AIERIOAN VOLUNTEER. , J9p B. BMTTON, Editor' k Proprictof. CARLISLE,. PA., APRIL 28, 185,9. .Democratic State Nominations. . FOll AUDITOR GENERAL, RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Of Philadelphia FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, JOHN ROWE, Vf Franklin County. The Weatheh. —The weather this spring has boon 'very fickle. For several days in the be ginning of last week I,t was all that man could desire, hut on Friday morning it commenced ah old fashioned rain, and on Saturday rain feel in torrents with a little sprinkling of snow. Sun. day morning opened out clear and bright, since which time wo have liad pretty good weather. CtBASLUEsS' and llealth.—As the warm Weather approaches the Borough Authorities should pay particular attention to the cleanli ness o t the streets. No branch of the munici pal arrangements for keeping the town pure and healthy, requites greater watchfulness than street cleaning. No, amount of money,'when properly expanded, should.be considered as ex travagance, when it will preserve our thorough fares and keep them in good healthful condi tion. DoWO His Dorr.—Being in the vicinity pf the Market House, on Saturday morning last, wo heard opr Chief Burgess giving orders to a horde of colored rowdies, who are constantly’ Iba&ng.about the Market House, to march.— This-is right! There are,quite,a number of these fellows who spend, their w hole lime in loitering about the streets, have no visible means of support, arid are aa impudent as :pet bounds. The Market House of late seems lb bbadavorito place of resort foff them, and where they drink, curse, and perform - all kinds of pranks to the no little annoyance of bur citi zens. It is only- necessary tor, our Borqrigli - Officers to.do fh'eir w'e will soon get rid of nuisances of this kind, and society be much benefited. While On this subject, wo may as will say, that it would bo welt if our Burgess would order (lie corners on the Public Square to he kept clear, so that ladies and gen, glemeri could pass without having to run the gauntlet through a crowd of half grown boys, who’make the air ring with their curses and obscene language. Tits Onors,—We observe by pur exchanges Horn all parts of the country, that, the prospect for a heavy winter crop is very encouraging, and unless some unfprseen calamity befal it, the pro ducer and consumer will hoth-have ample cause lor rejoicing at harvest.. Beautifoß-Flowers.— A large and varied as sortment of flowers may he seen at the green house of Mr. Wu; Line, at the cast end of the town.' Mr. L. is a highly-successful Floralist, and'criUivalcsovcry-variety ot flowering plants arid shrubs. We commend him to the patron age of those of our citizens who intend decora, ling their gardens and yards' w ith flowers, Suspicion of Foul Play. —We learn from the Lewistown Democrat, that David Smith, of near MoYeytown, - .formerly of Carlisle, was drowned in the Juniata river, about, four miles above Lewistown, under circumstances which would seem to demand-a - judicial inves tigation. The facts ofthe case, as near as-we have been able to gather them, are as follows: Smith-is an old man, and addicted-lo an over inchilgoncc in liquor; ©ri the above day he imbibed rather freely," when three men of JFVeytown, (one white and two’ colored) per suaded him to accompany them down the river in a sail skiff. On reaching the red rock,, adja cent to the second railroad bridge, Smith was thrown from the skiff, but whether by the cap sizing of it or the hands of those with him, re mains a mystery., arid was drowned. The col ored men assert that the skiff capsized, but their statements are so indefinite and contradictory, that no reliance can be placed upon- them. It appears Smith'had about §4O in his-pockets. SCdden Death, —Recently, Mr. Geo. Meli; of-Slechanicsburg, cnginecr;in a steam mill at that place, fell to the ground ■ and. almost in stantly expired, as he was returning home from his work. The deceased was unusually happy on the evening referred to, and had just sung tharvvell-known hymn, “How happy arc they who their Saylor obey',” when death took hold orhim. Hi was a member, of the Methodist ohuroh, and a respected citizen.- A'rpnoi'iti.vnox to the Pexxsvlvaxia Vor.- 1 uxteebs.- —It appears that .the statement which ■ found its. way into the Volunteer, along with other papers,' that the Legislature had made an appropriation ol $2OO to' each of the surviving offieers and privates- of the two Itegimcnts of Pemrsvlvania Volunteers who served in the war with Mexico, is altogether erroneous. We first saw it in a Harrisburg letter to one of the city papers, and, presuming that the jvrlterwas.cor rect in his information, we gave it as a fact.— The section itself, which'led to the belief that such an appropriation had boon made, is so am biguously worded, 1 that-it-might bo easily mis. understood. IV o now learn that its object is merely to matte up a small deficiency i n the fund - v which |raa- applied to the payment of the cx penses of.Mre soldiers on their way to the seat of war, under the provisions of the acf of 29th March, 1851, The whole amount required was hut $2OO, and this sum only lias been appropri atod for that specific purpose. We are sorry to have been the means of raising expectations in the minds of ourgallant Volunteers, which were not fo ho realized. A'Wokd for the.Birds— Wilson, tiiij otni- iticoi Bird destroys on an average filly grubs a day during, Sbe summer. A few figures would shdwyou how many Ibis would amount to in thft course of the ooason. The robin, the wood' thfbsh, the blue-bird, the cat-bird, the sparrow, the oriole, tho wood-pecker, and many other ,birds, nro equally useful. Tho folly ot.killing thorn is equalled only by its wickednoes. Now, no gold could buy the service which tho scores of. those Winged assistants that labor, so dili gently, perform so effectually without' money and without price; at tho same time treating our farmer fronds to sweet songs without num ber- Farmers and gardeners protect tho birds! State Elections.