itHMI *e & town >Ol AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. Eilllor t Propijelpt. pABttSLE, PA7, r JUNE 24. 1858. ■ Democratic State Nominations. Supreme Judge, WM, PORTER, Of Philadelphia, Canal Commissioner, WESTLEY FROST, of Fayette Co. • tCF” In consequence of thq death of the edi tor’s little, daughter, ho has been unable to give , any attention to this week’s paper. This, wo presume, will be a sufficient apology. tVe have boon requested to slato that the Cumberland Valley' Bank will be closed on Mon day, tiro Bth of July. Persons haying Executor’s and Admin istrator’s accounts to tile in the Register’s 01- .flee, ate requested, to hand them in on ot before the 10th of July. Marino Hay.— The farmers of this county have commenced making their hay, which pro mises a largo yield and of superior quality.— The weather, just now, is very well suited for this kind ol out-door work. Presentation of a Cane.— The members of Carlisle Lodge, No. 91, Independent Order of Oddfellows, presented, to Col. A. Noble, at their Hall, on Thursday evening last, a splendid gold-headed Cane, bearing the following inscrip tion : “ Presented to Coll A. Noble, by the mem bers 6/ Carlisle Fpdge, No, 91, I. O. of O. F,, as a token of their esteem and affection .” «W. M. Peneose, Esq., on behalf of the Lodge, pre sented the Cano with some very interesting and appropriate remarks suitable to the occasion.— It was received by Col. Noble, who returned his sincere thanks for the honor conferred, hoping that the kind and affectionate feeling now exist ing in the Lodge may remain forever. Speeches suitable to’the occasion were also made by Messrs. Rheem, Ogilbv, Dale and others, when, after a few songs by Mr. John H. Rheem, tho niembers dispersed well pleased with the trans actions of the evening. DioeiNson College. —Tho annual Commence ment of this institution will take place, in this Borough, on Thursday, July Blh. On tho 7th, the oration will be delivered by Wm. H. Allen, lil t. D., and a poem by Thos. 6. Chattie, A. M., before the General Belles Lotties and Union Philosophical Societies in tho morning, and an oration betore tho Associated Alumni in the evening by the Ilcv. K. L. Dashiell, A. M. The Adjournment of Congress.—The do- ' sing scenes of the late session of Congress pre sented none of the characteristics of. hasty leg islation and tumult so often seen at the close of past sessions. The Senate passed a handsome complimentary resolution to Vice President Breckinridge, and the members of the House were cordial and general in their congratula tiohs to Mr. Speaker Orr. The session dosed with unusual good feeling. ■. The great feature of this session has been the settlement of the Kansas question. After five months discussion, the result was reached that . effectually removed this subject from Congress ■ and localized it ;• and the cßect has been already peacb to the country. President Buchanan pledged himself to died this pacification, and he has succeeded. ’ Among the bills passed at thetest stage was the Post Office Appropriation . bill ; and it is gratifying that the proposition to raise the rates of postage did not succeed. Crops Destroyed The amount of sugar de stroyed by the 'inundation in Louisiana is esti mated at 50,000 hogsheads—worth $8,000,000. The cotton destroyed by the overflow on, the banks of the Mississippi, it is said, will bo 100,- .000 bales—worth probably about $4,000,000. — In tho Wabash Valley, ns represented by the Evansville “.Journal,” the losses by the farmers and property owners will certainly bo equally as, heavy. ■ The New Military Law. —The Ncwßlootn flold Advocate thns’estimates the cost ol carrying out .the now Military law. It says: “Suppose that wo estimate the number of infantry, artil lery, &o;, in the Stato at 25;000, and,the caval ry at 5,000, (in both cases a low estimate,) and suppose that there should bo the full number of parades, the expense would bey $695;000' per annum !—and estimate that there are 40,000 in the State liable to military duty under the law, the revenue would bo only $200,000, or loss than a third of the expense. Wo venture to say that tho expense of carrying out this law, on au average, will not be less than half a million of dollars annually! Among the bills of an interesting charac ter which failed at the list session by not being reached in (ho order of business was tho bill in the House of Representatives for the admission of Oregbn as a Stato, and tho bill to create the Territory' of Nevada. Congressional Printing.— The printing of the. thirty-third and thirty-fourth Congress es cost the Government over §6,000,000. Tho same would have constructed fifteen or twenty first class steam sloops of war, or. built three hundred miles of railroad to tho Pacific; yet the amount has principally been squandered in. use - less picture books. The shameless manner in which frauds are perpetrated upon the Govern , went in its printing operations, has called forlh a rebuke all over the country, and it is high time that measures should bo taken to prevent a repetition of the same difficulties. • BbOwNED.— We learn, says Iho York Press, 1 that Mr. Joseph Penlz, a worthy and highly | rtspcolable young man, was drowned in Mr. : George B. Eraig’s mill dam, in the Conewago crook, bn Friday evening last. Tho deceased in company with a number of his fellow work men—who were engaged in putting up a barn for Mr. George Spahr, in Washington town ship, in place of the one destroyed by lightning soine weeks ago—went lb the dam for the pur pose of bathing, and not being able to swim, ventured into water which was deeper than be imagined and was drowned before bis compan ions could render him any assistance.. Tn* Oixr or Saw Lake.— When Gov. Cum. ming reached Salt Lake, be discovered that ex tensive preparations had boon skilfully made to give the city to the dames, a la the Russians at Moscow. Large quantities of <lriod fence-wood bad boon .errangod in many' bouses, which a match would have kindled to conflagration.