AMERICAN TOLU JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor & CARLISLE, PA., PER. [CT All persons having Guardianship or Administration accounts to settle fur March court, rnhst have them.filed m the Register s Office, on or before the 27th of February 1860. Pontic Address.— Wc have been requested to stato'tluit Wm. M. Penrose, Esq., wiU,d6- liver an address in tlic Odd Follows’ llalt, on the night of the 22d of pub lic are invited to attend, free of charge., Ex ercises to ’commence at 7 o’clock. Fire at Dicmnson Coli.eoe.— At an early hour on Monday evening, a fire hroko'out in a room occupied bysovoral students in the second floor' of Dickinson college, by which the, bod’s,.furniture, die., were nearly totally destroyed, and the room much damaged, f lic flro originated from the explosion of a fluid : lamp, which communicated the flames to the bod. Our firemen Were early upon the ground, ' and soon 'Subdued the flames. Wo believe the Gollogous insured. , .; The Legislature.—No business of -impor tance has boon transacted in the State Legis lature since our last. A- few days since, Mr. M’Curdv. of this county, read a bill in place to charter, a bank of. issue in pur town, to bo called the “ Bank of Carlisle.” The bill was referred"to the Committee on Banks, as also the petitions of citizens of Cumberland'.coun ty, asking for said bank. , Si.N-GUi.AK Accident ßecently a - man namcd Pipcr,. residing in the upper end of Cumberland county,- met with a serious acci dent under the following circumstancesße ing afflicted'with frozen feet, ho was induced to try gun-powder as a remedy. According ly,.he placed a small quantity of powder on a paper,-and placed his feet-thereon; fire was tlien applied to the powder, with an idea that the explosion produced thereby would extract the frost from his feet. This was tried twice. On the second trial, a vessel containing a pound er two-of powder, near at hand, recei ved a-portion of the burning material, and an explosion of the• whole was the result.- .Mr. ' Piper-was seriously injured,-one of his limbs and other-portions of his body being severely burned. . The house was materially damaged, and but for the presence of two boys, the building would in all probability have bcen dastrdfcpd. , ,A MrSTEity.— A .few. days ago a wagon, containing a sett of harness and overcoat, was found in the woods near the. public road about .two miles below. Acw Cumberland.- From appearances it had remained there for a considerable time, and spots of blood wore noticed on the wheels and.bed of the wagon. Persons passing that way-had been annoyed' by an offensive smell, similar to that arising from a decayed body, and suspicion being ex cited that something was .wrong, search was made, and the wagon and contents found con-1 cenlod among the laurel hushes. A gentle-! man residing in the neighborhood states that about the.first of September, a man with a liorse and wiigon was seen passing along the road, and 'about the same time a seedy looking individual called at tho house of a farmer and askod’pcivilege to slcep.in lilsbarn. Ho was offored’a'bcd in tho house, but declined to ac ■ ceptit, and-went away. . Sub’secptontly ho TC turned and insisted upon slcopingin the barn, 'again declining the offer of a comfortable-bed in the house,'when tho farmer drove him off his premises. A day or two after this, a stray horse was found in the neighborhood, and .ta ken up by a farmer, who, after regularly .ad vertising tho animal,- and waiting in vain for the appearance of the bwner,. sold it.- Nclth . or the horse, wagon, harness or overcoat have ever' been- identified or claimed by any one, and a well grounded suspicion prevails- that tho owner of them was foully dealt with.— ' Prom the weather-beaten condition of the wa gon and its contents, they had evidently boon in the woods for four or five months. AYo give the' plain and unvarnished story ns it. - comes; to us from a respectable and responsi ble source. There is a, mystery.surrounding the affair that will probably never bo unrav elled.. SSy Rev.