AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOUN.B, BRITTON, Editor & Proprietor. ■ 23, 1856 L. No Paper Next Week.— No paper..will ,be issued from any of the offices in this place nest ivoolc. This arrhgomont has boon gone into'for the purpose of affording tho workmen an oppor tunity of amusing themselves during the Holi days.' .• \XT" Our Carrier, Mr. Goocuek, requests to say to our,.subscribers, that ho will visit them, Providence permitting, on the first day of Jan uary next, with his'Annual Address., He says hohaa,devoted considerable time in getting up the Address, and thinks' it will please his pa. Irons, as be has left no subject unnoticed, not even the “goose question.” TheTFaiii.— The Fair for the benefit of the Cumberland Fire Company closed last evening (.Wednesday,) in a quiet and orderly manner.^ — ithe receipts from the Fair far exceeded what was expected, and the whole thing has passed off in a manner highly creditable to all concern ed. The Fair of the Good Will Hose Company Will commence on Friday evening, at Educa tion Hall, to last one week. We hope ,to see this efficient Company receive the “.aid and comfort” they so richly merit. ■ Odn Basks.—The Carlisle Deposit. Bank, and the Cumberland Valley Bank, will be clos ed on Christmas and New Year dayr. Serenades.—On Thursday night Vast the members of the Garrison Band'availed, them selves of the moonlight to serenade several of our citizens. Kodte to Pike’s Peak.—Those who contem plate a-trip-west to Pike’s Peak, can receive valuable information by purchasing a copy of this book now being published by Mr. T. W. Murdoch, of Abingdon; HI. See advertise-, ment in to-day’s paper. Destructive Fire.— About 3 o’cclock on Friday morning last, our citizens were awaken ed from the arms of Morpheus, by a terrific cry of “fire!” On gaining the street, we found that the new buildings in South streeC Which had just been- erected; and not yet finished properties of .Mr- Jacob Rhebm— were envelop ed inflames. Four buildings, three brick and one frame, (the latter-occupied by My. Charles Moore,) were totally destroyed. The adjoin log house, a frame, occupied by’Mr, John Har der, was also very ijjjich damaged. At , this point, the fire, through the active efforts of our efficient firemen, was fortunately arrested.— The loss to Sir. Rhcom.will probably be some $lBOO. No insurance. It is supposed (he fire was the work of an incendiary. Handsome Displav.— The display of fancy articles for tho holidays in many of our shop windows is exceedingly attractive. The good taste exhibited in the arrangement of articles is highly creditable j and the brilliant gas lights impart to the whole an effect well calculated to olibit the admiration-ot .the crowds of young and'old Who nightly promenade the' principal business streets on a “sight seeing” expedition; At Havurstick’s, Kieffer’s, Monyei-’s, '.Eby’s, -InhofPs, fa. Bentz’, Ogilby’s, Arnold’s, A. Bnnfti?, T .ftiSigh JL. :n*nl I luniUl'ich’S ' is the places where you can get good, cheap and . useful articles, to present to your children and friends.- . .Kemember the Poor !—Reader, in the midst of your plenty and comforts, do not forget the poor and-needy ! The cold winter weather is coming upon us, and there may bo many in your neighborhood who will require help to keep them from suffering and want. IVe trust that snob efforts will be made by our citizens, generally, as may be necessary to succor those who are without the means of support. The “hard limes’.’ will be felt by many who never before, perhaps, were compelled-tolooli- to oth ers for aid'and assistance: and it is the boun ded duty of all" good people to help the suffor ■ ing, to. the extent of their abilities. We know that we will not appeal in vain, when we call upon all,“in these sharp extremities of fortune,” to remember the poor. Parmer’s High, ScHOOii—The Farmer’s High School of PeDnsylvaniaJdooated In Ceatre county, is to be opened in February, and, appli cations for tho admission of one hundred stu dents, from the different counties of tho State in proportion to the taxable inhabitants, will be received until the 15th of January. Application must be made through the Agricultural Socie ties, except where such societies do hot exist. — The applicant must be sixteen years of age.— The terms of tuition will bo SlOO for each sess ion of ten months. . ' Agricultural Convention. —The Secreta- ry of the Interior has invited one or more prac tiqal Agrioulturalists from each State in theUn —ionj-to'assembleiu-Couvfinlian,jfeVfa_shingtqn otf the 3d of January, intending through them to obtain those Agricultural statistics and gen eral information, as to the condition and pro gress of Agriculture, which ho was. authorized by an act of Congress to procure. This plan has been adopted as preferable, in point of econ omy and utility, to sending out special agents to procure the information desired. Railroad Celeduation.— Tho opening of tho Gettysburg Railroad waa'coi'obrated at Gettys burg in a brilliant manner, on Friday last. A procession numbering four thousand persons, composed of distinguished citizens of Philadel phia, Baltimore, and other citizens, passed over a long route, under the Marshalship of Colonel McClellan. A grand dinner was partaken of, at wliioh amplb accommodations were provided for tho Immense number of guests. Tammany Hall Politicians.