— ■ Young bad gone so far as to station a guard in Salt Lake City and several upper settlements to prevent their being cumed. The Mormons hare entirely evacuated the city. . Cy-Tho soltry weather of the few days pasl was dissipated by a refreshing shower on Tues day afternoon. THE HOPES OF THE OPPOSITION. The Democratic, parly never has boon and never can be defeated, when united. Since the organizatioh'of political parties in this country, our opponents have succeeded but twice ih elect ing their President, and on both occasions the Democrats were .disorganized, thus ’giving the advantage to the enemy. As well might an army going info battle in a helter-skelter condition— one pulling this way, and another tlia’t way—ex pect success against a well disciplined foe, ns a political party, in a state ot disorganization, th expect success at the polls. Disorganization in the ranks of one party encourages the other to increased activity and zeal, and thus it often happens that the colors are. carried off and the victory won by (ho party numerically the weak, est. Such being our experience, what folly it is for men holding to Democratic principles, to so far forget themselves—to so far forget to their country— as to permit any stratagem of the enemy to deceive them. What folly it is, wo say, for- Democrats to let themselves bo hoodwinked and captured by their political ene mies. And yet, by this very means—by per suading Democrats into an opposition to their own party—our pie-bald and utterly unprinci pled enemies 'expect to elect their State ticket in this stato the coming fall, and thus pave the way for a national victory in 1860. Let Demo crats reflect bpfbro they permit a calamity like this to again happen our country. Let them con sider the groat injnry'they would inflict upon the Union, by permitting it to fall info the keep ing of tho desperate men who are tho leaders in. tiio Black Republican ranks. No man who has been a Democrat from principle, and w;ho has sustained that party-from pure and honest mo tives, will now forsake its organization and its men, merely because ho dissented-from the po licy of tho administration in regard to the Le oompton Constitution. No—ho will, if actua ted by a loftypatriotism, acquiesce in the views of the majority— for this is a cardinal Democra tic principle—and do all ho can to heal all heart burnings and misunderstandings that may exist. If he cannot sanction every act of the. majority, he should not, and will not, if ho is a Democrat (rom principle, permit his dissenting opinions to endanger the harmony of the party j he will not, in ’fine, do anything (hat will add to the strength of the hydra-headed party whoso ob jects and schemes he detests-in his heart. • “Divide and conquer,” has always been the policy of our opponents. They make little or no pretension as to principles, nor are they two years the same. Opposition (o the Democratic party, its men and its . measures, is tho only principle—if principle it can he called —that tho Republicans preach to their deluded dupes. Oc casionally our enemies advocate, for a short time, ; an isolated dogma—hut they are soon convinced that the people, are not with them, and the subject about which they effected so ranch anxiety is dropped, .and never heard of after. The proscription of adopted citizens, and .opposition to the Catholic religion, was their stock in trade for a couple of years; hutsoon the good sense of the people discovered that many of tho men engaged in. this proscription of certain citizens and a certain religion, wore bad men—manyol them infidels and libertines —and that their aims were mercenary and wick ed. They therefore rallied.in their might and; put down tho. Know-Nothings. Tho Know- Nothing papers floundered like (Ish out ol wa ter for a time, for their; editors were realty lei) without a parly. One after another, however, they commenced fo slip in at the back door of Black Republicanism; 'when Gov. Ford stood ready to receive them with open arms and open purse. Sain was dead and buried, and Know- Nothing editors were thou, and only then; in duced to advocate the wooiy principles of his ball-brother, Sambo. These principles were to bo varied as circumstances transpired, but “ bleeding Kansas” was to bo kept constantly “ before tho people.” This question Of Kansas is about to bo ended, and our opponents, wo notice, are attempting to provide lor tho contin gency by reviving the old issue of a high pro tective tariff.- This was the leading measure of tho old Whig parly, but the members of that party—or many of them at least—joined tho Know-Nothings, and repudiated this doctrine. Now, again, they protend to bo its advocates, but the people, understand them and their ob jects. A Washington correspondent of tho Bedford (Pa.) Gazette, thus speaks of'(hohypo. ' crisy of tho opposition, on tho subject of (lie 1 tariff: ’ ■ - . “ To show (he inconsistency and great want of sincerity of tho opposition, it may bo well enough to call to mind a little bit of history con nected with this subject. , Every one will recollect that when M l ’- Polk’s administration carried the tariff of ’46, tho op position wore loud in their condemnation of the measure, predicting that It would 1 not yield a revenue of over fifteen millions, and consigned, by a war of words, to eternal infamy, tho Hon. David Wilmot, who was the only. Democratic member from Pennsylvania who voted lor the bill. Passing by the (act of this party giving their undivided support to Gen. Taylor, a free trade southern planter, I will refer to another circumstance of later date. Notwithstanding tho Hon. David Wilmot, was an avowed free, trade man, and had Supported the tariff oi ’46 because that measure approached nearer his views of frcc-trado, this mongrel party actually selected him as their candidate for Governor in 1857 ! Did over a sot oi men so stultify them selves? I have not done yet, however. In 1857, this party having a majority in the lower House of Congress, advocated and passed a bill, reported by Mr. Campbell, chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, which reduced' the tariff of ’46 considerably; and gave as a roa. son that tho bill of ’4O was raising too much re venue ! So boro wo .have a party denouncing Mr. Wilmot for voting for a measure, which they declared was free trade, and would not yield over fifteen millions of revenue, and after- wards supporting the samo gentleman for G6v. ernor, and, in tho same your, introducing and passing a hill which reduced the tariff'of ’4O be cause it afforded ftfly millions of revenue! Yet they would be