AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BhATTON, Editor ft-Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA.,, DEO. 29, 1859.- Delegate Eleotionr Piitauantto notice,, the Democratic Stand ing Committee mot at the public house of J. Iloiaer, on the 24th December, 1859, when, on motion,- it was jßestdved, That the Democratic cetera of CumbOrlaiia county, ho requested to yioot at -their usual pl&corof township,-ward or borough-oleotidns, on Saturday the ith'ddy of January ■DQTS/b, and elect two delegates from caoh' tOwni6hi£; Word and borough, tomeetin County Convention,- at' the Court House, in Carlisle, on day of January,' at 10J o’clock, for the purpose of selecting delegates ,tp-represent Cumberland county in the;next Democratic State Convention. jtffjbkij .That said election for .delegates be held, in the several townships between the hours-of 1 and 4 o’clock, and in the boroughs between the hours of 3 and 5 o’clock'P. M. Sallied,- 7 That these[proceeding bo publish ed jU tVft'Demobrjitio papers.qf the county. : ■'.-j' . B- CoßtisiAif,- Chairman. . Jjjo. S ANDERsosr, Seedy.' ■ BjaSrt The editor of the Volunteer tenders to its friends and readers the compliments of the soahotr,'with Kis best, wishes for their health andyiapjnnesa.:- . . BST" Our friend, Tuo’s. M. Biddle, Esq., of Philadelphia," will, accept our thanks for the four bottles .of superior mineral water sent us % . express. " ,We "opened one of them on Christmas morning, and found.it to be A No. 1. Of "COursS ourtoaat (drank standing) was, “ health and prosperity to our friend.” . The-annual meeting of tho Cumber land County, Agricultural- Society, for tho election of Officers for - tho ensuing year, will be held-at the Court House, Carlisle, on Tues day, January 3d, 1860. See advertisement." President's . Message. —A few hours be : fore going to press, .we received from Presi dent Buchanan, a copy of his Annual Mes sage. Of course we have had no time to read it, but intend to at first, opportunity.. It.is quite lengthy, and will occupy a - page and a half Of our paper.- Wo will publish-it .in our next. Hothino Done Yet.— -The House Of Repre sentatives have not yet been able to agree upon a Speaker The 24th ballot, taken on Saturday, stood Sherman 103, Millson 27, Gilmer 19, Bocock ID, SoatterinefiS,—- In the Senate, Gen. Bowmanf. of the Con stitution, has received the caucua_nomlnation for Printer to that body. It is supposed that, in consequence of the thinness of the Senate, the President will not send in-, his Annual Message before the'2d of January. .Lectures on. Chemistry and Electricity. —As will be seen by his card in another col umn, Prof. WiLsoN-of Dickinson College, pro poses to deliver a-.course of lectures on the above subjects, in the lecture-room of the Grammar School building, West High street —the first lecture to bo on the 3d of January. Pxof. W. is weU booked up on the subjects he proposes. to discuss, and is a happy and fluent speaker. Wc hopc to see his lectures well attended. Swiss Bell-Ringers.— Those of our citi zens who love good music, should embrace the present opportunity'of attending the Concerts to be given by this charming band of musi cians, who draw, we are told; such enchant ing melodies from the Bells. Wherever they have appeared they have drawn'crowds of ad miring listeners, who have uniformly been loud in their expressions of delight. Our ex changes speak of their concerts as being won derful, so fine is their execution and cheering in their effect. The Concerts will be given in Education Hall, on Thursday, Friday ’ and Saturday,evenings of this week; and the en tertainment will be varied by solos on Violin, Cornet, and Harp. It is unfortunate that Rhoem’s Hall is engaged during this week, but the location of Education Hall need bo no drawback on the entertainment. Wp bespeak for them full and fashionable audiences. Fiaß.T-LAbout a quarter past twelve o’clock on Wednesday morning last, the large barn belonging to Mr. Geo. Cart, and occupied by, .My. Wm. .Cart, ..on Pitt.street, was discovered to bo on fire, and before any effective aid could bo rendered, the wfiolo building was envel oped in flames.. By the well directed efforts of our firemen and citizens, the fire was con fined to the ■ stable,, which, with its contents, was soon reduced to ashes. Pour horses per ished in the flames, and a quantity of wheat, com, straw, &c., was also consumed. Mr. Cart, wo are glad to learn, had his horses in sured, and will bo paid for this part of his loss. This fire was the work of an incen diary. DtirocitATic State Central Committee.— We, inyite attention to the proceedings of the Deinpcratio State Central Gommitte in anoth er column. The resolutions adopted'are'bold and’Vigorous in tone, treating the exciting issues of the day with plainness, and throw ing the responsibility for the existing state of things whore it so manifessly belongs. Bocal Newsbapebs.— Local newspapers shouldbp a ..complete reflex of the business and prosperity,of their place of publication, and -every one ought to bo impressed -with the importance of this fact who has charge of such journals. . It should bo the imperative duty of all business men to patronize, sustain and ’encourage their journals, not only for their own individual interest, but for the welfare of the community hr-which they are published. Local news of local papers is So regarded by intelligent business men hr every-place-. It is through this source that one is qualified to judge of tho business and activity of'towhs and -Villages; therefore the necessity of liber ally patronizing local papers, not only by the Way of advertising, but to furnish the materi al to make them entertaining and profitable to all.