—A large dele gation of “ Tammany Hall” politicians is in Washington, endeavoring to settle the difficul ties of the York Democracy, and it is annouu. ced that they have boon successful. D. Piientioe, Esq., the witty and accomplished editor of tho Louisville Jour nal, has consented to deliver a lecture at Har risburg, on tho evening of the 28th inst., for tho benefit of tho Mt. Vernon Hook and Ladder Company. Masonic Celebuation . —Tho members of Perseverance Lodge of Free and Accepted Ma sons, of Hanisburg, will celebrate St. John’s Day (tho 27th inst.,) by a supper at Herr’s llo tol- Voted. —Qcn. Scott, who, it is said, has not voted before since 1847, was at the polls in New Vork early on Tuesday morning; and deposited at vole for Uaws, the Republican candidate for Somptroller. CHRISTMAS. A Merry. Christmas to you, reader, from the bottom Of bur heart! A thousand’ consid erations rush upon the mind, why the advent of this holy day should ho greeted by old and young, poor and rich, with emotions of unal loyed ' delight. The season of gladness and merry-making, of warm hospitality and holy rcminisenoe, of social pleasure and friendly greeting, has come, land on its advent' as such we extend to our patrons cordial and heai t-felt congratulations. May it be to each and all, a “feast of reason, and a flow of soul," and may not a solitary one lack the means or the will to make it, an.era of h'larily and rejoicing ! BijJ, whilst we thus indulge in demonstrations of mirth, it is not less fit that we. regard it. as ah occasion for deeds of expanded charity. Our gladness should bo tempered by deeds of mutual fellowship and love. This day commemorates the advent of Him, whose fulfilment of the pro mised redemption was but another name for a career of constant and expansive Benevolence. Himself "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief,” the heaven-born sympathies of his Di vine nature flowed in an uninterrupted and un measured current, bringing joy to many a lacerated heart, and the ecstaoy of peace to many .a desolate home. It is only by an cflort at approximation to the perfections of our great extemplar, “who spoke as never man spake,” that we render homage acceptable to Him or profitable to ourselves. Let this, then, be an occasion for drawing yet more closely the ties that bind us in terms of amity and peace. Enemies may now, if ever, sink the recollection of past injuries and disappointments in the deep sea of forgetfulness. The family altar may be hallowed by the reci- tgl of endearing associations, and the wanderer in far'counlries reclaimed and welcomed to the paternal roof. Let the hospitable board be spread with the good things of life, and the isles of (itrkey and greece contribute their quota to our stock of emjoyment. • Let juvenile inno cence, when it rises from its pillow, discover its strained expectations satisfied by the nocturnal visit of Sc. Nicholas to the suspended stocking) or the mysterious entrance of christkinkle thro’ the key-hole. Let youthful lovers now con summate in form the high hopes that have long since in spirit mingled their soujs and destinies into one. In a word, let us all, as sojourners on the narrow isthmus of existence, travelling to a common destiny, unite in sincere efforts for the amelioration of our own.fates, and in hum ble acklowledgement of our dependence on that just Providence which ever watches over, us with a greater than maternal solicitude..- Doing this, amid the fervency of. expanded affections; we shall derive incentives to the better dedica tion of ourselves to the Great Giver, who, in re turn-for unspeakable and inconceivable good ness, demands but our humble adoration and confiding love. From Washington But little public busi ness lias as yet been transacted in. Congress.— The President’s foreign appointments have all been confirmed by,tho Senate. On Friday last Another of those disgraceful afl'aiia of giving the lie on the floor of the House, .occurred. It appears that in discussing the claims of citizens of Alabama and Georgia for Indian depredations, Mr. Washbnrne,<jpf Wis consin, ridiculed tbo claim andipade acme Te . '«cace-cmg--npoir'lbo~~<JTOzen3- oy“Tircrso" States, when Mr. Shorter, of Alabama, denoun ced what ho said as a falsehood. The gonfie •men were called to order, and so (ho matter 'ended. ' ■ . I The House Committee on Territories rejected Mr. Grow's amendment to the Oregon bill, an nulling the provision’npplied to Kansas, that she remain a Territory until she has the requisite population to. form a State, by a vote ol five to lour. , The Committee; will, therefore, report tho hill as it came from the Senate, and Oregon Will he admitted into the Union during tho pre sent session. This course was eminently just and proper, as Oregon has fairly and legitimate, ly applied for admission, while Kansas has been agitating and distracting the whole country by her lawlessness and violence. Fight between two Congressmen. —A letter from IVashington, dated Dec. 18, Says: A diffi culty occurred this morning between Congress men English, Qf Indiana, and Montgomery, of Pennsylvania, on Pennsylvania Avenue. -These two members"b.f Congress happened to meet for tho first time this session, when'-Mrl English, extending his hand, said, “ How are you, Mr. Montgomery 1” Mr. Montgomery withheld-his hand and uttered insulting expressions somo thing.iiko, “ 1-don't speak to puppies,” where upon Mr. English struck him a severe blow over the head, breaking his cano to pieces by tho blow, and knocking Mr. Montgomery into the gutter, hut not ,entirelydown. Mr, Montgomery on rising hurled a brick at English, striking him on tho hoot, but dping no injury to him. Mr, English states to his friends that ho was entirely unarmed, and was not aware that Mr. Montgo mery had any ill fooling towards him up to the ■tium.nf.thn rencontre. Mr. Montgomery as to strength and size is superior to Mr. English. Mr. ■ Buchanan. —The Wash ington Union of ThUrsday-last, contains reso lutions of forty-three counties of the State of Kentucky, fully endorsing tho National Admin istration. The Democracy of that noble State are a tinit in approval of President Buchanan’s policy. . O' Hon. James B. Olay, of Kentucky, has resolved not to be a candidate (or re-election.