—With the exception of Virginia,Which will hold its election on the 20th of May, there will be no more State elec tions held until August, when the States of Al abama, Arkansas! Kentucky,, Missouri, North Carolina, and Texas will elect. The Mutiny in Jamaica. The futnfeof Jamaica bids fair to be a very gloomy one, says the Pennsylvanian. Mutiny is rife in every part of'the Island. A fierce rabble of negroes and mongrels, arfncd with muskets, revolvers and cutlasses, traversed the streets of .Westmoreland avid- the. principal towns, defying the authorities and committing all sorts of excesses.- Some of the ringleaders having been arrested in Westmoreland, the mob rushed into the Court houses, rescued the pris oners, drove the judges from their seats, and demolished the furniture! The Governor at the head of the troops, had left Kingston to quell! the mutiny. But considering the causes and nature of the disturbance, it appears extremely doubtful whether the authorities will be able to check the march of anarchy and prevent the ca tastrophe. The ostensible object of the muti neers is the abolition of the toll-gates. In real ity, however, is the movement of so grave and horrible a character, that although, for some time past, faintly and distantly apprehended by the white population, they did. not-dare to breathe their fears, lest they should thereby precipitate the dreaded catastrophe. But the ominous silence has been.broken at last. The Jamaica papers leave no shadow of doubt about the real nature of the impending conflict. The following significant words of the Kingston Cp loniul Standard explain all: The spirit of in subordination and lawlessness does not manifest itself in Westmoreland alone; everywhere is . perceptible an incipient desire, on the part of a certain class, that the country should bo entire ly in their hands—in short , that Jamaica should be a second Hayti." • The'growth of disaffection ’ which had but too palpably evinced itself among j the lower order, who had never before shown so much daring, demanded than an awful example r should be made, to teach-them “O' lesson of submission.” The Journal is full of communi cations from the various' portions of the Island, . all repeating the same story, expressing the " sariie sentiments and fearful apprehensions.— The truth is that the whiles of Jamaica-live un der the terrorism of a degraded, savage, rabble of negroes and mongrels,'whose leaders tell them they are overtaxed, oppressed, enchained by the upper classes, that (hey must become free and masters of the land. What the situation of the former under such circumstances must be, may be imagined when it is considered that of the. 340,000 inhabitants of ; Jamaica, only 10,- 000 are whites, about 300,000 being negroes, the rest mulattos. The blacks, too well aware ; of their nuracrcial and physical preponderance, havegrown bold, and indeed they openly declare j that the whites “ must be driven into the sea.’’. These are the direct consequences of negro emancipation, the legitimate fruits Of the teach ings of Exeter Hall, and Sewardism. Whercv er abolitionism has been introduced in the West Indies. South or Central America, it has, like a deadly Upas tree, extinguished civilization un der its black shadows. It has destroyed indus try everywhere, brutalized the negro, degraded the whites, aroused hatred of race,'and its ulti mate tendency, as Ilayti has shown us, and Ja‘ maica is: about to-demonstrate, is a war of ex termination. Barbadoes forms, among the States and Islands named; the only exception in which the industry and material prosperity of the country have not declined in consequence of ne gro emancipation. But the Abolitionists who avail tbemsclvej.of this fact to-prove the capa city of the'negro for a-higher civilization, little understand its causes. Any race which will] not work to supply the wants of society, except ' under the strongest pressure, is not fit for free dom, and such, experience teaches ns, is the case with the negro. It was the density, of population in the Island of] Barbadoes, amoun ting to no less than SOO inhabitants per square mile. Which is more than the same area con. tairics in the most. populous, countries of Eu rope, that prevented the dispersion of , the ne groes as squatters, compelled them to remain stationary and to continue working for their subsistence in Barbadoes, after as before eman cipation. But in, Jamaica these conditions were i altogether difftrent.. The island contains, upon 0400 square miles Only .324,000 inhabitants, or forty-nine upon the square mile. There was plenty of unoccupied land, and- to it, and the forests, the liberated negroes .gradually took, subsisting principally by depredations upon the neighboring- estates, refusing to work, and ra-, pidly relapsing into a.savage slate. That.sim ilar.causes would produce similar effects in our own Southern States, which every one of them are less populated than Jamaica, containing on ly from ten to twenty-five people per square tnile, and that with the emancipation of the ne groes, under the existing social conditions. Southern-industry and civilization would be lost, aduiits-of ho shadinv'ofdoubt. Happiness. —lf you want to drive away the blues, and banish the horrors of povcrly or mis fortune, learn to sing one or more of the many mirth-provoking popular tunes of the day; whether yon have any music in your soul or not. Commence in rudimentaj melody by prac tising that favorite and universal tune upon ■which it is said'the venerable cow whs-soothed, when making her exit from the green pasture of earth. A cobbler who smoothes his wax ends with Bonnie Boon or Rosin the Bow will do more work in a day, than his- fellow craf.s tnan, given.to sour looks and ill-humor, will ac complish in a week. Songs are like sun gleams —they run to cheerfulness, and so Oil your bo som- with buoyancy for the time being, that you fcel'as merry as a June bug, and as light hearted as a ten acre lot, chuck full of fragrant violets and musical bobolinks. Try it. A Good Aituistmext.