considered par excellence, the friends of American labor and enterprise. As I have before stated, tho Democracy will he called upon to meet the old issue of “protec tion, 5 ’ and in order that we may “brighten up 5 ’ upon tho “obsolete 55 question, it might be well to consider for a minute the theory of the pro tectionists. Under a low tarllf, they contend, the importation of foreign productions is en couraged, and, tho prices ranging at a lower ■ ' Bta ®d ard than they can be produced, (ho com- i petition with our own Iron manufacturer is latal ■ !h« h Tllato "bf proposed is, to place 1 - the rate of duties upon tho ioroign article to ' . such a degree that■ cither R will be-• excluded, thereby giving to the domestic manufacturer a monopoly of the market, or oIS6 thQ a(WitioTml . duty will so increase tbs prlcp of goods as to in sure to the manufaoturer here a paying price for his productions. All this looks very well upon 5 paper, is indeed a very fascinating theory, and t might do very well for the purpose of building [ up a select few aristocratic nabobs in our land, hut it must bo remembered that itwonld be done 1 at tho expense of iho great body of tho people. This is so well understood, 'however, by the American people that it seems like lost time to talk about it. It is idle for demagogoa to go before tho peo ple and preach up restriction upon commerce, for the judgment of on enlightened public opin ion is against it, and will forever remain so.— The time has gone by when it was possible to lead tiiq masses to believe that onr occasional revulsions are (o be charged (o the want of a high protective tariff. Thanks to the wisdom, and justice of Democratic .men mid-meashrcs, wo have lived to letirn that the true,cause of all commercial disasters is to be found in thounduo expansion of the credit' system. Tho mass of the people now know, beyond _question,.that tlib_ hanks of our country are responsible for alt our embarrassments. This is so well understood, by all men, that it is unnecessary for mo to go into any argument.” Reduction ol the State. Debt. By an act of tho Legislature, approved 22d day of April lait, tho revenue derived from thq follow ing sources, is specifically appropriated to the payment of the State debt and interest there on. Tho Secretary of tho Commonwealth, Au. ditor General and State Treasurer, aro appoint ed Commissioners to receive and disburse tho same. The Sinking Fund law of 1849 is, re pealed. , , The net annual income of tho public works that now are or may bo hereafter owned by .the Commonwealth, and the proceeds of the salo heretofore made, and yet remaining due; or here tofore made, and the incotne or proceeds of stocks owned by the Siato/ahd all revenues de rived from tho following sources, to wit: From Bank charters and assessed on corporations and all the sources of revenue con nected therewith; tho tax on taverns, eating houses, restaurants, distilleries, circuses, bil liard and bowling saloons, ten pin alleys, «nd patent medicine licenses, on theatrical, circus and menagerie exhibitions, on writs, wills, deeds, mortgages, lotto! s of attorney and instruments of writing entered on record, on which a fax is assessed; on the public officers and others on which a tax is levied; on foreign insurance agencies; on enrolments of laws, on pamphlet laws, bn loans of money at interest; all fines, forfeitures and penalties; revenues derived from tho public lands; the excess of militia fax over expenditures; millers tax; tonnage tax paid by railroads, escheats, collateral inheritance tax, accrued interest, refunded'cash, and all gifts, grants or bequests, ortho revenue derived there from, that may be made to the State, and hot otherwise directed. ■ , British. Aggressions. Tho report of Senator Mason, says the Colum bus (Geo.) Times and Sentinel, is lather mild for tile sentiment of the people. Ail adniittliat a, war wohld be a sad calamity ; yet there is a; point beyond which endurance is a base submis sion and a degrading humiliation. Especially would a war with. Great Britain he fraught with; momentous consequences—a people bound to us by many ties, speaking the, language of Shaksp.eare. and Milton, cherishing the liberties of a Magna Cliarta, and the religion of Christ; Hence we would sacrifice anything, consistent with honor, to avoid so direful a.necessity.— England, however, is not disposed to relinquish her right to search American vessels, notwith standing it was one of tho causes of the war ol’ 1812.' Tile treaty of Ghent did not settle that though none understood better than the British government that such an unjust poli cy would not bo tolerated by the United States. Tho question turns upon the point, whether or not the British government is a party to the ag gression upon dur commerce. If so, it is a bel ligerent act, and a cause for war jsif not, the of. fenders should bo punished by the law of rotri butivo justice. ..... V ; ;, ‘lt it is connived .at by Great knows that Judicial tribunals, as well as otig own,. pronounccd.it war. Shall-. Congress pass a mere paper resolution,- that moans nothing 7 Shall wo fold our ’arms in slumber, and permit our.houses, to-be searched, until wo can hoar froin-flio British government 7 Shall onrrights, which wo iiavo declared should remain invio late, for the last forty years, be trampled under, foot until we can hear from the pirate’s govern ment 7 In the language'of Mr. Toombs, “ the liiitary force of the country should be sent to tho Giilf, and it'should seize or sink tho aggres. sors, and get an explanation afterwards. If it is against iheir orders, wo have treated them right. If it is not against their orders, wo’have treated England right.” In cither event, wo do nothing more than our honor and dignity re quire of-us. Belligerent acts should pot be met by remonstrance or logic, but by force. . . The Nation-at. Foundry.— The Committee on Military Affairs of the House of Reprcscnta lives have referred to the Hon. Charles J. Faulk ner, of Virginia, the leading and working man of that Committee, all the memorials and other papers relating to the establishment of a Nation al Foundry, with a view to a full and elaborate report upon the same to the next session of Congress. This is a subject of vast importance, and requires a critical and careful examination, which.it will undoubtedly receive. Pennsylva nia, Virginia, and Maryland all have a deep interest in. this mailer. He intends to report immediately' on the assembling of Congress. Forgery on the Pension Office.