- 1 It cannot bo expected that tho editor is cognizant of all that is transpiring through out thetown and country, and for this reason every man should feel if a privilege' to assist in making "public, through, tho local paper, events of daily occurrence in-tho community in which he resides., BJ'this course editors can furnish through their respective-papers a complete record of all that transpires of-inr terost in towa and country,. TBE PAST AND NEW YEAR. Before wo again issue the Volunteer, the year 1859 will hayo possod away—forever 1— A fow days more' and its last knell will bo' heard amid the (drills and gloom of winter.— The departure of* the old and ! thq ushering in of the new year,-bring" to OUr recollection n long, train of thoughts—some pleasing, but many sad. . .Wp instinctively name over mnpy dear and beloved fripnds who have been called from time to eternity during the year about to end ;■ wo examine our own household, and many of usfind tho centre of attraction gone, our cherished hopes in » measure blighted, and the solemn truth forcing itself upon ns. that dur own existence is hut a vapor. Yes, the advent of the new year will cause many to think over the bright hopes they have been called upon to bury in the tomb during tho past year—how many friends have proved false or ungrateful—how many have gone down in the gloom of solitude, or amidst scenes of sickness and poverty, or of sighing and sor row. Such ever has been, such will continue to bo the reflections of man op tho departure of tho year, .. But, if our course has been wearisome through fields of sterility, or. if, in the provi dence of God, wo have been made melancho ly, we should all remember that Wisdom and •Goodness preside over our destinies, whether wo are breasting the storm, or calmly behold ing the rainbow of promise. Tho year that is bidding us adieu, was pleasant in its course, and its decline, like that of tho long afflicted patient, gradual and beautiful. To vise tho language of an eminent man, writing on this subject, “ The new year to which we are just to bo introduced, is, in one sense, a perfect stranger, though we have long been intimate , with the family to which it belongs, and of course have some general acquaintance with the certain features of its characters, leading us to anticipate its promises, and its failure to perform them in many instances—its smiles and its tears—its flatteries and its frowns— its gaieties and hopes—its gradual decline, decay and dissolution; but wo have abundant reason too, for indulging the belief that we may enjoy thousands of blessings, if we are disposed to cherish proper feelings—to be hind and courteous and obliging, and over on our guard to avoid unnecessarily wounding'the' feelings of others; ever reddy- to acknowledge the favors we'receive; and fonder a suitable return." . ' How easily all this may bo done 1 How of- ten'it is grossly neglected 1 He who consults his own case and comfort cannot in any man ner attain the desired result so readily and certainly,,as by habitually consulting the ease and comfort of others, with whom he is in the habit of associating; and this is true polite ness also. , A man who is dissatisfied with himself and those around him, and laboring under the darkening influence of disturbed or morose feelings, “may travel from Dan to Beersheba, and say it is all barren;" to him it will appear so; and the effect would' be the same if his journey lay amidst the'most de lightful scenes of rural beauty. The seasons of the year all give their annu al lessons for instruction: it is our wisdom to regard them carefully.- Spring-summons us all to cheerful activity, with assurances' that our labor will not be in vain Summer per forms what Spring has promised, and shows us the advantage of listening to early instruc tion, and wisely improving it. Ten thousand songsters are filling the branches with their animating strains of music and gratitude, and teaching us to enjoy, as they do, the countless blessings and bounties of nature; their music is never failing—nor do wo see it ending in discords. Lot us learn to measure our time with care, to cultivate our voices, that they may lose all harshness; lot each attend to his own part, and strive to excel in that. Let us consider our feelings, passions, and disposi tions,-as the strings of the harp, and the ordi nary events of'life'as the,breezes which give vibration to the strings; if those strings—our feelings, passions and’ dispositions—are in proper tune, under duo • regulation, and pre serving a just relation, each tO all the'others, we have then all the elements of moral music, domestic and social, and in a few weeks, by due regard to all the principles and arrange ments above mentioned, we shall soon be good scholars, giving and receiving all that plea sure which harmony oan> afford; and as the sober Autumn advances, our tastes for this kind of music will bo, more and nmre ripened towards perfection; and' when the cold De oemberly evenings shall arrive, wo can listen to the angry music of the elements abroad, full of discordant strains, sweeping by our peaceful homos, while within them all may be the music of the heart, in its gentlest mover monts. It is a melancholy truth, that wo ourselves manufacture seven-bights of what we are dis posed 'to terra our misfortunes in this world. Want of precaution mars our arrangements— want of prudence exposes us to dangers which wo might easily have avoided—want of pa- tience- often hurries us into difficulties, and disqualifies us to bear them -with calmness or deconcyv- Ihdulgoncos in follies and fashions often plan the seeds of wasting disease. In temperance in our passions always is followed by unwelcome sensations, andisomctimes with a sense of shame. Stimulants are succeeded b >y debility, and when they are used'to excess, wo know and daily witness the- dreadful re sults—if death is not one of them—either the death of the offender, or of some other, de stroyed hy his haud'in the tempest of infuria ted passions; wo are too often compelled to mourn over the desolation'they occasion—pre senting, in one view, “ Data, grief, despair j the family of pain.”