—Col. James W. Q (jiggle has been appointed by the President Consul for the United States at Antwerp. Mr. Quigg-le represented the,Centre, Qlinton afad Lycoming district in the Senate of tlvfs St; ate. I and won for himself many warm friends who I will rejoice at his appointment. His accurate business knowledge, with his facility in speak ing the language of the country in which he is to reside, eminently qualify him for the posi tion, and we db not hesitate to pronounce the appointment one of the very best the President has made from Pennsylvania. Mr. Quigqi.e will carry with him our best wishes for ot plea sant sojourn in the old world, and safe return to the new. A Ybtehan Gone.—The Washington, (Pa.) Examiner notes the death, at his rcsidfcnco in Buffalo township, on Monday the iMth inst., of David Allison, in the 89th year of his age. He was one of that noble band of patriots who served in the defence of the western frontier du ring the Indian wars, lie also served under Oen. Harrison during the war of 1812, and vo ted for Washington for President. $ THAT CONVENTION. The bolters’ convention which met at Har risburg, pn the 13th inst., .was iarcohiplcte failure. It was reasonable to suppose, that, after such extraordinary efforts to procure at- tendance, and the much loud boasting that it would be the largest gathering ever held in Pennsylvania, it would have approximated to something imposing if not'grand. • The borough of Harrisburg alone was capable of furnishing a larger meeting. The Harrisburg Union gives the following account of it | “The funny little wheelbarrow, load of self constituted delegates, assembled yesterday in Convention ; about sixty-six adventurers, and aspiring individuals, exhibited their disregard of Democratic popular sovereignty by Impu dently assuming to represent the Democracy of some districts of Pennsylvania. These gentler men nict, delivered Buncombe, orations, de nounced all those who would not assist them to office, lauded the Philadelphia Press, which they especially represented—and adjourned. With deep humiliation, we confess to our rea ders, that our most honied and eloquent exhor tations failed to persuade these office-seeking heroes to nominates ticket; our.deep solicitude, frequently exhibited,-was futile, and Forney, with his Sunbury and Erie admirers, separated without selecting standard bearers for whom the people of Pennsylvania might unanimously vole, in their eagerness lb testify a n unbounded admiration for a State administration, which has .sacrificed tho’public works and public mo neys to the impudent demands of political har pies. When we substract from the scant assembly which,occupied ninny of the desks, and the strangers present in Harrisburg for the purpose ol transacting business before the Legislature, and the citizens of this place, who were attrac ted by a natural curiosity to hear some notori ous men denounce their.formcr party and bene- J factors, and, Republicans, or Americans who came to encourage their inspired allies in the work-of defeating a National, Union loving party, fre find a most ridiculous and contemp tible residue of office-holders under Packer’s ad ministration, or attaches, of the Philadelphia Press. It was so humiliatingly' mean and triv ial, this mass meeting of discarded office seekers, that Forney has fallen many degrees - in our es timation ; we had really supposed him capable of bringing a larger, more influential and more respectable body of men together,-when it was understood that each should be self-appointed, and have unlimited-time to air his privalcgriefs and grandiloquent rhetoric, about “Federal Despotism,” “Popular Sovereignty',” “Free- . dom,” “Slavery,” .“contempt of office-holders," “Jefferson.” but above all, explain the righ teousness of the transactions in reference to the State canals by the emalculatc Governor Pac ker. A curious but not unexpected feature of the performances was the active rules which the Republicans played—Republicans filled the lobies; Republicans tried to fill the house with vociferous applause; distinguished Republican leaders seemed to direct .the proceedings Re publicans, of the Seward stamp, grinned with delight when the (‘gallant Hickman” frankly declared his ultra abolitionism in such signifi cant'words as the following: “Let-this truth be made prominent —that there is an internal antagonism between free dom and slavery. The constitution of the hu man heart makes it inevitable ; and the one or tlie other must eventually gain the ascendency. The struggle between therrq but just begun, is now going on in our midst, and be is but a superficial observer who docs not discover it.” - It is iruly,a Republican drama, and vrere spectfully Would . inquire of . Colonel Forney whether he had consulted With Senator Seward previous to determining upon the programme. Convention it was not; moss meeting it was not; but an amusing little play it was: for -which we are quite, curious to know whether Seward or Greely gave out the parts. 1 The resolutions are well written ; they deal, in generalities; as is cusfornary with these gen tlemen; they, indulge in abuse'of those who have excluded them from t)(e fat things of (he National kitchen, as was proper; theyexhaust imagination, but precious little logic, in gene ral denunciation and declamation of all who held themselves above the schemes of the Sun bury and. Erie worthies. Let them have their day and holiday. The people will decide, and visit jrist retribution upon those who add to their'taxes for the purpose of putting money into speculators’ pockets. Contractors against the people ; Packer against the. Democracy— is tlie issue. Nominate a ticket, gentlemen, and try it. Lccdmplonism or anli-Lccornpldn isrir is dead ; but taxes are heavy- Military Elections.