— John W. Gully. a man sixty.seven years of age, has plead guilty in the United States Court at Ral eigh, N. C., of defrauding the Pension Office and forging land warrants. He was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, and fined §4OOO. The sentence would have been more severe had not the prisoner been afflicted with an incura ble disease. -It appears that when the present Commissioner of Pensions went into office, hay ing occasion to refer to tho last census report, he made the singular discovery that in the entire State of New York, .according to, that report, there were but four revolutionary widows draw ing pensions, while in the small county of John son, in North Carolina, there were six. Sus pecting nil was not right, ho sent an agent to that county to examine and find out. Tho agent soon discovered that the whole six had been dead twenty or thirty or more years, and that this man Gully had not only drawn their pensions regularly, hut forged tho claim for the bounty land, certifying the affidavits, &c., be fore himself as magistrate. Sale op the Southern Pacific Railroad. —The Marshall (Texas) Flag contains the par ticulars of tho sale of the Southern Pacific Rail road, consisting of tho 20 miles in running or der, iron, cars, track, appurtenances, and all other property belonging thereunto, together with the rights and franchises appertaining to the old company. The sale took place on the 2d Inst.,.under the deed of trust executed some time last summer; and after some little bid ding, the whole of this vast property, estima ted by hundreds of intelligent men to be worth fully one hundred millions of dollars, was i knocked off to Dr. J. M. Sanders and others for i the sum of forty thousand dollars. An injunc tion had been issued out against the purcha sers, but as a bond of 550.000 was required, to give.it force, and ns that bond had not been given up to the latest dates, will.n6t amount to much. Tho purchasers have since organized themselves into a joint sloqk company.' The Opposition State Glance at some’' 'pf .llic leaders of file Coalition. ' The' American Republican Stale Committee,” of which Len/tttrTodd is Chairman, says the Patriot and Union, had-hardly- published their .call for an opposition State Convention, to moeton the 8(Ir cf July, before the call was withdrawal, and the 14 th of July substituted, by ah all the elements of the Opposition. ,parties catering into this combination ate “the Ufiifed American Repub. Heap Committee of Superintendence for the City of Philadelphia,” “The American Republican State Committee,” “The American State.. Comipitfo,” and. “f ho Republican Slate Committee.” Thee several Chairmen of these Committees, with theiradvisers and backers, mot at Harrisburg last week and perfected thearrango incnt. It is almost needless to say that they constituted a brilliant array of ability and hon. esty. ' Joseph R. Flannigan and George A. Coffey figure as Vico Presidents of the' Phila delphia Committee. Personally they are the very antipodes bl each oilier, but no doubt there is a moral and political likeness which renders ■the association fitting and agreeable. Coffey certainly ought tp bo able by this time to tell which party he prefers. In the campaign of 1856, he started out.au opposition to the Demo ccafiopiirty; then ho changed his mind, joined the Democracy 4bd stumped it for Buchanan, and growing tired of this in a few weeks, ho changed again to Fremont. Ho is admirably adapted to be one of the artificers of the now coalition.' He .can.,be depended upon at any time to leap from cno platform to another, to change one set pi principles for another set, and to do such little political jobs as may bo assign ed him, without any of-those awkward scruple's of conscience .with .whioh less facile' men are troubled. He is certainly the right man for the right place. .... H. Bucher SWbopo.rs the Chairman of the American Committee. Last Fall this gentle-' man was opposetMb the election of Wilmot, and most resolutely "Smti-Bepublican. Ho is most cordially, detested by the Republican politicians of the State, on account of the nice little expo sure he, .made offt]r£s /distribution of a certain, fund cnlrusted. to Ford, qf Ohio, for the purpose, of buying up presses and'politicians for Fre mont. Swoopo iq controlled in his present ac tion by abler poliilcians than himself, who are' tired of'{fighting on their., own .hook, arid who, look to a coalition victory as bringing them something comfortable. They-have stood on the outside long ■ enough, and are rejoiced at the opportunity,.of 3 coming in upon terms - of equality./ Sanderson of the Daily News- is" the head and front of this straight-out division.—: He iias been stigmatized and abused beyond measure.by the Republicans, tor his course in 1856 and last they know the case, is hopeless without him, and have been compelled to yield to his demands. When Lemuel 'Todd called a Convention to meet on the Bth of July, Sandoi'son rebelled, and Todd’s party were con strained to give ’ way. The time was changed to the Idjli, and Sanderson’s party propitiated by concessions whioh were no doubt more 1 substantial thin the simple alteration of the time of, the Convention. Tha-Daily News goes so far as to view the action of the other wings of {opposition as an acknowledgement that the Straight-outs’wWo right iu their course.— .JVitnoss its a iC“,vdmdricans w&Snnwillirtg to adopt the see-. llonaUplatlorraLOf the Republicans, believing it to be iiijaiious and unwise.- Time has : shoiyn that(bo conservative policy of the-American party was right; and-when others are willing to acknowledge it, and to unito in a common .effort I to .resist the,tyranny, of a ..despotic President, we are not so nnwiso as to repulse them.