.’ _ The days arc now at their shortest pe riod, and begin to lengthen. It is generally conceded by almanac makers that winter com mences with tho shortest day. ■ Tho old cou plet runs in this -way; As tho days begin to lengthen Tho cold begins to strengthen'. Although wo have had a few touches from tho old frost King, yet it seems as though ho had boon holding his breath to redouble his strength and give us a hard freezing blast from his Arctic temple before long; - - Death op a Member of. the Legislature. —Marks D. Whitman, one of tho members of tho Legislature l from Dauphin county, died at his residence" in Lykens, on Saturday last, from the effects of a severe cold contracted last fall. DNFAIB, Wo are sorry to see that some of tho Mary land papers ore endeavoring to create the im pression that our court, in discharging Euan dPl Myers, indicted for Kidnapping, was not slricere; and that they really field him liable for thooosts, on his own recognizance, and in- tend some day to arrest and imprison l Kim for them. This, in plain English, is charging-.the Court, and the counsel for tho Commonwealth, with an intention to commit a fraud, with bad faith, and with every thing that is dishonora ble. Party or sectional feeling should not bit carried quite so for; and the citizens of Mary land should fool that we are as sincere in our friendship to them ns they are to itsi Tho plain state of tho cose is this—Throe objects were to bo accomplished in the ar rangement. " The State of Maryland wished to try in tho Supremo Court of the United States, - ns represented by. her counsdl, Mr. MeßEditP, certain questions of law arising under tho Constitution of the, United States. Tho counsel for Myers wished, to save him from the Penitentiary, and the prosecutors wished to save the negroes from being sold into perpetual slavery. It was therefore pro posed by some friends of both parties that if the negroes could he saved from slavery and returned to Pennsylvania, Myers should bo released, discharged- and sent home. The Court, through feelings of humanity, gave their assent to this proposition, and signified their willingness to co-operate, if lh6 counsel for the Commonwealth were satisfied; The counsel for the Commonwealth gave it their hearty assent, and hoped that the negroes would bo returned, and that in consideration of this act of humanity, Myers should bo re leased and discharged. Mr. Miller, tho counsel for Myers,- then agqeed to go to Fre derick city, and see whether bo could procure a return of the negroes. He went on, and with the assistance of Col. Wm. P. Maulsbey, one of tho noblest and best of men, ho suc ceeded, and brought the negroes back with him. On Monday morning after the return of the negroes, Mr. Miller appeared in Court and stated that the negroes were returned to their former home in Dickinson township, and that; in accordance with the understanding, he would' How move the discharge of Myers.— ■ But, as' the State of Maryland wished'to take the case to the Supreme Court of the United States, it Would have to be done in such form as to enable her counsel to do so. Sotting aside the verdict and entering a nolle prosequi, j would not answer the purpose, and a pardon from the Governor would not answer the.pur poso. Ho therefore withdrew his motion for a new trial, , and asked that only a formal judgment should be entered on the verdict, and that Myers should bo discharged on his own recognizance. , Judge Watts, on part of the Commonwealth, fully assented to the request, and agreed that Myers should bo discharged in anyforin that his counsel requested—that- He did not think a. writ of error .would lie to the Supreme Court of the United States, and that he did? not see what was to be gained by taking tho'.caso there when the prisoner was fully dischargod. “ But,” ho remarked, “ that ia'a question for the gontletaon.on the other side' to consider, not for me. If they wjah.to'taho the naked 1 legal questions up, and can get the writ of er- I ror, lam satisfied.” Ho further remarked, that "he was the better satisfied-with the ar rangement, for three reasons. Ist. Because the majesty of our laws was vindicated in Myers’ conviction, arid people were taught that outrages of this character could not bo committed within the borders of our State, even in the darkness of night. 2d. A great > act of humanity was accomplished in saving the negroes from being sold into perpetual slavery. 3d. Mvers would be released,- and he was satisfied that ho should be released and discharged, as he did not look upon him as by ahy means the most guilty party. That hd regarded Warfield and Strausderger as the greatest criminals', and who should bo made to suffer the heaviest punishment. That he thought Myers had been led into error by -them, and that ho was their dupe. He there fore fully assented to his discharge in any form that his counsel desired.” The Court expressed their satisfaction with the arrangement, and as it met so fully the sanction of the counsel for the Commonwealth, and as the’.interests of humanity woto so clearly promoted' by it, they: would' cordially I carry it out.