AMERICAN TOLONTEER. JOHN B. BMTTON, Editor & Proprietor. 'gaRLTSLE. PA., FEB, 10, 1859, v jilting of the Standing Committee. At a meeting of the Democratic Standing Committee of Cumberland -county, held, at Burkholder’s hotel, on Saturday the 29th Jan uary, the following proceedings were had: Resvlved. That the Democratic voters,of the several wards, boroughs, and townships, shall meet at their respective places of holding town ship and borough elections, on Saturday the 12th'of February'next, between the hours of 2 and 5 o’clock in the afternoon, except the bor ough of Carlisle, where they shall meet between the hours of 3 and 5 o’clock, and elect two del egates-, who shall meet in the county convemion on Tuesday the 15lh of February next, at 11 o’clock, A. M., tfl choose delegates ( to represent the county-in a State Convention to bo held the 4th of March, to place in nomination candi dates-Ibr Auditor General and Surveyor Geno : Rtsolved, That this Committee recommend that the Convention, during their meeting, will sit with open- doors JACOB 'WOLF, 6ft’m A. Lamberton, Sec’y. DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS. Democrats of the East Ward. Carlisle, will 'meet at Noaker's tavern, on Friday eve ning; ;at early candle light, to make arrange ments for the election of Delegates to the County Convention. ' The Democrats'of the West Ward will meet at Burkholder’s at the same hour and for the same purpose. . "Election of Delegates—CduNx-it'-CoN- Vkntion-.— -Our Democratic friends in the dif ferent boroughs and townships, will bear .in iiiiitd that Saturday next is the day fixed upon for the election of delegates to the County Con vention. The Convention will assemble in this pfaceou Tuesday next, to choose Delegates to represent tbis-coilnty in the.4th of March State Convention. Exits at the Poor House —Heavy Loss to THE- County.— The large barn belonging to the Poor Souse property—one mile east of Carlisle —was totally destroyed by fire on .Saturday night; tost,, together With the live stock, grain; farming implements, &c., belonging to the county. The following is a list of the pro perty destroyed, and the estimated value put upon it by the Directors of the Poor: 8 head of horses, at $l6O, $1280,00 12 “ fat cattle, at $5O, 600.00 5 “ stock'do., at $2O, 100,00 ■8 sheep, at $4; 32.00 12 setts of gears,- ,125.00 1 wagon. : _ . 75.00 Horse'power and threshing machine, 125.00 6 shovel plows, at $5, . 30,00 125-bushels of wheat, at $1.25, 156,25- 300 “ • corn, at $0,06, 108.00 1 pelf of hay ladders, .12.00 Barn furniture, . 200,00 60 tons of bay, at $lO, 500,00 Straw, . 150,00 2 oxen, at sso,' • ; ‘ .100,00. Loss of barn, wagon-shed, horse power shed-, - 1800,00 ■ $5433,25 Besides other articles of which nO account was taken. No insurance. It is generally believed 1 that the Are was the work of three paupers at the Poor House, who bad been heard 1 to-threateri that they would fire the bam whcn a fhvorabld opportunity offered; "These three reprobates werearrested and 1 brought before Justice Smith on Monday morning, who committed theft), to prison, to await their trial at the next term of. out court. They are all Irishmen, named Timothy D'oneVan, James McManus, and Pat Rudden. Should they bo found guilty, we hope they may be punished' to the full extent of the law. More Liqlrr !—The light from,the*gas lamps ItrthoM'arket House on market mornings Is ra ther poor, and sometimes we havS- no light at all. The Borough having gone to the expense of putting up the lamps for the accommodation , of those who, attend market, they ought to he kept in order, and we hope our Borough officers Whose duty it is to attend to matters of this kind wiil see that hereafter they are made to born bright. The M’Cobmiok Reaper.— The patent for the exclusive.manufacture of the McCormick Reap er, expired on the Ist instant.' An extension of the patent was refused by the appropriate com mittee, and consequently it is now within the reach of mechanics generally to make and im prove that excellent harvesting implement to any extent. We have no doubt that some of the enterprising machinists in this county will enterintb the manufacture with excellent profit, and perhaps add improvements which will reor der it still more valuable. . Cecil-res. —We are sorry that the sudden illness of Rev. O’. Hi Tiffany, prevented his Xiectore, as announccd ! on-Tuesday evening last. We trust, however, that he will bo able to give It in a subsequent part of the course. Ih con sequence of this derangement of the plan of the Committee, the first Lecture will be given by Morton M'Miciiabl, Esq., of Philadelphia, on Tuesday, evening next. From his fine reputa tion as a- speaker, and lecturer, we doubt not that our community will give him a cordial welcome. .Mayor- op Lancaster City. —lt will be gratifying to the numerous friends of Qborob Sanderson, Esq., our predecessor,in the Vol unteer, and at present the editor of the Lancas : ter Intelligencer, to learn that he has been elec ted Mayor of Lancaster city. The election tbok place on Tuesday of last week, when Mr. S> was elected by a majority of 13 over Thos. H. Burrows, the present Mayor.* Wo predict that the Captain will make an able, efficient and popular officer., , r '7 Air Pont:.—Our member of Congress, Hon. John A. A at, passed' through Carlisle, in the morning train of cars on Monday, having been called home home on account of the serious ill ness of one of his children: How long ‘ho will remain at home is of course uncertain. O” Wo are indebted to President Buchanan, and to Mr. King, First Assistant P. M. General, for valuable documents; also to Senator Bigler, and'Tftm. John A. AM, for similar favors.