— lie is a gentleman of fortune, and has a largo family, whoso education ho desires to superin tend. His object in coming to Congress from the Lexington district was to prove that he had not lost the confidence of tho people among whom his great father lived and died, by taking a certain course in politics. Mr. Clay has made many friends in Congress during his member ship. Will of Thomas 11. Benton. —The will of this distinguished gentleman has hot thus far. been put into executors* hands because pone of them have been found willing to undertake the task of its administration, and had therefore either formally “renounced” or failed to give bonds wilhin (ho proper time. Tho matter was brought, however, into the New Fork Courts yus(erdßy,/and Mr. Afontgomeryßlair was al lowed to qualify as executor by giving $20,000 security. £7” A nobleman of Paris with more money than brains, has bought a ruby for his wife for which he paid S>Bo,ooo. ' K7* Professor Maguiro has been elected Prin-- cipal of the Philadelphia High School, in place of Prof. Hart, resigned. There were sis appli cants for the,situation. Against the Tariff. Thousands of Democratic votes wore cast against the Democratic party in this State, at October election, on the Tariff question, under the belief that ah increase of duties would be certain to. follow the change. Whether such will be the result, time will determine. The indications are that our erring friends will find themselves mistaken, and that'they are depend ing upon a “broken reed.” The Now York Evening Post, one o( the leading Republican journals of the country, is out very strongly against any increase of the Tariff. ' It talks quite flippantly-of the persist-, ant efforts of the Iron masters to secure protec tion of their interests, without regard to “ the immense mischief to agriculture and t’o indus tries of every kind which dear iron inflicts.”— The Post says :—“ Give protection to a given thing, and the evil imposes itself as a necessity upon all interests which have to use it.” Fur ther ;—“A false prosperity is created; the in dustries of the cities and towns are stimulated to excess; the agricultural interests are neg lected, then laid prostrate, and Anally reaction begins.” And still further: —“ Protection must necessarily break down all the industries of a nation more or less effectually, and to the ex tent of its application to the interests standing at the very threshold of commerce.” Such is the view taken of protection by one of the most ■ .influential Republican journals in the North.— 1 The same views are entertained and promulga. ' ted-hy several of the leading journals of the same party in the West. Tile Republicans of Pennsylvania, together with those Democrats who joined with them at the last election, may judge from these outgiv. ings of the Post, what amount of support their protective policy will receive, from their bretb. ren in the North and East. The Iron-masters can also estimate-the value to themselves of tho late Republican victories in tho North, to which many of them contributed so greatly. The people would not believe it, though it was repeatedly brought to their recollection, that tho Republicans of the Congress which ex pired oh the day that Mr. Buchanan was inau gurated President, had reduced the Democratic tariff of 1816. It whs true, however; and if the people of Pennsylvania a little atten tion to the proceedings of Congress hereafter, they will see that Mho Republicans of the East and the West are no more friendly to protection than the Democracy of tho South. President Buchanan recommends the levying of specific duties on iron, raw Sugar, and lo reign winos and spirits, so as to increase the revenue, and'at the sanio time afford incidental protection to our iron interest. We shall see; after a while how far the wise recommendation of the President will be sustained by those who have been crying out so lustily for protection. Acquitted— op Course !—The trial of Al lisons and Newhall. which has occupied the time of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Ph la delphia for the last three weeks, was brought to a conclusion on Saturday, by the acquittal of the defendants ! They were tried for conspira cy, by which conspiracy they defrauded the stockholders and depositors of the Bank of Pennsylvania out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and caused the institution, to suspend. Allibone was the President of the Bank, and Newhall a Director. The trial has resulted as we predicted, two weeks ago, it would re sult. Allibone, beyond question, played the do to send so fine a gentleman to the penitenti ary. Had hq been a poor rascal, charged with stealing a loaf of bread to save himself from starvation, his trial would not have occupied as many hours as it did weeks, and, of course, he would have been convicted and sent “below.” Blit, he robs to the amount of a million or more, and makes beggars gf hundreds and thousands who had placed confidence in him and his rot ten Bank. He must be declared “nos guilty”, by a Philadelphia jury ! A “kink” or delect in the law, we suppose, has brought about this verdict. Wo have often thought that our State laws have been framed for the express purpose of screening. magnificent rascals. Well may the Philadelphia Press,- in concluding its comments on this,extraordinary verdict, remark: The developements of this Inal go far to show the. necessity of new, provisions for the punishment of those who are derelict in their duty as managers of great moneyed institu tions. We are not lawyer enough to know how far the provisions in the present banking law of our State answer this purpose.