—- Time, wo believe, will show ttib ■ necessity for adopting .all our mqasurosvand every day brings fresh, though sad proof to the people that (hoy cannot pfbspet under,-tho unwise system which now curses the country and destroys the hopes , of the people;’? ( But the Republicans will submit to ho openly flouted thus i>y the !Jnan they kicked and cuffed last Fallj VaUicr.'than lose 'the chance of defeat ing the Democratic candidates. Wra. B. Thomas Chairman of the Straight out Republican Committee, an organization purely Abolition, having no other object but the promotion of dnti-slavery. sentiments, arid" uniting witli this coalition, not so much from sympathy with “Americanism”—which they cordially detest—as with the desire to use any party that can break down the Democratic. Most of the men Mio have been foremost in perfecting this combination belong to tho low est eider of politicians. Some of them have sold themselves two or three times, and others are perhaps in'gearßjTof a market. Having ar ranged all 1 things tor the members composing tho different, branches of the opposition, they are expected to acquiesce without a murmur.— So fall into line! ' . , ' A Tabiff MovEltEKT.^— Petitions have been circulated and numerously signed in Schuylkill county, by the Dempcrats, asking lor the resto ration of the Tariff Act of 1840 in place of the Act of 1857, passed by the Republicans in Congress. The interests of Pihnsylvania were better cared for .under the former Act, and hence its'restoration; is asked for. It is a re markable fact in. connexion with the Tariff question, that whilsjsome of the Black Repub lican journals are now very vociferous in regard to a Tariff, only a' year ago, the Tariff of 1846 with further resuccd|by the votes of members of their own party in tic House of Representatives of Congress, and that last year these same Re publican presses, (the Reading Journal aipong the number) supported Wilmot for Governor of this S ate, 4 (he only taember of Congress from Pennsylvania who vpted against the Tariff of 1842, and declared himself an out-and-out free trader! These things do-mot harmonize very, well. ' s' Eeoovkrv of S'fieE.N Money —The St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneel of the 10th instant says: As the steamer Metropolitan came up the river, just abpvo Prairie dq Ch(cn, lyis., in the vicin ity of the island uppn which tho river pirates wore found secreted, tho body of one oiAbo robbers of the Hudson City Bank was takeout of the water, and gold to 'the amount of some $lOOO was found in the pockets of his panta: loons. Tho robber -had endeavored to escape from tho island by swlnunlngnuhore, and in his desire to save the gold, made it tho cause of his death. : Alleged MoBDEft py a, Wife. —Early on last Wednesday morning, a police officer of Buffalo, N, Y.', hearing 'a woman scream on the Old Packet Dock in that city, wont to her aid, and was told by her that her husband, bad just drowned himself In the canal. The body was soon taken out and an Inquest held, when the woman testified that her husband, Lewis' Long, had been gambling and lost his money, and had drowned himself In consequence. It was after wards preyed by another witness that the wo man, Hannah Long; had pushed her husband into the canal, thereby causing his death.. She was fully committed tor trial. '■ Foreign Sews. The Foreign Nows (to tho stli hist.) received by the Europa on Wednesday last, embraces po litical items of much interest. Tho House of Commons has abolished the property qualifica tion for members of Parliament—pnothor con cession to liberalism. Mr. John Bright had vig orously attacked tho foreign policy of the Bri tish government, which had resulted inplacing - England at War with 11 olio-half of tho human race.” The aggressions of the British cruisers in tho Gulf of Mexico had caused further dia-' cession in Parliament. Mr. Fitzgerald, on be half of tho Ministry, said if the allegations made by tho American press were confirmed by official evidence, immediate explanations would ho given. The Times in tho course o t an arti cle upon tho search question, again deprecates tho policy of maintaining a squadron for (lie suppression of the slave, trade, after experience, has. shown that tho expenditure is in vain.— While (hat journal censures our government for tho apathy it has manifested upon tho subject of tho slave trade, it contends that England had better ■ relinquish a policy which irritates her best ally, before she is compelled to do so. Tho Daily News discredits' the' statements of tho American captains, and attacks our country af ter the stylo of a rabid abolitionist. Tho News is very wfoth.with Edward Everett, because ho docs not ride tho negro hobby. But, upon the wholo, tho temper of the British press and Par liament Upon the subject of the alleged outrages is eminently mild and conciliatory. The Atlantic Telegraph Squadron liad return ed to Plymouth, after having made some suc cessful experiments with tho paying-out machi nery, Tho squadron was reported to sail final ly for the, purpose of laying the cable, on the 10th or loth of the present month. ...From France We get some interesting infor mation in regard to, tho operations of M. Felix Belly, in Central America. ' Ho has secured the consent of tho government of Costa Rica to an attempt on the part of the French Company to ■construct an inter-oceanic canal on the lino of tho San Juan. This will awaken the attention of our people at Washington, and the steamship commodores will wax wroth with the gastronomic Frenchman. The .insurrection in Montenegro continues, and the Porto' had sent a largo army into - the rebellious province. . Sikangb Fancies.— lt is quite common in Franco for ladies (?).to stand behind the coun ters of hotels in eating or dram shops, as in ducements to young men to patronize such es tablishments, New York, Philadelphia, and other cities of the United States are fast falling into the same custom. Drinking saloons, in Cellars and : above ground; with free concerts, where girls are exhibited upon, the stage, and intoxicating drinks sold at the bar, are becom ing too common ’to continue the charm. 'What ever may be said of “Womens rights,” there is nevertheless a sphere beyond which she cannot pass without loosing that sense of modesty which gives to female loveliness all its charms. However chaste and. circumspect her private Conduct may be, she becomes in popular esti mation a “hard case,” : and falla.-considerably “lower than the angels.” Every such estab lishment should bo made to close, and the fe male degradetes be sent ,to the House of Correc tion... r ■ ■ ' r > rrr —r- \ Man Killed by a Woman.