-TirdMAS Street, recently of Green Hill Churchy Philadelphia, was installed by ‘tJio’ Presbytery of Harrisburg, on the Bth inst., as pastor of the English Presbyterian Church of York, made vacant a few months since by the removal of the Rov.'Charles J. Hutchins, to a church in Wisconsin. Rev,-Thomas 11, Robinson presided, and proposed the consti tutional questions.. Rev. C, P, Wing preach- ed the sermon from Ephesian's, ivchap., lllh ■. verso: “And "ho gave some "pastors and teach ers.’,'' Rov. J, W. Davis gave the charge to the pastor, and Rev. Wm. R. Dewitt, D. D., 1 gave the charge to tho people. Tho services were held id tho Third Lutheran Church, on account of some injury which occurred on the afternoon of the same day, to the venerable Building belonging-to-tiio-congregation. The parsonage lias recently been entirely fe-nrrangcd, and furnished, and a new Church edifice is about tb bo erected by this congre gation, which, if completed according to the plan proposed by Mr. Iloxic, and adopted by the building committee, will bo an ornament to the borough of York.. ■ t Sr; ,ViM,ENTiyE’s Dav. —Tuesday last was St. Valentine’s Day, when, according.to tra dition, the birds choose their mates. As the day is.now observed, by a majority of our young people of both sexes, the sooner its Dame is blotted from the calender the better. Serious Railroad Accident.—' Wesley Sweeney, conductor on a freight train, wa 8 1 run over on Thursday morning, the 2d inst., hotweon Little Conncstoga Bridge and Diller ville, Pa., on the Columbia and Philadelphia 1 Railroad, tthd shockingly crushed.. Ho was taken to Lancaster and preparations was made for the amputation of both his logs, with but slight hope of saving his life. Convention ok Gan. Soldieus. —A conven tion of the surviving soldiers of the second war of independence will bo held at Harrisburg on the 22d of February. |£7*Gov. Wise, of Virginia, drew fhcsu berb painting, “The Village Blacksmith,” which was on exhibition by the agent of the Cosmopolitan Art Association in Troy. The Conviction of Baziett. TEERJ Charlestown, Va., Feb. 11.—Tho trial of llazlett was concluded on Friday evening. Mr. Green, the counsel for tho prisoner, mak ing an able dhfßncc, The case was then sub mitted to' tho jury,-and the' court adjourned. On the re-opening'of the Court this morning, tho jury rcndfiTCd a verdict of guilty of mur der ‘in tho first degree. Tho prisoner received the announcement with tho same degree of in L difference that has characterized Ins conduct throughout the trial. It,will bo remembered that llazlett is the -tuan who was arrested in Carlisle, by officer Houser, of Chamborsburg, oh tho 22d of Oc tober last. At the time qf'his arrest he was supposed to b’o’Cnpf. Cook, for whoso arrest a largo reward was offered by, the authorities of 'Virginia.- llazlett was confined in our-jail Tor a couple of weeks, find was finally deliver ed up to the officers of Virginia, in compliance with the requisition of tho • Governor of . that State. llazlett is quite a young man—say 25 and when arrested here, he made no re sistance, notwithstanding ho was armed with three revolvers and two Bowie knives. Ho gave his name as William Harrison, and denied having any knowledge of the raid of John Brown at Harper’s Ferry. Witnesses from Virginia, however, who were hero at his trial before Judge Graham, on the writ of habeas corpus; testified positively that the prisoner at the loir was one of the persons who invaded Harper’s Ferry; that they had con versed with him there, ami that they recog nized him. Oho of the witnesses, Mr. Cope land, saidthat ho liad seen the flash of his rifle when in tho act of shooting at a citizen. No one of the witnesses knew the name of the inan, nor did they ever sec him before they saw him in the streets, of Harper’s Ferry. Tho salncwitnesses, testified against him at Charlestown, during his. trial. , ■ Boor fellow I—wo really feel a sympathy for this young man, for he was evidently led into wickedness and crime by the advice, of older heads. His appearance is that of a mildman, but yet appearance' is often deceptive. The fact that ho took deliberate aim' at and fired upon citizens of Harper’s Ferry—citizens who had'nover harmed him—was evidence that he was willing to obey to the letter the orders of his desperate, and bloodthirsty . chief, . old Brown. Of course, llazlett will Suffer death upon the gallo.ws. Wo, repeat, wo are sorry for .this young man,'but at the same time wc must confess that his punishment is just.