- .It is certain that in England they have laws fully equal to all such emergencies, and the wholesome dread of a felon’s fate checks, in its inception; many an act of meditated dishonesty. Onrown laws certainly should have a corresponding provis ion. which, with that additional vigilance on the part of stockholders in the selection of their, officers that should be exercised,ivould go far to prevent a-recurrence of any such calamities as the failure of the Bank of Pennsylvania. Latest Foueion News.— By tho arrival at New York of tho steamer Persia, from Liver pool, we have thrdo days later European news. In Paris, Montalemhort has been convicted of a libel on the Imperial Government, and . sen tenced to six months’ imprisonment and a fine ■of-600(HVancsr—His-trial occiipied-only-half-a day. Tho death of Admiral Lord Lyons, a dis tinguished officer in the British Navy, is an nounced. Ho had justcompleted his CBth year. Five miles of the shore end of the Atlantic ca ble have been successfully laid, and spliced, to the rest. Lord Napier’s recall has not been officially announced, but it is understood that he is to bo appointed totheßerlin mission. Ifis successor, Mr. Lyons, becomes Lord Lyons by the death of his father, Admiral Lyons. The Prussian elections have resulted largely in favor of the now ministry. Tho Bank of Frankfort has reduced its rate of discount to four per cent. It was said that the Anglo-French fleet would sail in December, to oppose tho flllibus terms in tho gulf of Mexico. . Elections in Massachusetts.-— I The mu nicipal election in Boston took place on Mon day week, and resulted in the complete triumph of the ‘•Citizen’s ticket”,over the regular black republican nominations. P. W. Lincoln, jr., was re elected Mayor by a plurality of 1829 over Moses Kimble,_tho republican candidate, and a majority of 600 over all. Increase of Crime.—Wc have rarely seen so many forgeries as aro mentioned by the pa pers at the present tirtio. At St. Louis on Mon day, August Robert Lesser was arrested on a charge ol having passed a forged check on Mr. Whitney, of Leavenworth. Qeorgo F. Peter man and Wtn. MyerS wero arrested at Phila delphia, on Friday, for forging several checks, three of which were cashed by the Kensington Bank. O' President Buchanan, Post-Master-Gener al Brown, Senator Bigler, and ■ Hon. John A. Ahl. will accept our thanks for sending as documents. .StWe,Finances. A statement of\uie receipts and expenditures ■at the Treasury tSitlhis Commnowcalth, for the last flsoal November 30,1858, has been published bj£tho Auditor General.— It presents thO* gratifying fact that a balance of over eight htindred.thousand dollars remain ed in the Treasury, atjd that the actual excess of receipts uydr expenditures is 5363,921 21. The expenditures inoluded tho item of 5421,- 377 85 of loans and relief notes, redeemed and cancelled, which is so much of the State debt paid. A. comparison of the receipts arabejt pendimres of the year just closed wittjjiJ'ycars preceding, shows the following: Receipts for 1856, $5,378,240 33 Expenditures,for 1856, 5,378,142 22. Excess of receipts,.. 1,098 11 Receipts for 1857.,' $4,690.587 84 Expenditures Tor 1857> . .. §5,407,276 79 Excess of expeuditbres, 710.688 95 Receipts for 1858, - ■ $4,139,778 35 Expenditures for 1838, 3.775,857 06 Excess of receipts,' Tiie Coqlics in Cuba, A Virginia gentleman, of intelligence, who recently visited Cubi|. (says the Richmond Dis patch,,) gives a sad : picture of the toils and suf ferings to which slaves, are subjec- They have .nothing like the'capacity of the negro for labored endurance, and yet the same tasks are jmjdostd upon them. When not engaged in thejield. they herd indiscrimi nately, men, women, and children, in*huls, with no semblance qf the family tic or obliga tions, 'Suicide is, ctpunou among them, some times ten hr a dozcij hanging themselves at a time. No provisioivis made for their return to their native land, from which they have been beguiled; and their |nasters having no interest in them, except tovget the greatest amount of work possible out of. them during their period of apprenticeship, heap upon them ah amount of labor, that soon freaks them down, and of ten hurries them to Ihe grave. 1 There is open-handed, violence of the African slave trade more horrible than this.dcspicable and coolie appren tice system, which tnticcs a race far superior to the African from ita native country, and then consigns it to a slavery more cruel and intoler able than that of:the blacks, by whose side they are worked and whipped, and driven to despair and self-destruction.-. Euigiiation.