— The elections for all commissioned officers,of tlie volunteers through out tlie State, except Major Generals, will take place on the first Monday in June next. These officers arc elected for five years. The Major Generals are elected in July following by the commissioned officers. An oversight existed in the late militia law, by which, ail the Major Generals tveie continued in office for one year succeeding the election of commissioned officers. It being desirable that tbc terms of the Major Generals and other commissioned officers should be neatly uniform, an amendment to the. law was passed by tlie Legislature a day or two be fore tlie close of the session, providing for 'the election of the Major Generals in the month fol lowing tile election of the commissioned officers. Fatal Ilex away Miller.’of Belleville, 111., recently hired a man named James Bracewell, to work in his coal pit.— While holding this situation, Bracowell had an .opportunity to.make love to Margaret, Miller’s daughter. It was soon understood that Miller was opposed to'Margaret’s marrying her suitor, but the two seemed to be no less doterrainedon that account, and on Saturday week, consum mated their purpose accordingly. Miller, shortly after meeting Bracewell on the street, asked him if it was true he had married his daughter. Bracewell replied, yes ; whereupon Miller produced a knife with which he inflicted a stab in the left side of- his son-in-law’s back. Bracewell lingered until Monday last, when he expired. C 7” An editor who has been visiting the U. S. Supreme Court at AYashmgton, says the nine judges he saw there, “eight of them looked for all the world like a row of worn out nurses, sitting in an ‘lntelligence Office,’ watting to- be hired.’’ A late number of the Brookvilte Aintri „ ..nnnnnees the destruction of the editors hat; whereupon' the Connersville Times impu dently wonders if any Hues were lost.- A verdict of §1,250 has been obtained against W. 0. Bralcy, of Erie, Pa., for the de struction of the Constitution newspaper office during the “railroad war” at that place, in the spring of 1850. ■ . ExtkaordiN'Aiiy Revelations. —The New Orleans Delta publishes an account of a man who oficred another §l5O to put a man out of the world : the money to be paid when the indi vidual had received his quietus. Instead of killing the man, however, the pretended assas sin told him of the project, and agreed with him that ho should lay quiet until the money had been paid over, which ho did. A thousand dol lars lias Since been ollorcd for hush money. , .Family Ties. —A marriage certificate and seventeen children.. K 5” A mournful day was Iho Sabbath to tbo Wirinebagoosy now in our city; says the Wash ing lon Stales, It. was tho burial of their com rade and brother, « The Prophet.” Grief sat upon their countenances, and they mourned, in. deedytholoss'oftbiir bravo. —Itwasj-bowover, most gratifying to See the great attention given, and tho extensive arrangements made by tho Hon. Commissioner Mix, to have tho last nad offices of respectfully and properly paid to the departed. The scrvices-took place at “ Morri son’s buildings.’’ Tho Ecv. Mr. Carothers, pastor of tlie Assembly's Church, officiated, and tho services were of the most touching and impressive character. General Lowry acted as interpreter. Froni the excellent remarks of tho minister, wo learned that “ Tho 'Prophet’.’ was tho most prominent man in his tribe—their ora tor. Ho was among tiro number who took Black Hawk, andwas actively engaged in that war; had been on business with the Govern ment lor his people, and, after a very short Bl uest, died on Saturday afternoon. Tho reverend gentlemen told the Indians that tho Great Spirit had taken away their friend ; that their great father, (the President) and their father (the Commissioner) could not have pro vented it; that they bad done ail in their power to show their sympathy, and will sco that eve rything is done to make them happy. The Great Spirit, who is everywhere present, would watch over them ; and ns those sons of the for est would bear the news of his dcaih to their brethren in the far oh wilderness, let' them be assured that the while people weep with them and followed the remains to the grave with sad hearts; that they buried their brave among their own brave and noble men. While these and other remarks were interpre ted by General Lowry, the sad responses of the chief touched every heart. The remains were followed to the Congressional Cemciary by his brethren, and Hon. C. L. Mix, Senator Rico,-the clerks of the Indian bureau, and a large con course of citizens. . Mint of Bosinesj.— Rare almost as great po ets—rarer, perhaps, than veritable saints and martyrs -are consummate men of business. A man, to bo excellent in this way, must not only he variously gifted, hut his gifts should be nice ly proportioned ta one another. He must have in a higher degree that virtue which men have always found the least pleasant of virtues —pru- dence. His prudence, however, will not be merely of a cautious .and quiescent order, but that whiclij being over actively engaged, is more fitly called discretion than prudence. Such a man must have ap almost ignominious love of details, blended (and this is a rare combination) with a high power of imagination, enabling him to look Upon lines of possible action, and put these details in tHeir right places. Ho requires a great' knowledge of character, with that exqui site tact which feels unerringly the right mo ment when to- a’ct. A discreet rapidity must pervade all the movements of ins thought and action. He-must be singularlydree from vani ty, and is’gcnefully found to be an 1 enthusiast, who has the art tb conceal His enthusiasm. ; The True State of the- Case. —The Wash, ington Constitution, in an able article on the present condition bf the Democratic party* says “the Kansas question has been a fruitful theme of angry discussion and bitter controversy.