- - Under these - circumstances, wo’hope our friends in Maryland will believe-us sincere, ‘and that Mvers is as safe’ in .coming- into Pennsylvania as ho evor was. - A Presentiment. —The Valley Spirit, of? Chamborsburg, in alluding to tho accidental death of the fireman Henry. Mlnnich, on the Cumberland Valley railroad, opposite Harris burg, noticed in the- Volunteer lost week, says that the deceased, on leaving home in the morning to go to his work, remarked to his wife that ho had an apprehension that some calamity would befall him that day. So firm-, ly was this impressed on his mind, that he turned back after starting, and expressed his unwillingness to go to his employment. Af ter reflecting over tho matter for some" time, ho seemed to dash tho thought from his mind, and suddenly started from home in a gloomy mood. His wife says such, a circumstance never took place with him before. He always loft home for his work pleasantly and willing ly. Tho remains of tho deceased wore interred in Cedar Grove Cemetery, at Chamborsburg, last Sunday. ■ The funeral was attended by all the employees of tho road, walking in a body together, with a largo concourse of citi zens generally. The engineers and firemen employed on^the railroad • held a meeting at Chamboraburgon M6nday, ■ and passed'rcso lutions of respect for the; deceased.- Tub Dead Badv. —Tho following exquisite lines-, which we find floating around on the sea of newspapordom uncreditod, aro worthy of preservation: “ Safer than in the nurse or-mother’s arms, Tree from all present and future harms, Mantled in sacred rest an infant sleeps, And God himself the guardian station keeps, llopose celestial! sleep supremely blest! Who-can look on-and'envy not such rest!" BSjT By tho death of Hon. Linn Boyd, Hon. Thomas P; Porter, President of tho Senate and- Senator fdr the Thirty-second district, composed of tho counties of Woodford, Jessa mine, and Franklin, becomes the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. ■ 1 ‘ ’ 1 Nation of Orators. The large number ofpublio speakers in the United States has always attracted the Tatton tion of European writers, and our country has often been sylod a “ nation oforators.’’ The educational system of our country, (remarks a cotemporary,) our political organization, and tho increased influence of a man that can speak in public, combine to produce more good, off band, unembarrassed orators hero than in any other country in the world. The fluency, boldness and self-possession of Ame rican speakers is in marked contrast with tho opposite qualities so generally noticed in most English orators. John Bull mCtet have: a grand dinner when-any great object is to bo achieved, but brother Jonathan must have' n succession of distinguished speakers, or spea kers who wish tp be distinguished. It cannot be denied that many of . tho speeches in our deliberative assemblies are diffuse, and that the business of tho State and nation is retar ded by tho desire of our public men to “ air their vocabulary.” In politics it is found that a popular orator will ofljfin make a better can didate for his party than a man of more expe rience and far greater executive ability. Tho most superficial survey will show what n, power and force.eloquence is ip this country. In every department of society tho orator is received with attention, and honors are show ered upon him. These facts should engage the attention of young men, they should cul tivate the art of oratofy, with a view of be comiug fluent, graceful and eloquent speak ers. Some of oiir most gifted public orators have reached their present distinction by long and careful training. Their example should stimulate others to strive f° r the same degree of excellence. ■ Death of Hon. Linn Boyd! —Tho Hon. Linn Bovd died at his residence in Kentucky on Sunday, the 19th inst., after an acute and lingering illness. Mr. Dorn had been for ov er thirty years id public life, 'mostly as a Rep resentative in Congress -from Kentucky, and had but recently been elected Lieutenant-Gov- ernor of that State. I He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, November 22,1800, and was con sequently 59, at tho time' of his death. He served for a number of years as a Represen- tative in the Legislature of Tcnnesgep;, but afterwards emigrated, tp Kentucky. ■ He was elected to Congress in’ 1835, and served for two years! He was in 1839, and served continuously until 1855, in all of which time he maintained an unsullied record as a man of broad and enlightened views and true patriotism. He was a zealous and faithful representative, and won during his Congres sional career a very marked degree of public confidence. Ho served in the 31st Congress as Chairman oftho Committee on-Territories, and during his last term, occupied the chair of Speaker of the discharging .th‘e du- ties of that responsible,position with remark able efficiency; and with a firmness, courtesy, and impartiality that justly endeared him to his colleagues and associates. He was ardent ly attached to the principles of the Democrat ic party, and labored for their promulgation with the full confiding , faith that they embo died the’deV’e'olpmcnt of the power and great ness of the country, add that through their operation 'only could: tb,o Gnion'of tho Ameri can Statos.be s| ! cngth«TiSa and jirn^erWil—, In. the death of such a man Kentucky has lost a noble and unselfish citizen, and thocountry a pure and enlightened patriot.