—On the sth inst., Ilhgh Wilson broke into the dwelling of a man named Branlian,- who was lying oh a sick bed, in Westoni 'Mo., and commenced ( clicking arid beating him. Wife,, i\fary Branhau, seized a club and',attacked Wilson, beating him 50 dreadfully about'.tlie'head that ho died in a few minutes, Sjie Was examined: before several justices, who discharged hor froin custody on the ground of “justifiable homi cide.” ■ Singular Case op. Impostdre.— A ..con vict, a“ged 43, who was sentenced to the State prison at Charleston, Mass., for eight years, in December, 1851, has for 17 months past been in the S.ate Prison Hospital, being, as he rep resented himself, soweak in the back and limbs that.he could not sit up or walk. A few days since the warden expressed a‘belief that he was “shamming,” and that his food should be stop ped. After fasting about thirty-six hours, he asked for his clothes, got out of bed and went to his alloted labor, which he has remained at ever since without interruption. Mortality in the British Army. —A re cent debate in the British Parliament has elici ted the extraordinary fact that the mortality in that part of the British army which is stationed in England is greater than that of an equal number of troops engaged in an active cam paign in any part of the world ! Garrison life and garrison duty in England arc productive of a higher rate of mortality than prevails among any other portion of .the British population.— Eleven men in a thousand die every year in the cavalry, eighteen in a thousand in the lino, and twenty in a thousand of the guards. The m'or talityjof the general population of England and Wales, among persons of tho same age as the' soldiers, is said to bo nine in a thousand, and in the healthy districts less than eight in a thou sand. . If to the deaths which appear in the ar my returns are added those who have left in valided for their homes, tho average mortality for tho whole army amounts to seyenty-six in the thousand. This is a greater proportion of mortality than prevails among an equal number, of miners or firemen. It must also be borne in mind that the physical strength of the soldiers when enlisted is something above the general standard, and every recruit undergoes a strict medical examination at the time of his enlist ment, and is rejected if he has any sign of ill health, ' The cause of this, extraordinary mortality is said to be the defective sanitary arrangements made for the troops’in barracks. The accom modations are not equal to those of modern prisons and work-houses. They live cat and sleep in the same room, and at nights their apartments are so filled with poisonous effluvia that the sergeants will not enter in the morn ing until the windows have been opened for some time. Measures have been proposed in the House of Commons to change,this destruc tive and disgraceful state of things. • Population op Minnesota.— The Bello Plain Enquirer, gives a table exhibiting the population of each county in the State, the number of square miles contained in it, and the number of dwellings in each qonpty of the State, showing a total of lBP;882 Inhabjtanta, 75,401 square miles of territory, npayly half ns large again as the State of New York, apd 91,(120. dwellings, a splendid inheritance now added to the arrange ments of Uncle Samuel. In 1818, ton years ago, tho territory contained but 4,840 Inhabi tants. ' . ’ important' news FROM UTAH—THE PRRSI • DENT’S PROCLAMATION TO THE MORMONS; We publish below ft proclamation of President, Buchanan indicating the policy that is to guide the Peace Commissioners—Messrs. Powell and McCulloch—in their negotiations with the Mo rmons. The President'warns the Saints to be : ware of the punishment which they will receive by persisting in their treasonable course, but offers a full and free pardon to all who will sub mit themselves to the authority of the federal Government. . At last accounts the army at Camp Scott was suffering greatly. The weath er there was cold and stormy, the duties of the aokliecs very harassing, and the provisions di minishing rapidly, with a certainly of a resort to mule steaks and. even coarser faro. There is, moreover, no prospect of any immediate re lief fob them, as the supply trains have been, if not stopped entirely, at least seriously retarded in their progress acrossMhe plains by heavy snow storms and swollen streams: BY JAMBS BUCHANAN’, PBBSIDENI OP THE UNI TED STATES op ameiuoa:- A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, the Territory of .Utah, was settled by certain emigrants from the States and from foreign countries, who ' have for several years past manifested a spirit of insubordination to the constitution and laws of the United States. The great mass of those settlers, acting under the influence of leaders to whom they sieia to have surrendered their judgment; refuse to bo controlled by any other authority., They have been often advised to obedience,andyhese friend ly counsels have been answeretPwith defiance. Officers of the federal government have been driven from the Territory for no offense but an effort to do their sworn duty.. Others have been prevented from going there by threats of assas sination.' .Judges have been violently interrupt ed in the performance of their functions,.and the records of the courts have either been siczed and either destroyed or concealed. Many other acts 6f unlawful violence have been perpetrated, and the right to repeat them has been openly claimed by the leading inhabitants, with at least the silent acquiescence of nearly all the others. Their hostility to the lawful govern ment of the country has at length become so violent that no officer bearing a commission from the Chief Magistrate of the Union can en ter the Territory or remain there with safety ; and all the officers recently appointed have been unable to go to Salt Lake or anywhere, else in Utah beyond the immediate power of the army. Indeed, such is believed to bo the condition to which a strange system of terrorism, has bro’t the inhabitants of that region, that no one among them could express an opinion favorable to this government, dr even propose to obey its laws, without exposing his life and property to peril. After carefully considering tho state of af fairs, and, maturely weighing, the obligation ■ I was under, to sec the laws faithfully exeoutcd.it seemed to me, right and proper that I should make such use of the. military force at my dis posal, as might be neccssary to protect the fed eral officers in going into the Territory of Utah, and in performing their duties after arriving there. 