—The number of emigrants that arrived; in .New York for the week ending the 15th inst., was 598—making a total of 75,989, since the commencement of the year; The' ar rivals for a corresponding period in 1857 num bered 182.802, Tie effect of the financial re vulsion, both in- his country and abroad, is plainly to be seen, i i the remarkable falling ofi in the tide of emigration since last year- The total up to January Ist, 1859. will, probably, not bo over : 77 ; ,Q85 while that of 1857 was. about 183,000. Il is less than 25 per cent, of the emigration for 1854, which reached the in his history, and-to magnify him inio a hero of collossal propoHious, have, forgotten that such a man exists. Is it possible they allow him to pass from place to place without simple mention of the fact? Have the studied eulo gists of the Rocky Mountain hereto soon for gotten their .lessons ? Where are those .enlhu siastic admirers who re-nominated Fremont for President.in 1860? Have they concluded that . Presidential candidates may flourish and may ' lade, .' / ' A breath can make them, as a breath has' made ? Qouldy Family haye all left the New-York hospital, fully recovered, with the exception of one of the servant girls. A more extraordinary case has never occurred. On the day of the butchery the physicians declared that not one of the victims could j-urvive twen ty four hours. Now. all are alive and about, save the pected, and the would-be-murderer, who fills a suicide’s grave! An Insane Man Murdered. —Augustus Plitt. an insane inmate in the York County Alms House, says the York Press,’was found dead in his cell on Wednesday morning week. The deceased was confined in the cell with ano ther, insane man, whose name is not known, and the supposition is that Plitt was murdered by him, as one of Ins eyes was pierced out and the wound petielrathfg the brain. An iron spoon was found in the cell with blood upon.it, which is supposed to-liave-been-iiscd in-inflicting -the wound, and thus causing his death. The per petrator of the crime is represented as being a very inoffensive and quiet was nev er known to quarrel with the deceased before that night, when he was heard swearing and cursing about him. Coroner Pcffer summoned mjury, who rendered a verdict that Augustus Plitt came to his death by,the bands of his room-mate. The Coroner removed the scalp in connection with the eye, when the fracture through the bones was discovered. Distressing Case.— At Easton, Pa., there is a Mrs. Glymcr confined in jail upon a charge of shop lifting, hast week her child sickened and died, and the poor mother had applied to her prosecutors during the sickness of the child for permission to go and see it, but was denied the privilege by one of them, and the little one died without having received her care. After its death, she asked to go and see it, but was not permitted to do so. when the coffin contain ing its little remains were taken lo the prison, where a scene occurred that would have melted a heart of stone. O’ A new paper, to bo entitled the Penn sylvania Stale Sentinel, is about to be issued at Harrisburg, by Charles 1). flineline, Esq. — It will cordially support the State Administra tion, and propel ambitious aspirants for fame DCr- The Harrisburg CoUffMill will be star ted agaiu on tho,27th of thisanonth. O” The York County Bank has issued now $5 and *lO bills, qn aceount of numerous coun terfeits of the old ones. [O’lt is stated* that the Warren County Bank, at Warren, Pa., has closed its doors. ' We find in the last Clearfield Republican the following notice .of Senator Bigler. The Rep ublican says : “This distinguished son of Penn sylvania lejft hero this morning for the. Federal Capitol, accompanied' by bis estimable lady. The last five or six months have been spent by Senator Bigler at his old home in this borough, during which his time has been occupied m friendly- and unreserved intercourse with his friends and associates of the humbler days of his early life; and during that time no man of his acquaintance, be his condition in life what it may, if ho bear an honest heart in his bosom, can say, that the hand of friendship has been withheld from him by our distinguished fellow citizen. There can be no more gratifying sight to the American citizen, than to behold the perfect freedom from ostentation and official preten sion, witnessed in Ihe bearing and habits of many of our Senators and Congressmen, among whom, in this respect. Senator Bigler stands pre-eminently conspicuous. His residence in this place, although a model of neatness and comfort, is as Unpretending in its appearance and its appointments, ns that of a private citi zen in moderate circumstances ; although the Senator has ample means at his command to gratify a taste for display. ' The people of this county are justly proud of being able to claim Senator Bigler as one of her adopted children, hilt she can no,longer claim him as exclusively her own. His varied com manding talents, and his political experience 'and sagacity, have already marked him ns one of the nalion’sstatesmen, and hereafter his his tory will be part of the history of the country whose legislative halls he helps to adorn.” 363,921 21 Poetry Whittled Down.— I’m.thinking of the time, Kate, when sitting by thy . side, and picking beans, I gazed on thee, and felt a pea cock’s pride. In silence leaned wo o'er the pan, and neither spoke a word, blit the rattling of the beans, Kate, was all the sound we heard. The auburn curls bung down, Kale, and kissed thy lilly cheek ; and thy azure eyes, half filled with tears, bespoke a spirit meek. To be so charmed as I was then, had ne’er before occur red, when the rattling of, the beans, Kate, was all the sound wo heard. I thought' it was not wrong, Kate, so leaning, o'er the dish, as you snatched up a lot of beans, I snatched a Declar ed kips ; a sudden shower made blind, my eyes, 1 neither saw nor stirred, but the rattling of the beans, Kate, was the only sound I heard, ... Senator Sumner , will, not return to the tlnited States during the present session of Congress. A letter from Paris, received a few daysjago by Senator Wilson, intimates that it is very, doubtful whether he will ever again re sume his seat in the Senate., O 3 lb the case of the crow of the slave brig Echo, the Federal Judges at Columbia, S. 0., have decided that the -law. under which the prisoners are held is constitutional, and they are consequently to be detained in custody to await the action of the next Grand Jury on the indictment charging them with piracy! it pros !sB, the >oo—or Slaves Landed in . Georgia.