- voprietov. , 1860, At a meeting of the Cumberland County .Agricultural Society,-hold on the 4th of Jan uary, 18G0, the. following named gentlemen were elected officers of the Society for, the en' suing'ycar: President. —Frederick Watts. Vice Presidents.— Janies Graham, Amos Shelly,' Christian Rbcrly, T. B. Bryson, Wil liams Parker, Benjamin.Aissly, John Miller, William Craighead,' John 'Wallace; George Ileikos, Thompson Oiilhreiith, R. C. Hays, Samuel. Mcgaw,, Philip Ivoontu, John A, Sharpe, David S. Runsha, Owen Janies, Levi Merkel, William R. Lino, Thomas A. M’liin noy, HughiOraig. Treasurer.-— I George W. -Sheaffor.- '• • Secretary. —D.-S. Croft;-, , .. . . . I Manaf/ers. —Wllliain' A.- Key, Win. M. | Watts, Jacob Muinma, William- lane, Abra ham- Rosier, George Clark, Samuel Wherry, Samuel Myers. ; At a meeting of the Society hold on the ith of February, the .following- resolution was adopted! . - ,- Resolved, That the'Secretary bo. and he is hereby directed to inform all. the 'Vico Presi dents of the Society, of their recent election, and that- they ho' requested to attend at the .next meeting of the Society to be hold on the lirst Tuesday of March next. ”' - ..D. S. CROFT, Sea’i/J „ I (tT’i't n'imteting of itho Faculty of Dickin-, son College, held on the 14th Inst., the follow ing resolutions was adopted: ■ Resolved, That our thanks arc duo and are 1 hereby tendered to the firemen of , the town for their valuable services rendered on the night bf the 13th inst., and we hereby express our i appreciation-bf, their prompt and energetic la hereby which'the fire'was extinguished. Jlesoteed, That a copy of' the above min utes be sent to the President of each Fire Com pany, and bo inserted in the papers of the town. ■Alien/.—Vf. L. BOSWELL, Scc’y. Dickinson College, Eob. 14, 1800. Bills for the following public sales of Hor ses, Colts, Cows,- Young Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, and farming Implements, have been printed at this office, viz: Sale of John Waggoner, Administrator of Martin Mounts', .dec’ll., in Frankford town ship, on Wednesday, Fob. 15. Sale of Rev. M. J. Carothors, on Big Spring, on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Sale of Patrick M’Ouiro, 2 miles west of Carlisle, on Tuesday, Fob. 21st. Sale of Henry Snyder, below tho Poor House, ,on Wednesday, Fob. 29th. Sale of Samuel Snyder, in Frankford town ship, on Monday, Fob. 27th. Sale of Alexander Buttorf, 2 miles north of Middlesex, on Friday,' March 2d. Sale of Edwin S. Sykes, 3 miles west of Sterrett’s Gap, on Saturday, March 24th. Sale of George W- Ringwalt, on the Trlndlo, Road,' 5 miles cast of Carlisle, on Saturday, March 3d. Sale of Andrew Soavors, on tho road leading to Hays’ mill, on Thursday, March Bth. ... Sale of T. 0. Miller, in Dickinson township, on Friday, March 2d. : Fbanklin lUii.road.— Trains arc now run ning regularly on the. Franklin railroad, be tween Chamborsburg and Grcencastle. ' They are run by the Cumberland Valley railroad company.. George B. Ayres, of Harrisburg, has boon appointed General Agent tor this road. The Sewing Machine in School. —We no tice by a New York paper, that the sowing machine lists'boon introduced into some of tlio schools for girls in that city, as a text hook for I practical' instruction in the useful domestic laocoraplishmont' of sewing. Wo like' this \ movement, and hope it will he localized in our community.- If girls spend their school hours m learning to drum on the piano, why not de votemore time to learning the useful art of machine sewing? A lesson' on the sewing loach,no would he a relict from hook study" and thus ho doubly beneficial to the pupil | M ,ss Thompson, in Tennessee, tins recovered $15,000 in a suit ford breach of (promise against a man named Peterson, i'lio ease'excited a great interest, ns the most emi nent counsel in the State were engaged upon ■ it. The verdict is tlio heaviest ever rendered in a case of this kind in T ennessoo. Agricultural Society. PUBLIC SALES. THE RESOLUTIONS OF OUR OPPONENTS. At tho Republican' County Convention, (n tho 7th inst., a string of “ cut and dry” re’s >- lutlons were adopted, which contain a groi ,t many