— Messrs. Fetter; Brower, Welsh, Stuart and M’Curdy, of the State legislature, will accept our thanks for their kind attentions. [C7* The jury in the case of Duvall, who Silled Mr. Fischer, a German tavern-keeper, some months since, in Baltimore, rendered a verdict of murder in the first degree. O’-Uon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, has*written a letter to his constituents, posi tively declining to be a candidate for re-election, THE CAUSES UR CRIME. That crime is rapidly on the increase in our country, .must he evident to the most casual observer. A writer on the subject, in one of our best conducted Magazines, says “the mur ders committed during the last, four years .ex ceed in number those committed during any seven previous years!” If this assertion be true, the increase of crime isjndccd alarming. The writer we have quoted above, acUnowlcdges that lie is unable to account for this state of affairs, but supposes it owing “to the improper training of our young men,” sc. No doubt this is one of tho causes, but there is another and a principal cause,that certain whining hypocrites who “wear the livery of heaven to serve the devil in," would fatn hide from the people. In accounting for tho increase of crime, they purposely omit this one prominent cause, because many of the men who are now shocked at the prevailing wickedness, contributed them selves—we hope not intentionally—to bring about this very state of affairs. Without minc ing words, we boldly assert that the late Know' Nothing party —composed as it was, of all sorts of bad men, including a large” sprinkling of political preachers—gave more encouragement to crime than all other causes in our country combined. Wherever this devilish, lying, hypo critical* cut-throat party' had a.foot-hold, loose morality was a natural consequence. Here in our little town of Carlisle, this desperate faction j flourished for a short time, and left its mark as | plain as the trail of the serpent. ' But, it was in our large cities that the demor- alizing influence of Know Nolhirigism was felt in "all its rigour, This party has been crushed out everywhere, we believe, except m Baltimore and St. Louis—and look at those unfortunate cities! Both in the keeping of the rabble, and both weltering in blood! No man is safe hn hour in those ill-fated cities, for the.knife,-the pistol and the bludgeon, arc in the hands of desperate men, whose office it is 'to use them. Two of these ruffians— Chop and Corrik —have recently been convicted of the murder of officer Rigdon, in Baltimore. A more cold-blooded and atrocious murder was never commuted even in Baltimore. We. were forcibly reminded of the wickedness of Know-Notliingism when we, a few days since, rend ihe feeling remarks of the Judge previous to passing, sentence of death upon the prisoner Crop. The Judge reminded the culprit l hat he was a hardened wretch— that he had committed a murder that sent a chill to every riian’s heart—that he had perpe- trated this crime in cool, blood and without provocation, &c. His honor said, in substance, that it was difficult to imagine how any man in the hearing of the gospel and of the leaching of divines, could become so hardened, callous and wicked. Ah; perhaps the learned Judge did not know all. Some of the very'‘divines” (po litical preachers) to whom he refertd, are the very men who should be held responsible for much of • Ihe crime committed in Baltimore! No doubt Crop could have told the Court that he had met many of these “divines” in the Know Nothing lodge-rooms—the veriest hells of Baltimore .city. They were there, for what ? To assist to carry out the objects of that despe rate faction—a faction sustained for a time by deception, fraud, falsehood, perjury and infidel ity. Is jt any wonder that the reckless young men of our cities became more bold, pad hardened ? They had the ftympatby and-ooun tenarioaof hypocritical-“divines" in their dar- ing deeds of crime; If a forelgneror aCatholic received a bullet in his body or a fractured head, because he attempted to vote at the general election, the 'Know Nothing hells sent up a shou t iff exultation of the “bold deed.” The cause of the increase of crime, then, in our large cities, can he traced to the organiza lioivof that God-defying Know Nothing parly. and scores of so-called “divines" were ring loaders in-that desperately wicked faction, and should he regarded with suspicion- in future. They—the false shepherds—are guilty , guilty guilty! Lot it be remembered, then, by all well-dis posed people, that preaching and politics are antipodes, and that the man who will occupy a pulpit one day and the.political club-room the next, is a hypocrite,‘and unworthy of confi dence. The Know Nothings are still in existence. They dare not —except in Baltimore and St. Louis—meet m their lodge-rooms. They dare not openly advocate the pernicious principles that held them together for a short time. No, they dare not —but yet most of them" entertain the same treasonable sentiments, and are the same implacable enemies of the Democratic parly. Let usitot forget their past mis-doings. and keep an eye on all evil-disposed men—in cluding political preachers—in the future. Gab Meters. — A bill has been introduced in to the New York legislature for the protection of gas consumers. It provides that the Super visors shall appoint, in each town or city where gas Is manufactured, an Inspector with as many duputies as may. be necessary, whose duty it shall be to examine, adjust and seal all meters, inspect the qualify of gas produced and. keep a daily record of the quality subject to the exam-: ination of the public. The certificate of tho Inspector shall bo conclusive evidence of the quality of tho gas at all times. Gar Companies are prohibited from making any charge for the use of meters, from demanding payment in ndi. vancc for gas consumed, and from making charges for “ service pips,” which they must supply. If desired, at their own cost; and pro hibited, also from refusing to furnish gas to any occupant of premises on account of any arrears (or gas consumed due froth any former occupant of such premises. Any gas company making any charge for more gas than the metre exhib its as consumed, shall forfeit the whole amount .demanded, and all companies are liable, to a penalty of $lOO for each violation of the provi sions of this act, in addition to other penalties provided. This we consider a wholesome law and one of a similar character might be passed by our Lo. gislature with great propriety. In these hard times it is no easy matter for a man to pay his own debts, and it is expecting rather 100 much, when you corapellilm to pay another man’s gas bill. Singdi.au Death'.