— The rumor which has been current for-a week or two past, is now confirmed, that the yacht.schooner Wan derer has succeeded in landing a cargo of -slaves . from Africa, on ihe,,coast, 0f... Georgia, lat has near Brunswick, and-that some of -'the .-negroes were sent u£ Salilla river on board of a steam er. Three men implicated'in the transaction have.been arrested, in Savannah. The dele his points Mus. . Cunotnciiam-Burdell. —A corres pondent of the Rochester Union writes from New York that Mrs. fcunninghnm, of Burdell murder notoriety, and her two daughters, arc living in an elegant mansion in Twenty Third street, and, apparently, jn easy circumstances. They give parlies occasionally, and “the head o( the family,” it is said, was yisible'at the op era, the other evening. Agusta was married recently to a Southern planter, and Hel en it is understood, is in a fair way to follow the example; The Wilmington Rape Case,--Alexander Robenson, who was arres id in Philadelphia a short time ago on a charge of rape in Delaware, having induced a young girl to leave her home on the pretence her brother was sick, and then committed violence, upon her, has been tried and convicted of the offence, and sentenced to be himg, ir being a capital offence in Delaware. ‘The execution is fixed lor thellth of February. Another individual was concerned with him in the affair, who will also be tried. An Item for Shawl Wearers. —ltis°asser ted that round shoulders amongst the masculine gender are ph the increase. The shawl is said, to be the cause, as the wearer, in order to keep this feminine garment around him, is compelled to fold his aims upon his breast, instead of al lowing them the natural free and easy swing which throws the shoulders bock and the chest -forward,.. . Oranges in Louisiana. —lt would seem that Louisiana is about to become a great orange growing State. Cuba must look tp her laurels. We hope that nothing will occur to dopreciato the “ Queen ol the Antilles,” now that “ the pear is ripe and ready to drop.” The following item is fronra Southern exchange : . “The orange crop of Louisiana this season is very large, and the crop is selling from planta tions at from six to eight dollars per thousand. Last year a planter below the city was offered $l5OO iorusmall tract of land adjoining his, and which was planted with orange trees of full growth. He refused, and this season the owner of the tract in question has sold his orange crop for $3000.” At work in' Earnest;— Congress seems to be'getting to work in the right way. . Already has Mr. Phelps, the able and indefatigable Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means in the House, reported the Pension bill, the Military Academy hill, and the Indian Appro priation bill : and other necessary appropria tion bills, it is said, will all bo' reported at an early day. The same disposition' exists in the Senate, and every appearance now indicates that the present will, be emphatically a working session —something that the country has hot witness ed for many a long year. The admirable Message of President Bu chanan must have stimulated Congress to ao tiotv. A White Deer for Gov. - Packer.— The Se linsgrove Times says up on toyalsook creek a white deer was lately shot. It was forwarded to Qovr Packer. [C7* Gen. Scott has gone to Havana to.rccruit bis health. Senator Bigler. Frightful Calamity in Ohio. A few days since, says the Cleveland (0.) Plainde'aler, 23 d, Mr. McKinley, a machinest,. and his two sons, Charles, and' George, dug a well near their house, in Norwalk . Ohio, to the depth of fifty-seven lect. The well was about eighteen inches in diameter at the top, and three feet at the bottom. On the 21st nit., they com menced erecting a curb around" the well. The windlass which had been used for drawing up dirt wns still. standing over it. and-'by some means the bucket attached to the windless rope becaipe unfastened and foil -to the bottom.— One of the boys put his foot in.lhe iron hook at the end of the rope, and went down to recov er the bucket, the other holding the windlass the while. When some ten feet pn his way down, the boy slipped from the rope, and fell to the bottom oT the well. Mr. McKinley, wild with horror, put his other son on the rope, and bade him go down and save big brother. —. The boy attempted to do so. but lost his hold when some twelve, feet down, and fell to the bottom, as his brother had before him. A light was lowered into the well loanable those above (there was a large crowd congregated) to see the unfortunate lads, but the air was so . foul that the light instantly went out. Physi cians state that the boys mnsMiave died from the foul air in the well rather than from their fall. Mr. McKinley is nearly insane wilh grief. The bodies had fallen and been pulled nearly up so many times that they were terribly muti lated when eventually recovered. Distressing Suicide. The York Press says that a young man named Joseph Kilmore, aged about 17 years, son of Mr. John Kilmore, of Fairview town ship, committed suicide by shooting himself on Thursday evening last, about Uyp miles from Lewisbcrry, under the following painful cir cumstances. A day or two.'previous, to the fatal occurrence, the deceased was engaged in shooting with a-pistol in company with some other boys, when he accidentally shot his broth er in the face with powder, doing him - but little injury however ; this, it is supposed, preyed so heavily upon his mind, that on the above men tioned day, lie wandered about a mile from his home and shot himself in the stomach with a pistol. He was not found until Friday eve ning, when an inquest was held, and a verdict rendered iii accordance with the above facts. The deceased is represented as having 'been a very promising young man, and highly esteem ed by all his acquaintances; .. Ladies should Read Nbwspapbus.