exaggerations and misrepresentations. Wo will only refer to a few of tho nicSt palpa ble absurdities contained in them: “ Resolved, That wc are unfalteringly devo ted to tho preservation of the Union, the Con stitution, ami its Compromises,” &c. The Above is all gammon. Whatever may bp the individual opinion of the members of the Convention, it will not do for thoHEU'ER- ites to. attempt to deceive tho people by false professions. The,,fact that the Republican members of Congress supported for Speaker a man who had endorsed a book that urged tlic slaves; of tho South to rise' up , against thbir masters, and cut their throats, is evidence strong as holy writ that tho Republicans arc anything else than “ unfalteringly devoted to the preservation of tho Union.” Many of their recognized. loaders counselled with John- Brown and his band of traitors before-the at- tempt was made upon the sovereignty of V ir ginia. Tho Massachusetts Aid Society fur nished Brown with arms and moans, and therefore' became particeps erimines. in that bold work of treason. - ■ '. “ Resolved, That the Federal Government has no power to interfere with slavery in tho several States —that it is a local, municipal institution, subject albno tp the control of tho people of the several States wherein it ex ists,” ,&c. • Just bo. . Was there ever a man of sense, .oi*-even a fool,-who contended that the United States Government had. a right to interfere with. sovereign States ? Such miserable twad dle’ as this resolution, promulgates, then, is umVorthy of even a Republican convention. ■“ Resolvedi . That we deplore and condemn tlic factious, conduct and treasonable combina tion of the democratic.members of, Congress, in resisting the election of a Speaker, and re joice, that in the election of Gov. Pennington to that high position, the conservative ele ment of the country has achieved a signal tri umph, and administered a just rebuke, to de magogues, fird. eaters and, traitors.''” Cool, decidedly.. The filet that the Black Republicans finally succeeded in electing their Speaker, by-a majority vote, shows that they had the power from the beginning of the ses sion to organize; and that upon them rests all the responsibility .of the long-protracted ses sion that ensued before that count. Slier-; man.or nobody was 'their' motto” foroight or nine weeks.- Rather, than give up him they preferred disorganization. “ Resolved, That the course of the If bn. pi nion Cameron, in the United States Senate, meets our cordial approbation ; and that ho is entitled to the graditudo ; 6f the citizens .of Pennsylvania for the.fidelity wj#h which ho has supported and adhered to the principles of -protection; and.battled,against the corrupt acts, and dangerous policy of the administra tion now in ppwcr. ,; Notwithstanding all his professions, .what has-been Gen. Cameron’s course, in the Sen- , ate pn the subject of a tariff? Last winter, when Gov. .Bigler and othei*.Democratic Son- ; ators were using their , best efforts to effect a - modification of the tariff laws,-so that.better ; 1 protection might be afforded to the industrial ! interests of the country, as recommended by \ T?roßidont Bccuanan, Oon: Gamuuon got up\ 1 in his place, afcd blubbered out a little awlt: ward speech of some twenty lines, in which ho said the President'was not'sincere ( in reo- ommending a tariff, and lie (Camkuon) could not join the friends of the measure at that time. Tho fact is, Cameron has done nothing in favor of a modification of the tariff laws.— He is noisy’ in his professions, as all tricky -demagogues aro, but rather than see tho De mocrats pass this measure, he would push it off till doom’s day. ■ "Resolved, That wo heartily approve of the course pursued by our Representative in Congress, tho llon.* Benjamin F. Junkin, and especially, of tho withdrawal of his vote from Aliy. Smith, whoso equivocal-position in rela tion to the great cpiostions of a Tariff and freedom'in tho Territories, rendered him un worthy of tho support of one who represented a constituency deeply interested in these questions.” The party that can approve of Ben. Juk kin’s course in tho election of Speaker, must bo lost, to all sense of propriety, arid have a limited idea of what constitutes honor.