— lsaac Crow, aged 16, while playing shinacy in Port Carbon, Pa., struck the ball with such force that he dropped dead. It is supposed that he sustained some fatal injury from over-exertion. Resignation op Judge Irwin.—!fhe repor ted resignation of Judge Irwin, of the U.ifj. District Court of Western Pennsylvania, is con firmed.- Judge Irwin lias-held- tlie-ofiioe-for quite a number of years, having been appointed by Ocn. Jackson rcnnsylvnuiu to BO the Battle-Croundi Tlio Opposition Party assert that Pennsylva nia au(l New Jersey are to decide the next Pre sidential contest, says the Philadelphia Jlrgua. We gladly accept the issue they have tendered. With unfaltering confidence Wo take up the gngo they have thrown at our feet. With our whole heart wo say amen to tho proposition they have made. Wo ato quite ready to meet them on their own terms. We regard Pennsylvania ns one of the most sale, sound and reliable Stales in this whole confederacy, so far ns tho Democratic party is concerned. Wo are ready to hazard what little reputation we may happen to possess for politi cal sagacity upon tho result of the next election for President in this State. We have no more doubt that Pennsylvania give an overwhelm ing Democratic majority at the next national struggle, than wo have that there will bo a sun rise to-morrow morning. The result of the recent election in this proud old Commonwealth, is ,no indication of what will take place in 1860. We were defeated last fall by the lukewarmness and indifference of piir Democratic friends, and not by the increa- of the Opposition vote. The dis graceful treachery of some who had been trust ed, 'honored and confided in, tho ignoble.warfare •which’they waged against ohr noble and patri. otic President, tho bitter personal malignity manifested towards those who had been consti-' dated the banner-bearers of the Democratic party, soured and disgusted thousands of'hon est voters, who reluctantly determined to stay' at. home on the day of election. This resolu tion they kept, and the election went against us by default. It was the « stay-away” vote that defeated us, and not tho strength of tho Oppo sition party. : Such adverse circumstances can never occur again—at least not for the next quarter of a century. The petty divisions and temporary alienations which occurred in our party; are al ready nearly healed and will speedily bo forgot ten. The base, the selfish, the.designing, the corrupt, the floating scum of the party-will, Set tle down with the factions which make up tho Opposition, organization. - We shall bo relieved cf their contaminating influence. Tho incubus is already thrown olf, and wo arc happily relie ved of the paralyzing burdens which have so long obstructed pur progress. The vacancies occasioned by the desertion from our ranks of tho unprincipled , renegades who have gone out from among ns, are already more than filled by tho honest riien who have left their old associates in mortification and disgust. While the Re publican factions are on the eva of dismember ment, the old Democratic organization ,is grow ing stronger and more firmly united every day. If an election were to take place in this place to-morrow, we could beat our political oppo nents by ten thousand, majority. In 1860 wo will treble that amount. We gladly accept the offer to make-Pennsylvania-the-umpire that, shall decide the next Presidential contest. Set this State down as certain for at least thirty thousand Deriiocratio majority for (ho nominee of tho Charleston Convention. Hon. Samuel W. Black.. —The appointment of this gentleman as Governor of the Territory of Nebraska, by President Buchanan, will ho gratifying intelligence to the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania. Mr. Black is well known in this State, as one of the most eloquent champ ions of Democracy. In many holly contested campaigns. he ( ”had been . the o/ tho danse of equal.', laws, and'equal fights,,his burning words have moved many hearts for the contest, and inspired ihera to victory. We re 'gret to part with him. but, at the same time, we are gratified to see talents and; worth like his rewarded. Important Action on the Tariff Ques tion. —A dispatch from Washington informs us that the Democratic delegation had a mee- ting on Saturday,evening, in which they adop ted a resolution opposing a permanent national debt, and another endorsing' the President’s 1 recommendations in relcrencc to a modification Of the existing tariff. This action will be hail ed with delight by the people of Pennsylvania, showing, as it does, that our Representatives arc true to the great interests of their constilu-, cuts, and will not suhlhit to dictation from any quarter. , tCT" Brownlow, in the prospeoteus Of bis paper, the Knoxville Whig, thud declares his Intentions; “ Being in our own office building. With a Press, Type, and other Fixtures, under our sole control; and being a free white man of lawful age, we shall come as nigh saying, wri ting and publishing just what suits us, as men usually do in this life ! And neither the poten cy of Railroad and Bank Unions, joined to Mi ning Companies and Political Organizations, or any other device of the Devil, this side of stop ping our wind-pipe, shall deter us from expo sing corruption, unmasking villainy, and lash ing rascals. 