- B®“Wo are honestly and conscientiously of the opinion that the- sectional Ministers”of New England, since the Presidential campaign of 1856, have done more injury to the cause ,of Christianity than they will be able to re pair in the next quarter of a century. They have turned their pulpits into more political stumps, and instead of leading their flocks to seek salvation through'thfi true principles of the Gospel, they teaijh them that the first groat duty of man is to hatetaegrb slavery.— Instead of inculcating love qf country, and la boring to spread the Gospel in its purity, they lead their listeners from the true path, and build up congregations of infidel sand traitors. Your out-and-out abolition preacher is the worst being on the face of God’s earth. State of Nebraska. —The good people of Nebraska seem to bo entering upon the work of forming a State constitution in an orderly •manner. A bill has been introduced into the 'House by Mr. Brodhead, which provides for n.n election on the 20th instant, at which de logatos ate- to bo chosen to a convention for the purpose of’framing-such a, constitution. It further provides’ that the constitution so framed" shall bo sdbnnttbd td the popular vote on the' 22d- day of February. Oh the first Monday iu May, if the people vote for it, State'officers are'to be eleCted under it,- XT’ There is nows from Oregon to the 25th ult. A Democratic convention has been held in Oregon City. Sixteen delegates from eight counties withdrew, leaving eleven counties represented. Those who remained elected General Lane, and Judge Deady as delegates to the Charleston convention, instructing them to vote for General Joe Lane for President.— The.secoders resolved to support the nominee of the Oharlesttn Convention, but elected no delegates. ' The Forrest Divorce Case.— ln the case of Cathariner N l . Forrest against Edwin For rest, the RefoVco decides that Mrs. Forrest should bo allowed $4OOO a year from the I9th day of November, 1850; and that Mr. Forrest should place'the mtrtgagO' on the Fonthill property in the' hands of the' United States Trust Company, as ieourity for the payment of the allowance. ■; The Repudlican, National Convention, —The Republican National Committee- met at the AStor House,' New, York, on th'e to fix the time and place for holding the Re publican National Convention, to nominate candidates for the-Presidency and Vico Presi dency. A large-npmbor of delegates were present. The Governor of the State’ and a large number of the members of the. State Legislature wore present. • It was agreed up on that the Republican National Convention shall be hol'd at Chicago, oh Juno ISth, 1860; Sincere. —The groat praise-worthy oharap toristio of John Brown, in the estimation of many, is, that ho &aa sincere. We do not question the foot. Benedict Arnold was - sin core in his treason;;so were the Puritans of New England, when they burnt witches and persecuted the Quakers. Sincerity is com mendable only, when properly exercised. • Tho “Aggreislve” Policy of tho " Republican 1 Party. The New York Times, a paper which in 1866 was strongly “Republican,” and advo cated the election of Fremont to the Presiden cy, don’t Bcem to relish ,tho evident tendency of its party to Abolitionism; and in a well written and judicious article on tho present tendencies of tho “Republican” party, it puts forth in a strong light the fact that while the express purpose for which that party has been organized has been accomplished, while it has no unity of opinions or harmony of action on any other article of political faith, its leaders are now nbolitionizing its platform, and urg ing its adherents' to a position-in-violation of tho Constitution. Thousands of calm and sobcr-minded“Eopublicans” declare that they can have no share in this “progressive” move ment; thousands are seeking now for some other channel of action—some association of men for political purposes which shall fairly express a true, sober and Constitution-loving sentiment, and at tho same time shall be pos sessed of more than the one idea of anti-slave ry. The. Times alleges that the, party is be coming rapidly Aholitionized; that “instead of limiting its ainis to prevent the extension of slavery, it is preparing to wage open War on slavery itself in the Southern States ‘ that it is thus gradually throwing aside its nation al character, and becoming openly a sectional, anti-slavery, abolition party. Its tending or gans deny the charge in words,—but tho very terms of the denial involve a substantial ad mission of its truth.” If we are not grossly mistaken in oUr in terpretation of the popular mind, the elements of disruption are already planted in tho Re publican party, and when it becomes evident, as soon it must, that ito drift is towards aboli tionism and active aggression upon the South, tho large moderate element within it will de sert the organization and seek some other al liance. How the Opposition Govern. Ever since the advent of President Buchan an’s Administration, the Opposition curs of every hue and color, mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound, Tray, Blanche and Sweetheart, have kept up a continuous yelping and whining about the mal-administration of the affairs.of the nation. To hoar their direful ull'ulations, one would Imagine that Mr. Bu chanan was worse than Lafitte, and his Cabi net a set of pirates that out-Kidd Kidd him self. It was, therefore, not strange that the piteous complaints of the holy saints of the Opposition, should have so wrought upon the weak-minded and the susceptible as to give them a majority in Congress. The blessed fools that thought to benefit their country by sending Opposition demagogues to Congress, were numerically sufficient to place the Dem ocrats in a minority in that