— Under the direction of the' present Democratic Administration it has been finally disposed of. Not only has poate and quiet been restored to that distracted TjSritory, but the public mind of the Democracy everywhere acquiesces in Its settlement as a finality, hot to be revived either for the benefit, of open enemies or secret foes. With all true Democrats good feeling will be re stored, preparatory to the work before us.— Other questions, must now bo met, and other issues discussed; ; The progressive spirit of De mocracy, guided and controlled alone by the Constitution, is impatient of the restraint that would bind it to the lifeless bodies of dead and past issues. It looks to the, future, and invites the cordial co-opbialion of all true friends in the great work of recovering from the hands of the .opposition the advantage whiMi our division, more than their strength, has given them, and of adding new tiiumphs to the cause of Demo- cracy.” Important Foreion News. —By the arrival of the Europe and Arabia, wo have news from Europe to the Dthin'st. There had boon a dis cussion in the House of Commons on the Ke form bill. The rote was 291 for the second reading, and 330. for Lord John Russell’s reso lution-showing a majority against the govern ment of 39. The. English Ministers had deci ded on a dissolution of Parliament, but no day had yet been fixed for that event. The country is flooded with addresses to the Queen on the subject. The India Loan bill, for seven mil lions, had passed. The continental advices are very warlike and threatening. The latest in telligence says that the crisis is at hand. Groat bodies of Austrian troops are on the move for Italy. There is also great activity in France. The Bourse is depressed, and prices hud do dined nearly one per cent, the last two days. Tub Projected Cuban Revoeution. —A dis patch from Hew Orleans says that the accounts from New York respecting the departure from that city of an expedition of native Cubans, for the purpose of raiding a revolt in the Island, is fully'credited in well informed quarters, there. The project was organized inNewOrleansseve. ral months since, by a deputation of the Cubans in Now York and the leaders in New Orleans— but the failure of Slidell’s “ thirty million bill” put a stop to the expedition for the time being, much to the disgust of the Cuban patriots there. The expedition, however, is now fully revived ; the party from New York are expected tb,Jand : in an out of the way place on the Island, and their landing will be the signal for a rising— Arms in abundance were sent to the Island long since. The Vondeiissiith Tiuai.. —The trial of Danl. B.Yoncfersmith, of Lancaster, charged with ex tensive frauds on the Pension Bureau, commen ced in thp United States Court at Philadelphia, on. Wednesday. About forty witnesses' ‘nave been subpoeuseod from Lancaster city and county on behalf of the Government; among them his Honor Judge Long, Hon. John Stvohm, Rev. G. F. Krotol and others. Death op a'Jlehukh of the LHaisiATunii.— Samuel Balliot, a member of the House of Re presentatives; from Carbon county, diod-in Har risburg on Wednesday night, of erysipelas.— His remains wore taken home on Thursday, ac companled by his widow and other members of the bereaved family. The deceased was about 34 years of age, and was married during the recent session of the Legislature. ICT'.Tho Washington Gonstitution says that President Buchanan; is a yearly subscriber to that paper, and pays cash in advance. 'This is an example worthy of, being followed by some of the lesser lights in the Democratic party. The Sr.Avi' Trade and .Filubustbrism.’—- The charge recently delivered to tho grand ju ryin'tho U. S. Court at Mobile, by .Judge Campbell, is very highly commended by the Savannah Republican as .an earnest and con scientious condemnation of tliG Blavc trado'nUd filibusterism. He examines the slave trade and he finds it in fact, as well as in the opinions of the great men of the country, past and present, North and South, as well in the words they have uttered in regard to it, as llrey have helped to frame to crush it, to partake of the nature of piracy, and he so regards it. lie quotes the language of many distinguished Southern men, refers to, the treaties of all civilized; nations for tire purpose of suppressing it, and to the rigor of the laws of the United States to the same end, and declares that •‘the, public conscience has sanctioned tho rigor of the laws.” The Republican says ; ‘•That this course of. Judge Campbell will raise him in the estimation of the great mass of respectable and intelligent citizens of the Coun try-South and North, East and West —irre spective of parly, cannot be for a moment doubt ed. lie has shown himself the incorruptible and the fearless judge, who plainly lays down the laws and calls upon his sworn co-associates to perform their whole duty in executing them to their fullest extent.” Mr. James It. Redpath has recently been on a visit to Hayli, and is writing a series ol articles for the. New York Tribune, which give a most unfavorable account of tiro morals and tiro condition of tho people of that country.— Mr. Itcdpatli’s account of tho low state of mo rals Is truly deplorable. Ho says marriage is almost unknown. The woman who'lives in tho house with the man is regarded as liis wife, but each man Who can afford it is expected, to sup port several concubines. And this promiscu ous .intercourse degrades neither, the manner woman in the estimation of soqiely. Indeed, the mother first gives her consent before the daughter assumes the relation of concubine.