— An ex changesays, It is a great mistake in female ed uotuion to keep a young Indy's time find atten tion devoted to only, the fashionable literature of the day. If you would qualify her for con versation, you must give her something to talk about —give _ her education with this, actual world and its transpiring events. Urge her to read.the newspapers and become familiar with the present character and improvements of our race. History is of some importance ; but the past world is dead, and -we have nothing to.do with it. Our thoughts and our concerns should be for the present.world, to know what it is and to'improve the condilion.of .it. Let her have an intelligent opinion, and be able to sustain an intelligent conversation concern ing the moral, mental, political and religious improvement of our times.’ Lot the glided an’ nunls and poems on the centre table.be kept a part of the time covered with weekly, and daily journals Let the whole family—men, women and 'children, read the newspapers.' , ET* The President of the Leavenworth. Kan sas, Constitution, has, in accordance wit.n in : structions, forwarded Jthat instrument to the Delegate in Congress, Mr. Parrott. lie will present it to Congress, but will not, it is said, recommend that it' be accepted, and Kansas come immediately into the Union, under its provisions. Governor Robinson is said to agree with Mr. Parrot. This being the case, there will be no application for the admission ol Kan sas at this session of Congress; . . A Wiif.eluaurowDii.unk.— We saw a drun ken wheelbaraow. last evening ;■ and the way ii did cause the individual who .strove to guide it. to reel and twist, was rather amusing. It was as much as he could flo to keep it straight. O” John A; Miller, convicted at Portland, (Me.,) of robbing the mail, has been sentenced to the State prison for ten years. Charles Pos ter, convicted of cutting open n mail bagl was sentenced to three years. -ET - Senator Douglas is expected in his seat in the Senate early next week. His fiiendssay that he will publicly announce himself, on his return, as not a candidate for the nomination of the Charleston Convention, in 1860. E7* The town of Buchapan, Johnson county, Texas, was almost entirely destroyed by a tor nado on the night of the 23d ult, The hotel and jail were the only buildings left standing. Next President —A correspondent of the Pittsburg Post names Senator Hunter, of Vir ginia. and Gen. Dix, of New York, as the Dem ocratic candidates for President and Vice Pres ident in 1860- A strong team that, certainly : but it will be time enough a year hence to agi tate this subject. The House of Representatives.—Tlio Washington Stales speaks of the House of Rep rcsentatives as follows. The description does •not say much for the taste of the decorator.— The advice of the old. courtier, “ fine but not gaudy." seems io have been forgotten : The Representatives have taken their seats in their red moi-rbcco chairs, and “ ginger-bread halls." reasonant with many voices. This hall is a curious concern : it looks like a gilder's shop and red morroceo leather manu factory combined, and, in its gewgaw arrange inents. puts us in mind of a nigger wench sup plied Vilh a superabundance of finery, and try ing to pile it all on together without any re gard to laste, or a proper combination of colors. The immense expanse of ceiling, unsupport ed by a single column, has a.threatening look, and seems as ii it would break in two at any mo ment, and Como slap down on-the crania of the collected wisdom." With such a conin'-’ vahee right over his caput, a nervous must, we fancy, be in anything at all but a condition of calm reflection. The Fillibusteb Schooner Susan. — A dis patch’ from New Orleans, dated Dec. 17, says : The schooner Fanny, which has arrived be low, reports having spoken to the tillibuster schooner Susan, on the 10th inst, bound to Greytown, lat. 24 40. long. 87 31—all well. Death op a Prominent Editor.—Roubut M, Riddi.e, Esq,, of Pittsburg, the able editor of the Journal, died in that city on the 18lh inst. Bound Wows. ' The South Carolinian has been permit fed b a venerable ex-Serinlor ofthat State to publi h the following extract of a private letter from highly distinguished source in Pennsylvania • * “You desire me torepeat the points mist’ to the defeat of: the party in J° October last. It was a combinationCS "i all the Republican, Know Nothing A ,- f L'ecompton Democrats, to strike at the - .istratlon : but this would not take inside is’ ‘State, aniltence they raised the tariff questiori® T he people were out of employment- -t|, c generally under the control of the iron i„,S’ pressed those who wore Democrats—m 3 was openly demanded. The tariff 0 f IRsv - n was alleged, had taken effect Ist of Jul ' ll the hard times began in August following’ °r d this way, the unemployed laborers were „ iD ried over under the delusion that Pr Vt *' Buchanan had the power—and Ghncv r was chairman of the Committee of onc ? Means, and would not cotno to their relief & &c. In all the