1 -’ In an - Uproar. —The Philadelphia Alms •House, under the reign of the,Abolition Mayor., appears to be in a complete uproar, just now! not the inmates, but the directors —the offl cials. Plunder and robbery, and maladminis tration have festered to the very core, and the result is mutual bickerings, quarrels and expo sure. The Washington Union says that the fashionable season in that cit) r is now at the zenith, and'not a night has passed during the week now drawing to a close, that theft! has not been one—sometimes three or four—large dancing parties. , There have also been many dinner parties and receptions! besides the •• hops" at the hotels. O” A Mr. Timberman, of Cincinnati. Ohio, having lost some money, went to a fortune tel ler to Team who took it. Acting upon the ad vice of this imposter, he accused a respectable citizen with his wife and her sister, of having taken the money, and they have instituted pro ceedings against him for slander, laying their damages at 550.000. - Death and-Life.—Within afewdaysalady residing near Perkiomcn Bridge', Montgomery county. Pa., lost two children"by the measles. But on the evening'of lire funeral the lady bore twins 1 ■ This is almost as singular as the following case in which a lady died the same day she was married MARRIED.—In Prattsvillc, N. Y., on the 10th inst., by P. K. Salisbury, Esq., John Bi vens. of Middletown, Delaware coumy, N. Y,, to Miss M. A. Turk, of Prallsville, Green co., n. y; DIED.—In Prallsville, on the 10th inst.. ol of the 'lungsrMrsv Mi A. Bivens, wife of John Btvcos, in the 29th yr. of her age, A Land for the, landless. On the first instant, tho House of Represen tatives adopted, by a vote of 120 to 70, a Homestead Blil. This.is a measure of so much importance that we publish tho bill entire, that our readers may fully understand its provis ions. It will bo Seen that it gives, free of cost, to every head of a family, to every citizen who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and to every foreigner who has landed upon our shores and declared liis intention of becoming a citizen,'bnb-qunrtcr'ficotion or one hundred and I sixty acres of vacant and unappropriated pub lic lands, and that all lands thus acquired “ shall in no event become liable to the satisfac tion of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing the patent thereof.” If this bill should be favorably acted upon"by the Senate, (which is somewhat doubtful, however,.) every citizen will have ah opportunity of improving his for tunes; and providing a comfortable home for his family, if he has but means. enough to re move to thoso, localities where the public lands have not 1 been-appropriated, and is industrious enough to make li fair struggle for a livelihood, The bill; is as follows: . A bill (o secure homesteads to actual settlers oh 'the public domain. Be it enacted hythe Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United Slates of America tn Congress assembled. That any person who is the head of a,’family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United Slates' or who shall have filed his in tention to .become such, ns required by the naturalization laws of the United States, shall, from and after the panasge of this act, be enti tled to cuter,yVrc of cost, one quarter- section of vacant and unappropriated public lands which may. at’the time the application is made, be subject to privtile entry at 31 25 per acre, or a quantity equal llicreto, to be located in a body, in conformity with the legal subdivisions of the public lands, and after the same shall have been surveyed. . ". .. Sec. .2 Anil-he it further enacted, That the person applying: fbr the benefit of thisapt'shall, upon application; to the register of the land of fline; in wl.ich h.ebr she is about to make such entry, make affidavit before the said register, that He or she is the head of a family, or is 21 years or there of age. and that such application is made for bis or her exclusive rise mid benefit, and thqse specially mentioned in this, act and not either ditcotly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any qtlipi person or persons whomso ever ; and upon 'making the affidavit as above required, and filing the affidavit with the regia ter, he or she; shall thereupon be permitted to enter the land already specified: Pf.ovided.'howeier,‘That po .certificate shall be given or patent issued therefor until the expira tion of five years from the date of such entry and if. at.thefXpira[|on of such time, or at any time thereafter, the person making such entry, or. if ho be dead; his ■widow, of her death, his heir’s Or devisee, 'or in base of ii wid ow, making.; sucht eptrv. her heirs or devisee, in case of hoi- death,' filial!.’ prove- by-two credi ble witnesses; that-he, she, or . they, have con tinued to reside upon and cultivate such land, and still:’ reside upon the same, and ■ have not, alienated’the same, or any part thereof, then iii such case, he. she, or they, if at that time a citizen Of the United Stales, shall, on payment of ten dollars; be entitled to a patent, afi in Oth er cases provided for bylaw: And provided, further. In case of the death of both father and mother, leaving an infant child or children, tin der: twenty one years of age. the right apd ihe fee shall) tin re 10 the benefit of said infant child or Children, and the executor administrator, or guardian'may, at, any time within two years af ter the :dealh of.,the surviving parent, and in accordance, with the laws of .the State in which such children for the lime being have their dojnfcih.sell sola-land, for ■ (he benefit of said infants, but jjoytno other pnrpnsßVTinirtfte’por.' chaser shall acquire the .absolute title by the purchase, and he entitled to a patent from -the United States. . . . , Seo. 3. And be it further enacted. That the register of the lend office shall note n'l such ap plications : on the tract-books and plats of his office; and keep, a register of all