body.' And what is the result? Why weeks on weeks are frit tered away in the attempt to organize this Opposition Congress. The Opposition have a clear majority of forty votes in that body and yet they cannot agree upon a candidate, for Speaker. ■ The time of the session is consum ed in fruitless, attempts to elect a presiding officer, Whilst the interests of the people are suffering from wanton and premeditated ne- I gleet. What say the people to this great re turn! instituted by their beloved Oppostion Congressmen ? What say the mail contrac tors who are longing for the passage of the ’.p'flstal Appropriation bill? If the Democrats had the majority in Congress, the house would have been organized long ago, and the busi ness of the country would have been under process of transaction. Such facts need no comment. So'says the Bedford Gazelle. ' Another Applicant for Admission into the Union.’ —Governor Black;-of Nebraska, in his message to the Territorial Legislature, da ted December 6th, warmly urges the admis sion of that Territory into the Union. He confesses that she does not possess at the pres ent time, a sufficient population to entitle her to a representative under the existing ratio of 93,423, but ho enters into an elaborate argu ment to prove that this is no legal barrier to her admission, and cites thd examples of Flor ida and Arkansas. • ' . • Hon. John C. Breckinridge. —The current seems to be setting in rather strong just now in favor of this gentleman’s' nomination for President of the United States. Quite a'num ber of papers in Pennsylvania have expressed a preference for him, within the past week or two. Mr. Breckinridge has, undoubtedly, a strong hold upon the affections of the people of Pennsylvania, and would make a gallant leader in the coming contest. His chance for the nomination at Charleston is very fair. , Singular. —The 23d of April, the day fixed -’upon by the National Democratic Standing ComhiittcTi for the Charleston Convention, is the birth day of both President Buchanan and Stephen A. Douglas.- This was nottho’t of by the Committee, while that early day was deemed the best for the Northern members, who do not wish to incur any risk from tho Charleston climate. , Fanaticism Rebuked. —Captain Harring ton, Democrat, who was re-elected Mayor of Manchester, N. H., last week, over the Re publican candidate, is the gentleman who, when the fanatics of that city attempted the tolling the bell of the city hall on the day of John Brown’s execution, defeated the base attempt by dropping their emissaries through a scuttle. Capt. 11. was sustained not oniy by Democrats, but by the citizens who hold no fellowship with the- Republican party. A Groggery Demolished by Females.— A whisky-shop in the village of Jefferson, Mich igan, was completely cleared out by a party of females recently. A young man yarned Dalmater was in the habit of lounging around the “grocery," against the wishes of his pa rents, and one day last Week the - liquor dealer sent the young man-home with the delirium Iremne, whereupon the mother immediately raised a number of her friends and neighbors, and proceeded to demolish the establishment. JSQyTho Southern Medical Students at tending lectures in Philadelphia, hold a tacet ing and passed resolutions that they could not remain in Philadelphia, and that they would finish their education in’ the South. They left on •'Wednesday— about two ‘ hundred of them. The most serioqs loss will fall on the boarding house-keepers, many of. which will be broken up. They may reconsider the mat ter after the holidays. Practical Bridcnce of ConserTatiim. We copy tho.'following letter, soys.the Pennsylvanian, from a gentleman favorably known in tl community—addressed to the People’s Par;/ Convention in this city—ns n worthy and practical evidence of true conser vatism. It nay be regarded as one of the results of th!t late. Union demonstration ini this city; and the bold candor with which Mr. ‘ Lewis. recognizes the nationality of the Democratic party, appeals to thousands of others who have heretofore acted with him, and like him venerate the immortal Clay, and appreciate now what that great statesman felt when, id his memorable speech at Frank fort,—Novombor—l6,-1850, iho-snidi-til.have, had great hopes and confidence in the princi ples of the Whig party, as being most likely to conduce to the honor, the prosperity and the glory of my country, hut if it is to he merged into a contemptible Abolition party, and if Abolitionism is to be engrefted on the Whig creed, that moment I renounce the party and' cease to be a Whig." Mr. Lewis says: PmtA., Doc. 16, 1859, To the President and Members of the Peo ple’s Convention : —Gentlemen:—Having been elected a delegate to your convention, I feel it ray duty to decline taking my seat in the same. Prom my boyhood I was taught to love the “ AVhig party, and I was a firm and ardent supporter of its principles, because they wore National, On the dissolution of that great party, 1 became an enthusiastic, adherent of what I considered the next best political or ganization, 1 the “ American.” This also has ceased to exist, and its members, generally, have, joined a party called “ Republican,” now rallying under the name of “ People’s party.” In view of the fact recently shown by its leaders and journals, that this “ People’s party” is rapidly becoming “ AbalUionized," and therefore sectional, I conceive it to bo my duty, as a national man, to enrol myself in the, ranks of the only party left—-tho Demo cratic. ■ Intending to attach myself to such, Under these circumstances I cannot conscientiously take my seat with, you, but feel it equally my duty to give frankly my reasons. I am, very respectfully, yours, • Wn. D. Lewis, Jr. Departure op Southern Medicai,. Stu dents.