedford whalers—night and morning on the forecastle. ELECTION AT: WASBIfiOTOtY; EXCITEMENTS • AT MIEjPOLLS/ j i Disorder and Rwl-rSeverctl persons iPotlmieil, ■Washington, Juno 7,—The election of pub lic officers; for Ibis city, was held to day.' Good > order every where prevailed upto ncort.and it. was anticipated that the .election. .would pass',' without serious disturbance, ;Th4 police were, strongly represented, and arrangements were made to act effectually and promptly. ;: , Fights .of short duration, tookplaceAt several ’ of the polls, but,without serious resells. Biif while, officer Allen was attempting, to affest a. disorderly young man named Richard Hurley, he was knocked down .with a slbno, near the Fourth Ward poll. On regaining his feet, ho fired his revolver, the shot striking Ilnrley.jnd dangerously wounding him, -Officer. Allen es caped to the City Hall,.with,a crowd In hotpur suitofhim. , , Tho mounted police arrived and quelled tho outbreak. ■ Mayor Magruder did all in, his power to pao- ■ ifv the excited crowd. 'ln another part of the city, a young man named Charles Ti ci-ler was seriously wounded in the hand by a stray shot. ;/, • • n "• Several additional disturbances occurred; irr which stones Were thrown and pistols fired.but no one is reported to be injured thereby. . Various'false or : exaggeratedreports of tdis, turbanccs put the mounted police in constant motion. •, ■; A large nuthber of disorderly parsons Were. arrested during the day. ' Washington,' Juno 7,-11 i o cloek.P,M.—- The indications-are that James G. Berfct. tho the Democratic candidate for Mayor,, has been elebted by several hundred majority, and that that there will be alargcr.Democratic majority in the Councils. : A procession, with' niusic, has: proceeded to the residence of Mr. Berrett, to offer congr Mu lotions.- • ■’. W* Further From New Orleans. The Treaty of Pence—Fresh Excitement— hi- Jlammatory Placards by the American Party- Attempted Assassination. , New Oiu.ean's, June 4. —The treaty of peace which has bi eu. signed, agrees to the following terms : Mayor Waterman for the'ciiy'aulhori tiesi and General Lewis, the snperintendept of the election to be held on Monday V accepted the forqcs Of the Vigilance ComtiiiUcens'a?special ■police to protect property and life, .andVtd exe cute the laws. , The Vigilance Committee decs not disband, but is to retain its. organization ns a military body as long as may be necessary for their defence and the performance ' of'tlieir legitimate duties. . The rabble, arc tiljlLin the streets, but the number is comparatively Small, and no more trouble is expected!’ .E Arrests still continue to be made. New Orleans, Juno 4. — 10 oclbck'P.'M.— IVe are on the eve of. fresh excitements.. An inflammatory placard has .-been fs'sucd by the so culled American party .calling; the Ameri cans to arms to resist the authority o{ the Vigilance Committee, though more .than' one half of the American party are members of the Vigilance Committee, and many of their leadita are well-known Know Nb.lmigs.-- One manjias been killed, and another woun ded.by accident in the hiad quarters of the committee.,.,.. ’ . New Oiij.kans, June 5.--10 o’clock.A. M.— The mob poHected by-incendiary, placards, ad (Tressed-by. Col. ..Christy; a candidate for may or, .and by Col. Henry, of the Nicaraguan ar my. They-called die Americans to anus, and offer to lead a charge; against the Vigilance Commitlc at noonio day. ■ ■ : . J. P. White, a money >brokcry was shot at, and very-dangerously wounded last night, m front of the City Hotel. Mr. AV-liile is said to have furnished the cotton-bales used in forming the barricades, constructed byithe . Vigilance Committee. "■ _ ; Over fifteen hundred names bnyct been ertntP ed-by the committee, in anticipation of funhn troubles, which now appear to-threaten the peace of the city- ’ ■ ; [Sunday Evknino.,— The above-despatches are the latest from Now Orleans. The storm of Friday ■ evening l caused an. inierrliption of tho telegraph, line between Pittsburg; and Whee ling, so that the dispatches accumulated at Wheeling during the whdleof'Saturd.ay. They Were received at the Pittsburg office by mail yesterday morning, and from thence transmit .t'td. to this city.— ’Reporter.]' Tile lltuh Kcivs. The Expulsion.of Gov. Camming doubted. ■ St. Louis, June.s.—Tire Republican learns, from a gentleman who .Itft Fort' LeayenWorth bn-the’2d hist., and who, read-all the letters from Camp Scott iip to May 6th, that the re port that Gov. Cumuling had -been driven from Salt Lake City is discredited. Letters from Canip Scott, of tho latest dao, mention no such event, and nothing was, known there of, what had transpired in the city, I here, being no offic ial intercourse between Gov. humming and, ,Gen Johnson.: • The ’despatches from Gov. Cnmming id Sec retary Cass were received,jat o CjimpSooXt hubsc .qnent to the departure of irmmailpn.the,6;hof May; and as the news of ,Gqv. ICuiiiming's ex pulsion was only derived f join the;,Morni(» bearers of the mail, theseleporjS.ard'reginiil as improbable. . ' .Information had reached Camp.'Scdft lid the supply oE beef cattle from Oregon wijs oM at hand, and that Col." Hoffman -Vas, will® seven to nine days maiolibf.llid en’campnieni. Alarming Report—Cap!.- Harcy’si Train; Cut off by the Itlorhiuns. ; St. Louis. June s.—The Democrat has J“d received the following despatch from,Fort enworth, dated the-3d-inst.-. . . , “ Win, Grossman, .arrived here ..last nigh l from Fort Laramie, slates that, Capt,; M» lC l£ : supply trainfrom Santa Feo has been cut oa by the Mormons. Particulars by mail.” SlaitsasT : Tremendous Rain Stormat,L(dvenu ; Orth~F‘ 1 ' - ' . tal Affray.'. . ■■ Leavenworth,'June 3,,m0 Si; Lows. JJJ 5.—A ti-’emendouq rain storm visited Uns J on Wednesday moriiibg, flooding undating a portion of thp damage. - The Missouri River I Gen. Calhoun and.’fauiily arrived this mo mg* ~ . n, T nms. June Leavenworth, June A, fio St- i“ v i s teiday, s.—Aii affray tobk'pTaceuf Lavvren W ’ rom p between Gen. Lane and Mr- ',i e dtatli ent citizen of that place, vcs !' ltl '’f..,, 1( i between of Mr. Jenkin?!,. .An ammqsdy l aisnuted l» od the parties growing, out. of.» . P.-' claim.- ..' ~’r. Trial of General,-Wnlkof-Disagrcew' 1 ' 1 : llie Jury.-'- ■; . • ' . N F -w Orleans, JnPP 2.—Th° al Walker was concluded yesteruaj. • . t , r o disagreed—standing ten (or ucqu for conviction, judge Campbell 8 - trial* 1 extremely pnrtiiil andstringeut. ‘A urged immediately by Gen. Warner. ■ rsEOONn nESPATCHI . New Orleans, Juno B.—lhe CJSB of ney has entered a nolle prosequi m 1 Gen. Walker- .; ,' , ■ President Buchanan, it solved in the opinion thirt England Wl the recent outrages fully and pvonil) l’> colin sorts that the relations between the ' eDj|j tries were never established on a more footing, and cannot bo disturbed r “ T ~—'■ n jrrcss aS Adjournment of Congress.—- I Con ° g,#! fixed tho 10th irtat.v'as. the.day for 011 , adjournment. The 7th; had been u xe but tfio members foundthfy ciju}d p° • their business by that tipe. 1
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