such entries, and make return thereof, to the General Land Office, together with the proof upbn which they have been foupded . ■ . , : Seo. 4 And be it further enacted. That all lands acquired under the provisions of this act shall in no event become liable to the satisfac lion of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing the patent therefor. Seo. 5. Arid be it further enacted. That if, at any time after filing the affidavit, ns required in the second neclion of this not, and before the expiration of the. five years aforesaid, it shall bo proven, after doe notice to the settler, to the satisfaction of the register of the land office, that the person having, filed such affidavit shall have actually changed his or her residence', or abandoned the said entry for more than six months at any time, then, and in that event, the land so entered shall revert back to the Gov ernment, and be disposed of as other public lands are non!, by. law, subject to an appbal to the General Land Office. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That no individual shall he permitted (o make morethan one entry under the provisions of this act; and that the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby required to prepare and issue such rules and .regulations; consistent with this not, as shall bq, necessary and proper to carry its provisions into effect: and that the registers and receivers of the several land offices shall be entitled to receive the same compensation for any lands entered under the provisions of this act that they are now entitled to receive when the same quantity of land is entered with mon ey. one : half to bo paid by the person making the application, at. the time of so doing, and the other half on the issue of the certificate, by the person to whom it may be issued: Provided. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to impair or interfere in any manner, what ever, wiih existing preemption rights. . Tt was passed by a vote of 120 to 70, but one member from Pennsylvania, Mr. Leidy, having voted against it. Farmers’ Hioh School op Pennsylvania Tho following circular has been issued by the President of tho iibove institution : “ •f ho officers of many County Agricultural Societies have omitted to nominate candidates for admission to this School) whilst many others desire to name'a greater number than their ra tio of representation entitles them to. Our charter enjoins, upon us tho,observance of this principle, and we desire to comply with it if the recommendations bo made to us. If the officers of County Societies do not make nominations on or before tho 10th of February, when the School will bo open for instruction—wo will ad mit the surplus of other counties or those who are recommended to us b}- individuals, if such possess the necessary qualifications. In the mean time individual applications will bo re ceived. Applicants must be 16 years of age, and qualified by n knowledge of rending, writ. Ing and arithmetic, grammar, and geography, to a degree, sufficient to qualify a boy to com. monco a collegiate education of tho highest grade.” Right and Puopeb. —Mayor Keim, of ing has issued orders to the police of that city to visit the eating and drinking saloons, and whenever minora are found loafing in them after 9 o’clock in the evening, to arrest them arid 1 the proprietors. This is a.good move. Boyshnve no business at such places at late hours of night. Bear Hunting in Northern Michigan.— J. T. Stone nnd. Charles Buckman, living at Bridge creek., Michigan, have, in three months, trapped nnd killed thirty two heaps, devoting only one day in'fonr to himtm O” Justice M'Leak, of the TJ, S. Supreme Court, is quite ill. Rev. Dr. Christie, says the Detroit Free Press, hged,7s years—a minister of tho reform ed’Covenanters’church in Novy York, was de posed from the ministry a few weeks ago, for having committed adultery with the widow of the Rev. Dr. Rooney. Christie’s wile has tor a long time been bed-ridden ;■ and in one of his letters to, Mrs. Rooney, used as evidence, against him; he said that she was getting better, but that it was not liis fault. The United BretheruSociety at Marion, Linn county .lowa, have suspended Rev. Win. D. Til bury from the ministerial office for misconduct, such as theft of from one of his own par ishioners —buying lumber and refusing to pay for it—selling two or three dollars’worth of stockings and mittens, the manufacture of a poor widow woman, and defrauding her out of the money, &0.. 1 The Second Assnoiale Reformed Presbytery of Illinois a few days ago deposed from the ministry the Rev. Sam. Glover, pastor of the the United Presbyterian Church, of Peoria. — He was found guilty of a breach of the seventh commandment; also, ( of “long-continued hypp: criiy,’’ aish, ofbreach of a ‘marriage promise,’ also, of “using unlawful means to hinder wit nesses before the church court and in addi tion he was adjudged guilty of “contumacy and contempt of court.” The Indianapolis Journal learns that charges have been preferred by three clergymen of the Methodist Episcopal Church against the Rev. Win. Daily, of that Chord, and President of the Indiana State University, for three alleged offenses: Ist, drunkenness; 2d, lewdness; and 3d, offering money to witnesses of his miscon duct to secure silence.. Dr; Christie was:one of the signers of the clerical protest against the passage of the Ne braska bill; • and the presumption is strong, though we have hot seen the fact mentioned, 'that the other three worthies wefe Black Repub lican political preachers, for it is a matter of record, that the transgressing clergyman, al most without exception, belongs to that class. Events would seem to show that ministers who defile their pulpits by promulgating abolition ism therefrom, are extremely' liable to commit other offences. \Ve clip .from the money article of a late number of the Philadelphia Press, the following cheering comments upon the prospect of “bet ter times.”