—On Wednesday evening, about 250 medical students left for the South, by way of the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad. They were all ticketed through-to Richmond, Va., and were accompanied by Drs. F. E. Luckottand Maguire, of Philadelphia. About 200 of their comrades attended them to the depot; and cheered them enthusiastically ns the train moved off. Several incidents occur red during the parting. A creditor of one of the students seized him, and protested against his leaving until he had settled the amount of his bill.. A lady appeared, also, in great dis tress at the departure of a young gentleman, who had won her affections. The train was very large—-consisting of eight passenger cars, and was detained 20 minutes beypnd the usual time—leaving at half-past 11 o’clock. Richmond, Va., Doc. 22.—The succeeding' medical students from Philadelphia arrived here to-day, and wore received by tire Faculty and students of the Medical College, the Gov ernor’s Guard, and.an immense throng of cit izens. The precession marched to the Gover nor’s mansion, ivhoro the students wore ad- dressed by Gov. .Wise, and afterwards by Pro fessor Gibson, at the College. A'dinner was then partaken of at the Columbia Hotel. . The Students were received -With groat <mtw4amu by our citizens; and as the procession passed through the streets the shouts of the men were deafening, while the ladies manifested then delight by the waving of their handkerchiefs. OSfTho oldest inhabitant of Berks county, is Mrs. Catharine Lcvengobd, who resides in Colebrookdalo township, and who has attained the patriarchal ago of one hundred and two years. This venerable lady, wo are informed, is remarkably sprightly and active for her years, is in possession of all her faculties, and is. still able to superintend personally her own garden-work;- Her'husband, who died some eighteen'-'of twenty years ago, was a teamster ■at the Battle' of* Brandywine. Mrs, Levon good is a gvoat-gre'at-graiulmothcr,. and the number of her descendants, down to the fourth generation';-is quite largo. ' What’s to Become or Them ?—ln all seri ousness We’ ask, what is to become’of the Ito- publican party ? Brown, Cook, Coppio, Green and Stephens all hanged/ Gerrit Smith in an Insane Asylum, Fred BottglSs sstid Dr.-lfowo in Canada, Seward suspected of complicity with traitors, Greeley donounccjl on the floor of Congress, as “ occupying a false position,” sixty-eight of their members of Congress killed outright by Helper’s book, what it is, to be come of them ? All their leaders wiped out but Abo Lincoln and Tom Corwin—what will they do ?• - ,' _ Js©“ During the last three weeks several in cendiary Abolition demonstrations wore made in Philadelphia, all designed to glorify the treason of John Brown. The Khow-Nothing Mayor of that city was called upon before hand, in the public’ journals/to prevent, by virtu's of his office, those treasonable gather ings of ” black spirits and white',” but instead of listening to the calls of patriotism, ho or dered large bodies of his police to protect these Abolitionists in their attacks upon the Union and the Constitution. Now what follows? Already have three hundred southern stu dents withdrawn from the medical colleges in that city, (Jefferson college 200 and the Uni versity 100,) and several hundred more will soon leave. Is it not high time that the North coasajts onslaughts upon the South ? Surely the North has more than a full share to lose by its overbearing course. Senator Crittenden.— By the election of Mr. Breckinridge from Kentucky, John J. Crittenden, the oldest member of the Senato rial body, retires from public service, Mr. Crittenden is now in the 74th year of his ago. Ho entered the Senate as early as 1817 for ty-two years ago—although ho then served but two years. Mr. Crittenden has never boon a member of the House of Representa tives, Besides his different terms in the Sen ate, Mr. Crittenden served the public as Gov ernor of Kentucky, and-Attorney-General un der President Harrison, and also under Mr. Fillmorb: ' QtfoTrNo SbaiPTuite,- Gov, Chaso of Chip says that tho priest and thb Lovito who passed by on the other side, leaving tho man who fell among thieves, wore’ “ Democratic non-inter ventionists.” Republican paper. But the-thiet'es were' block republicans,- They hold to tho 'dActfino that man was -not competent to take core of his own affairs. So they intervened betweeh him- and his proper ty.—Chicago Times.- R'Ply of Ihe, Governor of the Governor of vi&'^lMj Wo have great satisfaction . ’ ' .1, the following telegraphic rosno,., PU , blislli,l g nor Packer, of Pennsylvania M u, ° f Governor Wise, of Virginia, (Wu* 1 ” » dy appeared ill the Constitution l!r “ the President of the United to Governors of-Marylond, Ohio. and p„ 40 * ho ma: rea »Bjlvi Pennsylvania, Executive Cnim, ' Harneburg, Pa., Doc. 1 law * R > V Your letter of the 25tTi. hdv»S » sent to Harnsonburc, Va 8 “ion mis.’,i until this morning. g Qf a fl the T' rcMite l' to whom you rofcr%ot a Sib ,!o learn, was a citizen of Penney vani a .^ 1 CUI tlioir rendezvous, which von v „ ’ norw «‘ structedl by guard or otherwise,” in' but in Maryland or Virtrinia , S| ite, them, Pennsylvania bo^detf 111 ?, 10 gima has fto right to anticipate that & - Vl > not do so in the ftiture; ThoinftrnLr wll ' have received in regard tp aconspS^ o ' l cue John Brown, will, undoubfolv be fa’"SU m the sequel utterly and entirely foundation, so far as Pennsylvania LZ lthm »t' ea- . Nor will wo permit £> 1 territory, along our boarders or ole bo made a depot, a rendezvous, or SlYl lawless desperadoes" from other,Statef• may seek to make war upon our &X h f ! neighbors "When that cohtingohw .H'' happen/the constitutional and cdnfede™i«,T ty ot Pennsylvania ■ shall :bo Jicrfornied 0 ?Sl under all circumstances, she will take™ V see that her honor is fully vindicated. • AVAI, E. PAoii’rn To his Excellency the Govornor of Virginia' Democratic State C'6nventjon.