counties in which Ami-Nebn*’ hurt us in 1856, we gained in 1858, bntweWv largely in the manufacturing districts, which were conservative and with ns in 1856. ff e will always be- subject to sudden revulsions in our laboring population, dependent ori our mineral resources in hard times, until the tariß" humbug idea is entirely exploded. The tinier! will improve now; and this will cure the evil again.” Safely of the Brig Parthian. . Nokpolk, Deo. IG. The Southern Argus has received Iron. Pi. lots arrived, here,' the gratifying intelligence that the Brig Parthian, from Baltimore, has arrived at St. Thomas, dismasted. The infor mation was obtained, from the Captain of ike Brig, J. C. Kafller, from Caicos, bound to Bab timore, which passed the capes to day. The Parthian,"it will be remembered, had on board a large number of passengers, including work men for the Brazil Railroad. She was scon dismasted in a gale by a vessel bound to* Ber muda, and two sicamers were sent from that port'to her assistance, but returned, after a cruise of several days, and reported being una ble to discover ihe wreck. Since that report nothing lias been heard of the Parthian, and it was feared she had foundered at sea and all on board perished. Fttost Utah. —A dispatch from St. Louis, dated Dec’r 18, says: The mail from Utah has arrived, with dates to the 20th ult., but furnishes no ne>ys of im portance. The snow on the mountains was three feet deep, and front Big mountain to Platte Bridge was eighteen inches. The mail party was overtaken by a terrible snow storm between Ash .Hollow and theSoutV Platte, and were two days and nights travel ling 18 miles : during thrt time they were without food or lire!' . ■ '! ' A number of' trains were at Echo. Oanonun ablo to get through. .' The streams along the route were crossed on the ice. ' • • 1 One white man and three Indians were mur dered and robbed ijy two while men, on the Big Blue river. Babies. —The local editor of the Buffalo Re public hns made bimsdf one o( the immortals by the publication of a discovery, winch helms made, of great importance to mothers ; it is an infallible.means of keeping babies, from two to ten months old, perfectly qujet for two hours'. The modes pperandi is as follows : As soon as the squatter awakes, set the child up, propped by pillows if it cannot sit alone, and smear its fingers with thick molasses : then put a half a dozen feathers into its hands, and the young one will sit and pick the feathers from one hand to the other until it drops asleep. As soon'as. it wakes. more.molasseAand.mbrefeathej^;mud., in place of the nerve astounding yells, there' • will be silcnce and enjoyuicril unspeakable! E7”.Eev. 11. C. Qnderdonk, formerly Episco pal Bishop of. the Diocese of Pennsylvania, died in Philadelphia, oh the 6th inst., aged 70 years. O' Senator. Sumner will not return to the United States during the present session of Con gress. Jfiarrfeb* On the i 6 t.li inst., by the Roy. Mr. Eells. Mr. John F. Buchanan, of St; Louis, Mo. , to Miss Jane E. Greenfield.:- of this place. Both bride and groom are deaf mules. On the IGih inst., by Kev. C. P. Wmg, Lam uel M. Coyle, of Aiidorsonsburg, Perry 00., to Annie M. Campbell, ol Carlisle. . . ..- On tlic ‘lOtli inst., by the Rev. Jacob Fry, Mr. Daniel R.. Wilson, to Miss Sopiiialj.. daughter of Jesse Zeigler, all of North Middle ton luwhstiip;. ' ■jfiatbk ‘. . Philadelphia, December 23,1858. • Flour and M eat..- —The Flour market is qui -6t but prices are steady. The sales,of sujler-, flue are at S 5 12 a $5 81 extra, aiii], $5 87 a 575 for extra family.- The sales to the veiflll ers and bakers arc within the range ofthesamo figures, ifnd fancy lots from $6 25 up to 7 25. Sales of Uyo Flour and Corn 111 eal continuo limited. The former is held at $4 00. Corn Meal is unsettled at $3 25 per barrel for Penn sylvania. Grain.— The receipts of Wheat are light, with little inquiry. Sales of Southern and Ponhsylvaiiia at SI 20 a 1 28 per bushel for fair and prinio Red, and SI 85 a 1 40 for primo White. Rye is steady and in demand at 79 a -80. Old Coyn is held at 82 cts. j new ranges“t from 67 a 72 cts. Oats are steady. Sales ot prime Delaware at 44 cts., and Jersey at 46 ots- Barley Malt is worth 95c. Whiskey is firm, but buyers are holding oil. Sales ol Ohio, in bids, at 25 ia 20 o.; Upnnsyi vania at 24| a 25 cts., and hbds. at 24 a Mi cts., and druga at 22| c. “ - . . Cloverseed meets a fair inquiry at- So DA . 575 per 64 lbs. for fair and prime quality, JX o sales of Timothy or Flaxseed. MEAT, . Raisins, Lemons, Currants, . Spices, “to Ketchup, Rigs,, Farina* Corn Starch. . BRJINDIES JiND WINES. FOIt SALE AT Doe. 23 OKPIIASB’ < OFRT SAUS IN pursuance of an order of (he Orpin Court of Cumberland county, will bo so public sale, on the premises, on Thursday, 20th day of January, 1850, at 12 o’clock, j' . ’ of that day, a tract oi lahd, situate in 111 son township, Cumberland county, l’a-, -.Containing Idighly-lonr Acres’ and some perches, with about the ono-lnilfo ‘ cleared, having erected upon da . and a half story LOG a jiniiffcdart a t ono an a | o g BANK. BAB i Log Tenant House,i&P"'* House, and othorOut-buildings; adjoining la” of William Watts and others. . Terras of Sale.—Ten per cent, of the P ur ® t |io money to ho paid’or secured to bo paid o. day of the sale, and the residiico thereof, half on tho first day of April, 1859, (when P session will bo given’,) and the balance ji year thereafter, with interest secured j , judgment bond of the purchaser. , JOHN SOWERS, Administrator of Goorgo Sowers* Dec. 28, 1868—ts. INHOFFS.
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