. We-fondly ;trust that the ‘-good time coming" may speedily arrive: “Business is not only reviving among us, but the prospects abroad are reported by good au thority as very cheering. The commercial classes in England have . re-established confi dence and trust in themselves and each other. The manufaotoriesare in operation everywhere, labor meets ready employment in the agricul tural districts, and food, generally, is cheap'. It is asserted that; in any ordinary times, under such a state of things as prevail there, money would soon bo in demand at high rales of usance, but the extraordinary caution of the moneyed men has brought home such an im mense amount of money, that the current rate of discount out of .the Bank of England is one and a-half to two per cent, per annum, while the batik fate of two and a half is expected to continue unchanged for a considerable time." Valentine Day, the period for sending love laden ‘‘pictures,” draws nigh. St. Valen tine’s Day, February 14th, is an did institution,; not-to bc-gtroninp - r ' 7 “For.on that day, when Cupid kept his cirttr.fi As ho is won’t, at each St. Valentine, ■ - : Unto the which.all lovers do resort ... That of their love’s success they there, may make report.” Public Sales.— Handbills for the following public sales have been recently printed at this office: , ' John Goodyear, South Middleton township, sale of horses, cows, young cattle, sheep, bogs and farming implements, on the 12th of Febru- Jesse Zeigler, North Middleton township, sale of horses, cows, colts, hogs, hay and far ming implements, bn the'lSth.of February. I. C. Lindsey, Dickinson township, sale of •horses, cows and. young cattle, shoals, sows, young pigs, gears, and farming implements, bn the 15th of February. Jacob Noggle, Dickinson township, sale of horses, cows, young cattle, hogs, and farming implements, bn the 17lh of FeJjniaryt Jacob Beidlbr, on the State road leading to Newville. sale of horses, cows, 1 colt, 2 bulls, young cattle, and a variety of farming imple ments, on the 21stof 1 February. Jesßß Kurtz, one Half-mile Oast of Centre ville, sale Of horses, colts, herd cattle, hogs, sheep, and a variety of farming implements, on the 21st of February. Daniel Wonderlt, Dickinson' township, sale of' horses, colts, coWs, young, cattle, hogs and farming implements on the 22nd of Febru ary. ■ " TnuopniLoa G. Wolf, Dickinson township, sale of horses, co.ws and young catlle, shoats, gears, harness and farming utensils, on the 23d of February. 1, Stephen B. Cook, South Middleton town ship, sale of horses, colts, cows, young cattle, hogs, household' furniture and farming utensils, on the 25th of February. George W. O'Dqnnbl, Monroe township, sale of horses, colts, milch cows and young cat tle, sheep, breeding sows and shoats, and far ming implements, on the 261 h of February. John Stuart, jr., South Middleton township, sale of horses, colts, cows and young cattle, sheep, hogs, horse-gears and farming imple ments, on the Ist of March. Philip Thuma, South Middleton township, sale of horses, colts, cows, young cattle, and farming implements, on the 2d of March. John Elliott, West Pennsborough town ship, sale of'ffiprses, 1 colt, miloh cows, young cattle, hogs and shoats, and a variety of far ming implements, on the 3d of March. John Miller, New Kingston, sale of horses, colls, cows, young cattle, one bull, and a vari ety of farming implements, on the 3d of March. J. G. Keent. South Middletotl township, sale of horses, cows, sheep, young cattle, and farming implements, on the 7th of March. - t John & George Trimble, Silver Spring township, sale of horses, colts, Milch cows, young cattle, hogs, and a large variety of far ming implements, on the Bth of March. Joseph Culver, North Middicton township sale of horses, cows, hogs, and farming imple ments, on the 14lh of March. DaViR G. Oyster, Easlpennsboro’ township, sale of horses, colts, Cows, and young catlle, and an extensile variety of farming implements, on the 241 h of March. head- 0 OC/” The Resolution ’in Hayti progresses. The fimperor has been defeated. Clerical Transgressors. 3£orm&. tn Dickinson township, oh the 8d instant; by tho Rov. W.W. Bells, Mr. 'Joseph Hemminoeb to Miss Cabbie C. Hbsro&V Suit. In Hopewell township, on the 27th.of Decem ber, 1858, Mrs. Charlotte Yoteb, wife of the late. John Yoter, in the 74th year of her age. [Gettysburg papers please copy.] Agrlo ii 11 ural Social y meeting. THIS Society had its stated monthly meeting in tho Arbitration Chamber, on Tuesday, the Ist of February, 1859, Ifm. R. Line in the chair. . Tho Committee appointed at the last mooting to audit the account of the Treasurer* for the past year, made a detailed report oi the same, by which it appeared that the ■ whole amount of receipts from all sources during tho year was $3022,12, and the whole amount of expendi tures including building improvements, aud ap propriation to Farmer’s High School, of $5OO, was $2287,404, leaving a balance now in the Treasury of $784,71. The Society then enter ed upon tho discussion of the subject proposed at the last meeting “manure and their uses,” iriwliiclf m:i u y o f the re emb c r s fully expressed their views and experience. F. Watts, Esq., tho President of tho Fafm. or’s High School, was,present, and gave an in teresting account of tho operations of that school, and the organization of its faculty, whereupon, on motion of Geo. W. Sheuffer, tho following resolution was passed : • , Resolved, That tho Farmer’s High School of Pennsylvania, is destined to afford groat and last ing benefits to tho Agricultural community, and that it bo recommended to [ho citizens of Cumberland county, to subscribe liberally to its establishment j and that each Vice President of this Society be requested to procure volun tary subscription thereto. , The Society then fixed tjie subject for dis cussion ,at tho next monthjy meeting; f‘ls it profitable to faiso stock in our valley; and if so, ivhat stock is most profitable,’’when the Society ndjohfned to Tuesday the Ist day of March, at 10 o’clock, A. M. D. S, CROFT, Seci’y. Visitors Report. In the Court of Quarter Sessions of Cumberland . County, 22d January, 1859. _ Report of Visitors of the Pool' House for tire year 1858. The undersigned .Committee ap pointed by, the Court to visit, .examine into, and report upon the fnanagoraont' and present con - djtlon of the Poor House of this county, bog leave to state that in the discharge oftho duties, assigned them, they have visited the Institution at different limes during.the year. There were in the Poor House on the Ist day of January, 1858,. 