— Tiro correspondent says tbo’ doctrine of free love, as applicable to tbo present condition of society, has bad free scope there for Uiahy years, and a more Utterly demoralizing system, of ,one better adopted to drive out all purity there js from the earth, can scarcely be conceived of.— There are some indications of improvements’, most of those who haive bad tboir education in Europe having returned with more correct ideas of the marriage relation. Passenger Railroads in Baltimore.— Some Baltimoreans recently obtained large privileges from the city for laying passenger railroads— the city assuming the right to grant such privi leges without consulting the Legislature. The; company sold their privilegos to some Philadel phians, which has produced dissatisfaction, and there is a resolution now before the. Councils of Baltimore, inquiring into the fact, and whether the city would be liable for damages for repeal ing the ordinance before the contractors have expanded any money upon the road. It is a significant fact that the proceed ings of tbo bogus Convention, at Harrisburg, qn the 13th instant, aro published; resolutions, speeches and'all,-In every prominent Republi can paper In Pennsylvania. It is equally sig nificant that not a single Democratic paper, ex. oepting only the Slale Sentinel and the Press, endorse those proceedings.. Juvenile Smokers. —A .cotemporary thinks .—and so do wo—thatjthero bnghl to bean edict issued against smoking by'brats under ago.— That some influence, legal or otherwise, should be exerted towards fho attainment'of such n desirable improvement, will be conceded by all. “ Young America’? is but little more than a col lection of sallow cadaverous looking boys, who smoko away their appetites and what little brains they may. have, and grow np miserable snobs, despised by men, and objects of disgust to re fined and sensible women. Franking, by Members op Congress. —As frequent inquiries are made on this subject, we will state that the franking privilege ofthe mem bers of the last Congress continues till the first Monday in December next j and the members of the succeeding Congress frank irom the 4th of March, the commencement of their term, or from the date of their election, if after that time. Narrow Escape. — A Buffalo paper says that one day last week, an employes ol the railroad between Lewistown and the Falls, whose busi ness it is to keep a lookout for land slides, and to warn trains of danger, stepped out of his lit tle guard-house, when a ton or two of rocks, from the overhanging .cliff, fell and crushed the house, with as little ceremony as though it had been a bandbox. US’” Buenos Ayers is awakening to a true sense of her position and prosperity. The Go vernment has become satisfied that the only safeguard for the Republic is the education of the masses; hence the education of youth has been taken away from the priesthood, and trans ferred to Common Schools,, which have been recently established as a department, modeled after those of the United States! JEWS. 4i) Case.— Miss Noble, the unfortunate young lady who was so frightfully mutilated by a tigress, some months since, at the Nation al Theatre,in Philadelphia, was last’Monday discharged from the Hospital; Previous to the deplorable occurrence she was a beautiful girl; She is now deprived of one arm, has . lost* an eyelid, and is scarred in a most disfiguring, manner. Miss Noble’s condition is much to be pitied, as she is motherless, and without any means of support. - . Medicai.'Dinnf.u. —On (he 29th of March four hundred doclors, of the faculty of Paris, had a subscription dinner at the grand Hotel du Louvre, the price of the tickets being sixteen francs ($3) each. The dinner was given in ho nor of the triumph of the regular faculty of Allqpathists over the Homeopathists, in a judg ment in their favor before ope of the French courts. . The first fruits of the Paraguay arrange ment have just reached the United Stales. A draft for ten thousand dollars, minus the dif ferenco of exchange,- has been received at the Department of State, as an indemnification to to the family of the seaman who was killed on board the “Water Witch,” in February, 185f>, by a shot from the Paraguayan fort, when that steamer was on her way to'explore the Parana river.; Dt7“ The citizens of Reading- and Allentown have recently been rejoicing over the completion of the East Pennsylvania Railroad, which pla ces them in direct communication with New York. This road will make the shortest direct route between New York and the great West, and will probably draw considerable trade from the Erie and Now York Central. The line-will he opened about the Ist of May; Unanimous Jury Verdicts. —Lord Camp-, bell recently introduced in, the British Parlia ment a bill, substituting the Verdict of the ilia-' jority for the ’uOanimous verdict of juries in civil cases. Only seven rotes were given for the measure in the Housc Vif Lords; that body being of opinion that the present arrangement is the'best. Lord Campbell urged, in favor of his bill, the trouble and expense caused by the dissenting of one juror, that a second trial was never so satisfactory as a ■ first one, that the ne cessity of retiming a unanimous verdict,often led to improper compromises by the jurors, and lastly that the operation of the change ho pro posed had been attended with good results in Scotland. But Lord Lyndhurst in reply, said that the present law was one of the fundamen tal laws of .the kingdom, that -it had existed some five hundred 3‘cars, bad been admired by the most eminent lawyers ,iu the country, and that no, satisfactory cause for a change had been shown. In nineteen cases out of twenty the jury never retire, and not one ,in five hun dred is discharged for want of agreement among the jurors, The strongest argument in favor of the present, system was, that, by requiring unanimity, fullapd complete discussion is in sured, the minority, instead of yielding too rea dily to the view of the majority, naturally be ing led to resist conclusions upon which they differ, And for which their sense of duty makes them unwilling to be answerable. • Cocnty’Supeuintendency.