1 accordingly ordered a detachment of the army to march for the city of Salt Take, or within reach of that place, and to apt in case of need as a posse for. t,lie enforcement of the laws. But, in the meantime, the hatred of that, mis? guided people for the jhst and- legal authority of the government had- become so ■ intense that they resolved- to measure their military strength with that of our Union. They Imyo. organized ati armed force far from contemptible- in point -of numbers, and 1 trained it, if not with skill, at least with great assiduity and perseverance. While the troops of, the United Stales weic qri their march-, ti train of baggage wagons, 'which happened to be unprotected; was: attacked and destroyed by a portion of the .Mormon'forces; and tho> provisions-and stores ' with which the train waaiaden were Wantonly burnt. In short;, their present attitude is one of dec|ded and un : reserved enmity to the United Stales, and to all their loyal citizens. Their determination to op pose the authority of the government by milita ry force has not only been expressed hr words, but maifested.in over acts of tliemost unequiv ocal character., , : . i Fellow: citizens of Utah; this'is rebellion against thc'gorcrmucnt to which you owe alle giance. It is levying war against the United Slates, and involves you in the guilt of treason. Persistence in it will bring you to condign pun ishment, to ruin and to shame ; for it-is mere madness to suppose that, with your limited re sources, you can successfully resist the force of .this great and. powerful nation. If you have calculated upon the forbearance of the United Slates—if you have-permitted yourselves to snpposo that this government will fail to put forth ils.stiength and bring you. to submissions—you have fallen into a grave mis take. Yojf bave settled upon territory which lies geographically in the heart of the Union. The live upon was purchased by the United States and paid-for tlieir treasury The proprietary right and title.to jtia in them, not in you. , Utah >s bounded on, every side,by’ States and Territories whose people are.true to the Union. It is absurd to believe that (they will or can permit you to erect in their very midst a government of your own. not only in' dependent of the authority which they all ac knowledge. but hostile to them and their inter ests. , Ho not deceive yourselves' ndr try to mislbad others -by propagating the idea that, this is a crusade against your religion. The constitu tion and laws of this country can take no notice of your creed, whether it be true or false. That is a question between your God and yourselves, in which I disclaim all right to interfere. If you obey the laws, keep the peace, and respect the just rights of others, you will be perfectly secure, and'may live oh in your’prcsent faith or change it for another at-your pleasure. Every intelligent man among you knows very well that this government has never, directly prin direotly.sought to molest ypu in your worship, . to control you in your ecclesiastical aflairs, or even to influence you in your religious opin ions. This rebellion is not merely a violation of your legal duty ;• it-is without Jbst cause,with out reason, without.excuse. You never made a complaint that was not listened to with pa tience. You never exhibited a real grievance that was not redressed as promptly as it could he. The laws and regulations enacted for your government by Congress have been equal and just, and their enforcement was manifestly nec essary for your own welfare and happiness. You have never asked their repeal. They arc similar in every material respect to the laws which have been passed for the other Territories ol the Union, and which everywhere else (with one partial exception) have been cheerfully obey ed. No people ever lived who were freer from unnecessary restraints than you. Human wisdom never devised a political system which bestowed more blessings orimposedlighler bur dens than the government of .the United States in its operation upon tho Territories. But being anxious to save The dlusion of blood, and to avoid the indiscriminate punish ment of a whole people, for crimes of which it is not probable that all are equally guilty, I of fer now a full and free pardon to all who will submit themselves to the authority of the feder al government. If jmu refuse to accept it, lot the consequences fall upon your' own heads. But I conjure you to pause deliberately and re flect well before you reject this tender of peace and good will. ' Now, therefore, I, James Buchanan, Presi dent of tho United States, ha'vo thought proper to issue this, my proclamation, enjoining upon all public officers in the Territory of, Utah, to bo dilligcnt and faithful, to the full extent of their power, in the execution of tho laws: com manding all citizens of tho United States in said Territory (o jaid and assist the officers in the Inerlowanpo of their duties; offering to the in-, habitants of Utah,who shall submit to the laws,; a free pardon for the seditions and treasons heretofore by, them committed j warning thns' who Shall persist, after notice of this proclamn tion, in the present rebellion against the Unilrli States/that'they must expect no further lenitv but look to be rigorously dealt with according to their deserts; and declaring that'the militn 6 r-y forces how in Ulah. and hcrcafter.to be sent there, will not be withdrawn until tho inhabi tantspf that Territory shall manifest a pron ' sense of the duty which they owe to this g ov . ernment. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto’feet my hand, and caused the seal of the United Stales to-be affixed to these presents. |> s'] . Done at the-city of, Washington the sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, and of llie Independence of i| lß United States the eighty-second. .1 JAMES 1 BUCHANAN. By tho President: Lewis Cass, Secretary of Slate. , Important from Washington, Our relations with Ungldud—Tke Right of Search ' still adhered to. Washington, Juno 19.