112, of which ;20 were colored. There has been admitted since then 207, of which 21 were colored, and. 4’ born in the house. Making the whole numbbr provided for during the year 310, of which 12 died, 7 bound out, and 162 discharged, leaving the number in the Ilon.se on the first day of January, 1859, 189, of which ,31. were colored, out-door paupers 25; The whole number chargeable at the end of the year is 163. In addition to the above, 1582 transient paupers have been admitted on short' periods, and their wants supplied. Wo are happy to state that we were ninch pleased at every visit we made to the Poor House, as we (mind every thing in good order, all the apartments clean and neatly arranged, and nil-possible care was taken to promote fbe:health and comfort of the paupers. Their clothing, diet, and medical at tendance are all good, proper, and creditable to the Institution. Labor is provided for those who are able to work. The children, the sick, aged and infirm, receive proper care and atten tion' Upon the whole, your Committee are per fectly satisfied .that the Institution has been well and faithfully managed during .the - , year just; closed, yet your Committeemanf.ot close with out; approving off.and recommending to your Honors the opinion expressed by the Committee Oft-dsao, respecting to bo erected separate Ironi the main building which would materiully enhance the value of the Institution. Respectfullv, &o. : . , H. L. BURKHOLDER, 1 JOSEPH CULVER, J- Visitors. A. J, HARMAN, \ Now to wit: 22d January, 1859.. Report read and ordered to bo published. By itho Court. D. S. CttoFT, Clk. POTATOES FOR SEED AND FAMILY USE.; The best and most prolific ever offered in the Phil adelphia or New York Markets I AM. now prepared to fill orders for all kinds of Potatoes selected and, put up expressly for reed or family use, of tiro following vario tiosa Peach Blows, good; Blue Mercers, good; White Mercers,,Black .Mercers, good; Wood Seedlings, Prince, Alberts, Late Pink Eyes, Early Mountain Junes, good; Early Djckman, pretty good; Early Buck Eyes, pretty good ;‘ Early Pink Eyes, Carters, good ; ( Bough and Ready, Fox Eyes, good; and arc raised in New York and New Jersey, and are Warranted Pare,. The Peach Blows Potatoes yield from 200 to 350 bushels to the Acre, to bo planted leet apart, two cuts to a hill, one eye to each crit, and vines will grow six feet long. When boiled the water must he poured off before done or they will slack the same as lime. Steamed or Roasted is the best way. The Black Mercer yields about the same as Peach Blows, and planted about the same as ordinary Potatoes.— And the Early varieties as. ordinary Pofaloes are planted. ..The Early Mountain Juno are the first in New York Market., For .sale ,by ... ~. H, fIARKNESS. Opposite the Post Office, Carlisle, Pa. Feb. 10, 1859—3 m List of Letters. Published in the “Volunteer," by authority. LIST of Letters remaining in the Post Office at Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 1, 1859. Persons in quiring for Letters on this List will please say they are advertised. * One cent duo on each let ter. Bender Jacob 2 McCimc Win 2 Bird Barbara Mrs Mellinger Levi Braum Tho’s Motts Jno Brown E P '■ May Hannah Mrs Barnett Jno Matchett Lucy V Orull Martha Miss Molfit Catharine E Caroihers A E MoNarnie J H Mrs Cook Mary Miss Myers A Coover Detrick Noflsinger Fred’k Oornman Sarah J Miss O’Conner Jno Ooncry Leah Miss . Oroha Jas Coughlan Thomas Phillips C Miss Otiapell.BrhceiM’lntirePorter Hadassah Mrs Clark Cha’s Ricklusen Jno Conelly Mr . Reed Annie R Miss Crall Mary Mrs Rinehart Geo P Dunlap Jno Rinehart Sam’l Q Daver Jas Snyder J Danner Samuel Stoufer Geo W Ebersole Elizabeth MissSheaffcr Win B Emmger Ann Shugarl Win Fry Maria Miss Smith Mary Friend Chit’s Speck Harriet Finamorc Dr. Simpson Peter Fearard Ann Mrs Saunders Wm Mrs Finch Tho’s Smith Alfred B Fellats Sarah Miss Sheldon H GarberlFeter 2 Stoer Jos Green Cha’s Thompson J T Gregor Maggie Miss Tinasez Alexander Giles A, M Trego Wm ' Green Elizabeth Van Volzah T II Dr Guy E Volkert Henry Hesson Aaron Wclsoh Louis J Haitield Nancy Mrs William? Jas E : Horn 0 H Walker Nancy Miss llgenfritz Wra , Weise Q Jacobs Geo Waggoner Sarah B Kicßer Henry Webb Jno Kennedy Josiah 2 Wise Susan Miss Longsdorf H A Wiles Jacob Merrow Artmus Waggoner RAD Mrs Middleton Wm-Q Williams Jno —>■ Willoughby J'D 2 JOHN B. BHATTON,. I*. M. American Lift liisiiraniriaT Trust Company. a «« Capital S/pet,; $500,000 COMPANY’S Building, Walnut’ <s. „ porncr .of Fourth, Philadelphia S r’ i , S, tE suranco at the usual mutual rates- n, . , In- Stock Ratos, at 20 per cent, less, ’or i ol # Abstinence Rates, tho lowest in Iho » a ,V 0,ll l A. WHILLDIN p' ‘r/ J. O. Sims, Sect’y. ■ ’ P «»*A ' WM. H. WETZEL, Agent for Carll.L . vicinity. “arlislo and February 10, 1859—ly* 41 . * A COURSE of six Lettures will be d o u in Emoyy M. E- fchuroh,djarl nfrih« ored of February and March, in aid of the Church, The Loctiirfirs cnmei-a lun " 5 of Win. H. Milhun, of N. Y.,MotUV, r ° Eo >-. and J. W. Forney, Esqrs., and b vu llol Philadelphia. Rev. O. H. • Tiffany mu’ ot mope, and J. G. Saxo, Esq., of Vermont From the distinguished reputation otlh gentlemen, the public may roly upon a aeri4° of entertainments richly worthy of attention Tickets for the course, $l,OO. Fora Lecture, 25 cents—to be had at the store, nr Messrs. Piper; Loudon, and Haverstick nmi", ImndhilU ° f Cl?UrCh ’ F ° r C. COLLINS, J. W. MARSHALL, •- : - . .. W. C-wilson.