—Tli6 n ' moomtic State Central Committee of p c °" sylvania met at the Merchants’ Hotel PM* dolphin, on the 20th inst., 'and f ue d Reading ns the place, and, Wednesday tk 29th of February, 1860/aa the time for the' meeting of the nbxt Democratic State Convcn tion. Boaud of Revenue Commissioners.— Hi board was established by act approved April 29, 1844,. The first meeting was held in 1345 It has regularly mot every third year tinw viz: in 1848, 1851, 1854, ,1857.. The Slits Treasurer has notified the several President Judges of the Commonwealth, that fhtr board will meet in Harrisburg, on Tuesday, Felt* ary 2d, 18G0. Ho has "also forwarded (d paefr board of County Commissioners blank form*;” to bp filled up and returned by them, qiiirod by the thirty-scvoi/t’i section of thaset creating said board of revenue commissionas, A Hardened Vie man.— Nearly a-moniS” ago, a man named William Ingham, of King stem, Ulster county, N. Y., left that village, under the pretence of visiting his relations’in Red Bank, Now Jersey, taking his wife along with him, In a few days after ho returned, and stated that his wife had been taken sud denly ill and had died.: He collected all the. money due him in Kingstpn and loft for parts unknown. Not long after his departure a letter was received by the authorities of King ston, from the Police Justice of Red Bank, which stated that the man had attempted to murder his wife, in order to save the* expense of her support. Mrs. Ingham arrived in Kingston oh Tuesday, and complained that her husband attempted to murder her as they* Were crossing over a bridge on the way hf Red Bonk. lie. pushed hej- fromvthe edge of -the.bridge,,when,aho/pll a distance, Sadjtk feet into the water,', and .supposing, of course,' that she would be drowned, he made-off.— The poor creature, however, managed to-cnuvL to the shore, and arriving at the Bank, stated the above account, when she Was sent to King ston.- ' Evergreens for Winter.—A lady who has successfully tried the plan herein given; hands it to an exchange for publication,' It may bo interesting to the’ loversof flowers, though tlw season is rather fete for carrying put the sug gestion madeV A'most beautiful and easily at-' tained show of evergreens ratty bo had by f very simple plan,- which has been found to di-' swer remarkably wcH‘ oh’a’ small'scale. If geranium branches, taken from luxuriant usd healthy ttbe'a, juSt before the winter sots is,' bo cut as for slips, and immersed in soap ou ter, they will, after'drboping for a few days,’ shod their leave's, put forth fresh ones and continue'in the finest vigor all. winter.' By placing'a number of’ bottles, thus filled, in'a flower basket, with moss to conceal the hot-” 'ties, a show of evergreens is ensily’insurcdfpr. - the whole winter/ All the different varieties of the plant Jjelng • ifec’d,’ the various shapes, and colors of the leaves blend into i rer'T beautiful effect.' They require no ftrahwato--' South Carolina.— -Tho’ South Carolina Legislature' has declared in favor of sdcessipd, and invites other Slates, of the SouthJo origi nate a general movement of Southern snpara’ tion. , -1.-" Gubernatorial.—A largoflifeJ*®^ citizens of,Washington county haVe addressed a communication to Col. Wiiliam llopkinß, o Washington, l re'questing the use 'of his nima for the Governorship before the ; State Deina-, orotic Convention.-- lie has consented. Parental' Sympathy.—ParohtaexprdssW’ little _sympathy for their children; ft lo of this is lamentable. ' T “How your children love youl I ' give the world to have my children ® devot to mo 1” said a.mother to one who did not gard the time given to herohildren.os som capital wasted. Parents err fatally wn , they grudge their time' necessary fW™ , children’s amusement and instruction; M. ■■ investment brings so sure and so rich retu . ■ The child’s love is holy; and if the put . „ does not fix that love himself,ho desorv® lose it, and in after life to bewail his P rO P yc of heart. J The'child’s heart is full of love, and it ®, gush put toward somebody or something, the parent is worthy of it, and possesses 11 is blessed; and the child is sate, V, child loves worthy persons, and receives i ■. sympathy, hois loss liable to be influ fln by the undeserving; for in his soul arc m dels of excellence, with which he compur ~ others. _ Any parent can descend ffoin his chit b dignity, and freely answer the phud sfi tions, talking familiarly and tenderly " him; and when the little one wishes neip> b, parent should come but of his abstractions cheerfully help him. Then his mind wii turn to his speculations elastic, and A Wl l • with force. All parents can find o f°'* utos occasionally, during the day, to roan tie stories to the childron, and.to 'HH s l ra i|ig3,. ' respective tendencies of good’andbad f°°* l .Jl ’ ' . They can talk to thorn about- P 1 , -, trees, about angels; , and'about God. - , - They can show interest in their sTwrM’-. ~ termining the character of, them. . m®. ... surer wav than this of binding the enuu . the heart of the pareiit? When J 0 1?. mode' a friend of a child you may oongratui yourself yon have’ a-friend for Hfeb . . -
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