—Despatches have been received from air. Dallas, at the Stale Depart ment, covering tho response of the British gov ernment to tho letters of Secretary Gass upon tho recent searches of American vessels in tho Gulf. The pith of these despatches is, that while England disavows all authority for any offensive acts Hint may have been commuted, and white standing ready to make all the repn! ration thnt may .be required; she is not; at lljo same time, willing to abandon tho right of vis. Ring all vessels that may bo suspected of being engnged.in tho traffic pi slaves. 1 in'other words, the most effective measures will still bo used for -itsspopression. It is, however, the desire of the Briiisk government that those visits may bo made in the'’most acceptable manner; and to se cure tins, the Euglf’sq'Minisler for Foreign Af fairs would be pleased ft? 1 Gtceiy o such sugges tions as the Cabinet of tho Uitjiel!-,States may be disposed to mako. ■ The tenor of ttiC'Ctles patches being,entirely unlooked for, Ims created no little feeling on the'part of the President/ who, ft is confidently predicted, will insist at onco upon tho abandonment -of tho position which England’asserts her intention of adhering to; In other words, the right of visit will not ■bo conceded by. Mr. Buchanan in any shape whatever. TRIBUTE OF. REGARD. At a mooting of the Presbyterian Congrcga tion of Monagan, held in the church at Dills;; bitrg, Pa., June 14th, 185 S, D.' ! Baity-Esq., chairman, and R. Clark, secretary, a letter irom tho Pastor was read, asking tho Congregation ;fp unite with hini In an application to Presliy - tho pastoral relation dissolved; and tho Pf'ushytea-iiilT;ltandn''fn i Ttffch CasPs-lrai-* -- ing been received and read,tho - following 'mi. nnto expression of the views and feelings of the Congregation, was pfosuqted and. unanimously adopted : Whereas, Tho Eev. S. A. Mni-ray,-dtlr 6h/oV- . cd Pastor,' lias, in. consequence of impaired health, desired ns to unite with him in an ap plication to tho next meeting of tho ■ Carlisle' Presbytery;- to’ have the--.pastoral relation dis solved between him and this church, which desire Dio congregation feel constrained to ac-: quiesce, yet cannot but express per deep and heart-felt regret that file, circumstances are such as to require the separation - . Thu relation between'the Key. .Mr. Murray and lids people, existing now. for nearly.-seven, teen years, lias been most happy and agreeable. In him wo.have had an ablp.jl'aithful, persevering and successful minister;'- a kind, attentive, and sympathizing pastor ; a public spirited citizen and an upright, honorable, and high-minded 1 man. In parting wi h'him, he will, bear with him' (lie kindest and warmest wishes,; Of tins' whole community for ids wetfnreyand we would alloc tionateiy coinni.end him’ to the kind and inui'Ci fuVcare of ohr covenant keeping God, humbly praying that lie may ho again restored to his ac. eustoruod lui ,Ith and vigor, and long-hcVermit l . led to proclaim the glorious gospel of tho Son' ot' Gud-. ~ - - ■ On motion, Mr, J. B. Hurst was appointed the commissioner to- Presbytery, and. the iprego ing proceedings ordered'to be_ qnitn.isli'edr Tun Dressmakers, of London'.—The Lon don. 7'iWs says iti'it the young milliners and dressmakers of that city, arc.condemned to six teen, seventeen or. eighteen hours of toil out of the twenty four in each day and night.- Tlicif work is carried on in crowded, unVenlilnltd rooms, where their fralncs are kept bent attlieir labor until their eyes ache, and their limbs re fuse to perform their duty. They hare a short, painful life and early grave. In a-recent speech, Lord Shaitcsbufg said that many of theso womeniiadbc.cn trained gently and ten derly, all in delicate and happy homes, possess ing all the virtues nud tenderness that belong to the female sex, and rendered by those very characteristics more obedient more unmurmur ing, more slavishly subject to the authority and ytranny of those who are put over them. Ilia lordship adds that they have no alternative be tween submission and the street door, and then asks, "is the condition of Such a young woman' one whit better than the condition of'the most w-rciched'slnvc in the Southern States ol Amcf ica-T D'/" A country,editor, speaking of a momhw ol the New York Assembly, says:.; “ The lint year bo went to Albany ho wasso conscientious' that he utterly refused- to receive his allotment of stealing, in tho shape of hooks' and station ary. The next' year lie did riol hesitate —mil finally came homo unable to tell the'truth, even 1 under tho most favorable circumstances/ 1 Indian Treaties.— Two treaties were on Sa turday entered into at tho Indian Bureau wilt', the Upper and Lower Sioux of. Minnesota, fire object of which is to oonfinettheni to'apprh 0 ”’ of the largo-reservation set-apart under lire: treaty of 1851, to quiet tho land titles and pro vide them with permanent homes, with the usu al educational and industrial assistance. OP” Tho London papers report that tiro long talked of trial of John B. Gough against Lees, Would begin about Juno 14. Mr. Gough ire 3 retained tho services of Mr. Edwin James, • C., and Dr. Lees is to'lmvo tho legal « ss,s of Mr. Bovill, Q. C. The damages «ro at Mr. Gough at £lOOO. As « MU' ' witnesses will have hT ho-examine , may last some days. . Three Hundred Fisderkn Drowned ! On the Ist inst., a heavy gale ocourrc on of Newfoundland, attended-with grea ing among the fishermen, no less ian whom perished..-. Never Look Sad —-Nothingkeeps am such good terms with his friends as w ten tains his cheerful spirits, no matter wJj l circumstances under which ho labors- 1 no reason why a man should get the su vS brood gloomily over every misfortune. cr look sad; keep up the spirits at all time If things do not work right once in<n why should it cause people to bo conlmua fidgeting over them ? ■ , Never look sad — tbcro’s iiolhing a As getting familiar with sorrow, Treat him to day in a clicvnbcr way . And he’ll seek olberquarters to-mon 0= Hon. Wm. Montgomery Ims>ecn renom inated for Congress by the . Democrats o 20th District of Pennsylvania, composed o counties of .Washington, Fayetlo and Gf ceD ' by a large majority. ‘ For the Volunteer.
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