- • Committee of *tirrangemen& Feb. 3,1850—3 t b Cm ‘ ASSIGNEE’S SALE OF KEAI ESTATE... THE undersigned assignees of John liorian will sell on ’ THURSDAY, FEB’Y. 17, 1859, tho following valuable Real Estaie, situated in' Chiirchtown, Cumb. co.. Pa.: A LOT OF GROUND, containing 4K fee) front and 170 feet deep, more of less, oi.whic'fl a is erected a TWO STORi’ FRAMi; HOUSE, Brick Wash House,Stable' •■•• iharid other necessary out-buildingi' ilißjJiSMLiyith a well ol excellent water on He premises Sale to commence at 10 o’clock, A. M, Also, at the same time and place, a Lot of Ground, adjoining properties of Richard Ander son on the North, and George Wunderlichol (he West, having thereon erected a two story Weathorboarded Log House, Frame Kitchen, Stable, and other necessary i,mprovomenls.- Thero is also a-well of good witter, and a Cit tern, on this property; Also, on 2'Vidni/, February !#, 1859, at 11 o’clock, two Lots of Ground; NflS. 1 & 2, situated in Hogostown, Cumberland bounty,Pa. each containing 40 feet froht and 150 feet in. depth, more Or less. Lot No. 1 has erected on it a two story Frame House, Kitchen; Shop, Stable, and other necessary out-buildings. This property offers rare inducements to persons wishing to. engage in any mechanical business. Also, on Saturday, February, 19, 1859, two Lots of Ground, Nos. 1 apd 2, situated in Me chanicsburg, Pa., on the corner of Allen and Frederick Street; each containing 40 feet front, and 200 foo tin depth. On Lot No." 1 there is erected h two story Frame House and Kitchen, Stable and other convenient and necessary build ings. There is also a well of excellent waforon the promises. No. 2 is a Building Lot, with a small Frame Shop erected •.thereon. Sale to commence at 12 o’clock. These are all very desirable properties, and offer great inducements to mechanics and others desiring cheap and comfortable homes. The conditions of these sales will be made, known on the days mentioned, bv ROBERT WILSON, JACOB BOWMAN, Assignees'of John Harlan, February 8, 1859—31 rnHE unSersigned Auditor appointed by the -JL' Court of Common Pleas ol Cumberland m., to-distributo the aoSots in the hands of Samuel Wood burn, Sequestrator of thellanovcr and Carlisle Turnpike Road Company; to an! among,the.,crcditorS,,will meet for Ihat purporo bn Saturday, the 19th day of February, 1869 f at lO o’clbck, A. M., at the Prothonotary’s office, in,Carlisle. P. QUIGLEY, Auditor, January 27, 1859—3 t sLate noonJh’G, CpHE undersigned has a large stock of Roof -1 ing Slate on, hand ironi John Humphrey’s & Co’s. Slate Quarries, York co.. Pa , and pre pared to put on roofs of the best materials and on the most reasonable terms. Please call and examine and judge for yourselves. All work warranted when dqne by. our own slaters. ■ : JACOB KHEEM, Agent. : Carlisle, January 27, 1859—3 m. THE subscriber offers for rent, from, the let of April next, tile largo room on the second story of his front bouse, and also the large room on the third story. Also, two rooms on the third story of the building fronting the Market House, which arc well calculated for Dagauer fian Rooms. All of. these rooms are lighted with gas and easy of access, Jor particulars enquire of G. INHOFI. Carlisle, January 27, 1,859 —8t , Public Sale. WILL be sold at public sale, on Tuesday, March 1, 1859, at the residence ot the subscriber,in South. Middleton tqjsnsldp, three miles south west of Carlisle, the following described personal properly, viz : 5 head of draft horses, (Two of them mares with foal;) Two young driving mares, T two-year old coif, 5 milch Cows, a lot of young cuttle, 1 Bull, a Col of Sheep, Four breeding Sows, 1 now broad.wKecW Wagon f 1 narrow-iVheeled Wagon, 1 one Ijbi*. Wagbit, 1 wagort bed, 1 pair hay ladders, 1 n 1 Threshing Machine atid horse-power, of Plant 1 make,' Windmill, Cutting box, Revolving fin) Rake, Plows; Harrows, Double Shovel IMdivt Cultivators, Double ic Single Trees, Hon 1 Goars,Fly nets, &c. AUtliefarniingimplemcn! 1 are nearly tied, bating fatten but’ redently'.piit' chased. Sale to cbrinherice at 10 o’clock, whentemn will bo made known. „ JOHN STUART, Ja- Jan. 27, 1859, Public Sale. WILL bo sold at public sale, on Tuesday, February 15th, 1859, at the residence o the subscriber, in North Middleton township, * mile north of Hoover’s mill, the follmving, P er ’ sonal property, viz :, 5 head of Working Horses, (Including 2 Bidod Mares 5) - 1 Fine Stallion, 2 Colts, 2 years old, 6 $ c Cows, 9 head of Young Cattle, a lot of 1 Grain Brill, Threshing Machine and B yr Power, 1 Grain Fan, Ono broadwheoied I'onr horse Wagon, now; one 8 inch tiro Farm Wagon and EnB , Bed, tvifh bows and cover, 2 pair now Ilay ‘% dors, plows, harrows, horse-gears, bridles, c lars, halters, set of single harness, Timothy'A’ by the ton, Potatoes by the bushel. Housca and Kitchen Furniture. . - el t Sale to commence at 10 o’clock, A;.,Mo" terms will bo made known. ... . . JESSE ZEIGLBih- wow ready EOK the inspection of the pufilic, in the room’formerly occupied by d°‘ in .„' „ s iinma, two doors east of Rhoads’ ~o ’ h. largo and complete slock of GHOOEKU 1 .j, SSAsiating of Sugars, Coffees, I’ o ® 8 ’. an d ggMsea, Fish, Salt, Spices, China, Glass u Qneenswaro, Picltcls, Preserves, FKES . i„d FRUITS, Oils, &0., ail of which aro „“°iiar well selected, and to ho sold ns low nfPbll- Goods can bo bought' anywhere oillsla adelpbia. . • Butter, Eg g*, Soap, Bag'*, Bmm Fruit, sc., taken in exchange for Gem I would respectfully invito all to g* |cairand"oxami J rtO'fovyourselve^^^™^2v Carlisle, Oct. 28,1868. Woticc, Wotlcc. For Rent.
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