— This peculiar!- ty of our Common School system seems to bo growing very unpopular, and strong efforts were made the last session to haVo It abolished. i\t a meeting held in Crawford County last week,'to take into consideration school matters in general, a very spicy scries of resolutions was adopted, to the effect that the present school system of this Slate Is defective and tyrannical in many of itsiprovisions, and that the office of County Superintendent is on imposition upon the people, and ought to be abolished. They recommend that every school ■ district call mee tings for the purpose of investigating the pres ent school law. “ Old Ironsides. "—The commission of Com modore Charles Stuart; under the act' of Con gress, constituting him senior officer pf the Uni ted States navy, is now in course of preparation,- it is said, and will-soon bo delivered to him.— The effect of this act will he to place-Commo dore Stewart at the head of the active list of na val officers, and give him on honorable grade preceding that of all other, captains in the ser vice. DC? - The Troy Whig says of the young lady who died from the effect of haying her ears pierced, that instead of placing silk in the wounds, as is customary, she.uscd colored wors-; ted, which was the cause of her death. The operation is ntfifat all. dangerous, if conducted in a proper manner, with the use of sifft or sil ver wire. Monts FlLUltcstßlltNa.—-Wo liaVo a rliffidr by telegraph, from St. Couis. of a'secret organ ization among the Pike’s Peak emigrants, for the purpose of taking forcible possession of So nora and Chihuahua. The St. Louis Mcpubli can gives currency to the report, and states that prominent parties in that city arc interes ted in this new filibustering movement; Tjib "Sumb 'Mes op Boston."- -A cata logue of the "solid men of Boston,” recently published, says that Win. Appleton is worth §754,000 ; the Fifty Associates', §1,102.000 ; the heirs to John D. Williams Shaw, §1,072,- 000 ; John Quincy, §O3B C. Grayl.- §067,000; and Mrs. Cornelia A. 000. There are a number of $400,000 and §300,000 fellows mentioned, but the names of; owners of such insignificant amounts of proper ty are hardly worth repeating. At least (hey should not be mentioned in the same paragraph with the millionaires. ' . DC?” The Rev. Mr. Harden, the melhodist minister who is charged with the dreadful crime of poisoning his Wife, has. been arrested at Wheeling, Va-, and taken back to Rclvidere, N. J., where much excitement prevails in regard to the matter. ’ DC?” The Senate of our State Legislature elects one third of its members each year, two-thirds, or twenty-two, holding over. The political complexion of those who hold over at this time is as follows: Eleven Democrats, eleven Oppo sition. Of the retiring Senators, six arc Demo crats and five Opposition. DC?” The colored waiters at the Jones House. Harrisburg, have presented Mr. Williston, re presentative in the late Legislature from Tioga county, with a gold-headed cane. It bears the following inscription, which tells its own story.- ‘•Presented to Hon. t. P. Williston; by the Waiters at the Jones House, for bis indefatiga ble efforts in the liberation of Daniel Webster, the fugitive, at Harrisburg, April 2nd, 1859.” Death op a Pakdoked Muiiperbu.— ■John Oapie, who was shot on Sunday, in a fireman’s fight,, died in Philadelphia, on Wednesday, at the Hospital. Capie was convicted,' several years since, of the murder of Christopher Soo han, and was sentenced to be hanged, but was pardoned by Governor Pollock, after three yetufe’ imprisonment. . « . Kansas Politics. —The offlciaJjjnajOrity at the late election in Kansas, in favor of the call ing of a State Constitutional Convention was 3881 votes. Governor Medary has issued a proclamation, providing for the election of del egates to the Constitutional Convention, to as semble at Wyandotte, in June nest. O’ Hon. Henry D. Foster, of Westmore land, is favorably mentioned by a number ol Western papers ns the nest Democratic candi date for Governor. ted for Congress by the Democrats of Franklin comity, Kentucky, in spite of bis previous de clinature. Peace with Paraguay. —lntelligence has been received from Paraguay that the treaty of peace with the United States was formally sign ed on the Shh February at Asuncion, the details being as before reported. [CT 4 Josiah Hand all, for many years a pro minent member of the Whig party, in Philadel phia, last week presided over nr Democratic mass meeting called to ratify the nominations’ of the party in that city. Killed' by Hartshorn. —A little child of Geo. Boyer, in Brush Valley,' Huntingdon county, was killed by a dose of Hartshorn, which an elder lad gave it, of course without Jtieing aware of its effects, the otlicr day. The. Pike’s Peak Bmigration.-Soff,*!** .j A correspondent of ihe fiostoi s,Omal -. .j. ting from Broome county, Kansas. - ’ , lays*. Peak emigrants. They are earned n .‘ ke * parties along the waters of almost evervwT waiting for, to start before • further. Those who went out T mo niK d ' ng and are now beyond the timbered region .! 6 '’; have suffered greatly during the recent I""* 1 storms ami severe weather. Manv bMwm,!!* small stoelfsnf proriSio& ifet J e Imusted. Even here, before flfty miles if journey are completed, some without mono,. outfit, beg their subsistence daily from th„> mers along the route. Many hive' ,phK the quartermasters at Fort Laramie and P, lt Kearney for provisions to save them from 8 t« vation. There is it: story currunt that tw hundred of these footmen threatened tlmautw rilies at Kearney that they would captureZ fort unless supplies were granted. ‘ Anot parly took forcible possession of two loads of flour and meat, and sent the driva", back to the States. Some have died unon T route, and before the summer is ended manv» plain, nijlo cross by the road-side will tJ.S the last resting place of a gold seeker' Tti number in the Territory now en rotito f or iiimcs, is little less than fifteen thousand ana there is no perceptible decrease in the imm’iera lion. Meanwhile the reports frofo the mine, continue very conflicting, and though mannm sanguine, the information is by no means sail, faejory. Thu number o( hand carts and wheelbarrcm* on tho way is almost inCiodlhlo. In st i 0 sepli, a few days since, a tram bfsii hahdCarls' witli the emigrants harnessed in, had W st ,.’ ted for the ferry, and attracted considerable at' tention, when a fellow u f most' solemn visaed shouted out to them at the distance of hull a square: “Halloa I .hold.on there.” The gold seekers stopped, while he came Up nhd askil “are you going to Pike’s Peak “Yes " ™ the rather Cfuaty response. “Well, why’don’t you wait for the grass /” continued the inlet rogator. “What do we Waht With grass'/ ffo havn’t any cattle.” “Very true ; hut you are making asses of yourselves, and you ought to look out for provender I” Amidst the roar of laughter which came up from the crowd, tin ‘‘Pike’s Peakers”. made a general rush for.lhcit persecutor, and.nothing hut a nlmlile use ol his logs saved the wag troni a sound drubbing. • The Somerset Democrat, a paper claimed as sympathizing with the Press, in its disbrgan. lying; movements, in commenting upon the bo gus Convention, says : “ Wo were willing it should be held, ImllVetO determined Ip rebuke, its action'lf (hut uetifin tended to enlarge tile sbhlslti that nlreud/exiat cd In our ranks.- - That its object and action was such —that it tvas assembled for that purpose and tor no .other, Vve are .fully convinced—and as a Democrat who.has' no sympathy with tac tions opposition in our own ranks,- and who netrer cun. consent to give ‘aid and comfort’ to the Abolitionists, by opening to them the way to victory, wo condemn and repudiate the oh ject, intent and action of this libel so-called Dei mooratic State Convention." . Digit in A Si-Assi.— We staled inonrlostissllo that four children.bf a-Mr. Jones, a citizen ot our town, were yesterday bitten by a dog fie. longing to the faintly, and that the animal was supposed, by some persons, to bo in a rabid condition. In confirmation of this sfffipositiaii, it is now said that the dog snliacqueMjy died in ■a spasm. Olio or two of the childrerrwere very severely bitten, and their condition it truly pit iablo v A child of. another family mjhe neigh borhood was also bitten on the cheek, by (lie same dog. ; The parents are in great distress, and the sympathy of the entire community lias been aroused in .behalf, of them and their little ones. Again we say, if the owners o( dogs will not keep them confined,' let the war of externa-. nation, go on ’.—Harrisburg Telegrtlp/u CoXOEAI.Eb DRAbLy 'WF.ifOtiS-— 'A Lcgi3lnt?^ : l) avo passed a : law making it a mis- ,W e arry a pistol, bottle knife, dirk,, or' (ifirbdtfiei* Concealed deadly weapon. under the pcnally of a fine not exceeding §2OO, and Imprisonment not more -,han thirty days fof the first offenoe; and $5OO fine, and imprisonment for three months,-or. both, at the discretion of the court, for- the second offence; and. in pur suance of the law, the Mayor of (Cincinnati has directed the police to arrest and bring before him all persons Whom they shall find with con cealed Weapons. This is a Very salutary laW, if it is only enforced. A similar law was enac ted, some ycars ago, by the Legislature ol Penn sylvania, yet there is scarcely a week passes that lawless rowdies, running w.ith fighting fire companies, do not carry arid use pistoiS, slung shola, and other deadly concealed weapons, in their collisions with each other. They are fre quently,arrested, but wo seldom or never hoar of their prosecution, conviction and punishment- DC?” The use of lime in planting potatoes is strongly recommended by a genileman of Lan caster connly, as a certain preventive to the rot. DC?” The Clinton Democrat says that the wheat never looked better in that county thart it does this spring. So say all our exchanges. JC?* You may insert a thousand excellent things in a ncjyspaper, and never hear a word of approbation from the readers, but just let tt paragraph slip ini (by accident.) of one or two lines, not suited to tbeir tastes, ami you will he sure to hear of it. DC?” A National Convention of firemen is pcce posed to be bold in Pittsburg, on iho 4th of J" 1 ly next. ~~ CLOtnixa.— This desirable, and in fact neccS' sary article, can bo had at Steiner’s cheap Clothing store, ns they have just received a splendid stock of Spring and Summer Clothing, mode up in the best and most fashionable style, which they will sell at such prices as to suit every body. , It will be to the advantage of every person to go there before making purcha ses.- See advertisement in another column. O'/" - A riot occurred among the firemen o York. Pa., a few nights .ago. Stones were thrown, street lamps were hroken, dwelling 3 damaged, and some of the participants injured- OCT" Sturgeon meat is selling in Philadelphia at from four to six cents per pound. 3®anufr. On the.l9th icfstanC by Bov. J-, Evans, Mr- Samuel Moiilbr, of Orrstown, to Miss WA Jane Snyder, of Frankford. On the 28d inst, at his residence, at Bon fa Springs, by the RoV. W. 0. Bennot, Pete . Eoe, Esq.','to Miss Elisb Johns. ■ . • 'Dis. In this borough, on tho 14th inst., at hi idenco, Babney Carney, aged 76 }’ onr *' ■ ~.1., At Sacramento City, California, on til of March, at tho house of Mrs.. Kennady, M Robert W. M’Coud, formerly of Carlisle. • On tho 2()th inst., Hanky Perbin, mfam son of Henry A. and Hannah M. Sturgeon, months. “ Suffer little children to co mo.” msg- For a cheap and pleasing p>c turcTgo to Mrs. Reynolds, door west of Dr, Zitzer , s ,- ofEee. — gw® <Sf
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