— Should Mr. J. aspire to a re-election, the peo ple of this District will,- by their votes, con demn his conduct as pusillanimous, and con sign him to a quiet.retirement. All in all, tho rosolutipns of the late Black Republican Convention are weak and untruth ful, and portions of them verge close upon blackguardism.. We have no time, however, to review them farther. Candidates for President, —Tho candi dates thicken, and the efforts of friends mul tiply. Tho Baltimore Clipper and many Vir ginians are urgent for tho nomination of Mr. Botts. The People’s Cameron Club in this State are as urgent for Cameron. . Tho Oppo sition in various quarters are for Bates. Tho Whigs and Americans are out for Bell.— Houston is nominated in Texas; Crittenden in Kentucky; Scott by a mooting of New- Yorkers ; Everett by many journalists; Banks is in favor in Massachusetts; Lincoln in Illi nois by Republicans; Chase by tho same par ty in Ohio; and Seward by the “irrepressible conflict” men of New York and Now Eng land. Joy Morris, one of tiro members of the House at Washington, who, after having assisted to elect an old lino Whig Speaker, hacked out so ingloriously, alleges as the rea son of his conduct that Mr. Smith had refused to give a pledge in regard to the formation of the Committees.' Among honorable men, the purchase of votes by pledges to appoint this man or that man to plhco in the event of suc cess, has heretofore boon looked upon as dis graceful if not criminal; but under the Black Republican code of niorals, it would seem, such bargain and sate are not only right but necessary. What Forney Agreed to Do. —The Wash ington correspondent of the Philadelphia North American says that before the Republi can caucus agreed to support Forney for Clerk of the House, assurances wdre givep by Hick man and Schwartz that Forney would support the Republican candidate for President against any man nominated at Fonrdy’s late speeches render it almost certain-bo do that very thing. -o“ The Beaver (Mich.) Argus records the marriage of’John Coburn, only three feet high, iso wonder he wanted to get spliced. . I THB FRANKING PRIVILEGE. Tho whole, community Ims for years boon opposed to this miserable humbug. Not a sensible man in the dountry but looks upon i as a perfect outrage upon all decency and common sense., No matter what was the no ecssity when it was adopted, no matter j i whs intended for the dissemination of gonoral intolligonod among the masses, it has boon Abused beyond all conception by the members of Congress; the Postal service is weighed down'with tons of free matter, of the mos worthless kind, in tfco shape of Buncombe Hpocchcs and public documents that no one reads, and similar trash, forwarded, throng i the mails. Members of Congress not only, take advantage of the fntnl'i'nr/ prirlUyc for the dissemination of political garbage of cveiy kind, but they, prostitute it to their private business, and. 'conduct, in some instances, largo commercial and 'manufacturing into-, rests, at the expense of the public. Not only this, but it is notorious that all the lobby members and all the loafers around Washing- ton, not only during the session, but the year round, have tire free and unlimited use of Congressional franks. The notorious Joshua 11. Giddings, not long since, in a letter to a-- friend, admitted that that letter was the first postage which he had paid' in twenty } cars.. It has boon charged that silk dresses, to say nothing of, more extensive crinoline, and even ■ poodle dogs, and material for the laundress have found their way through the mails; aud we have no doubt but there was more truth than poetry in the, charge. This is not, all.’—;. The franking privilege adds ■ .largely to the cost of public printing, because members will vote for "tlio'printing pf public matter, of .the most worthless that they may have something to frank to their constituents, that under other circumstances, -they would op pose. ’ • To say nothing about this increased cost to the Government of the printing of useless matter, the expense to the postal ‘service out of the franking privilege, is not less than four millions annually, for which the country re ceives no adequate consideration.. The- whole country is opposed to it; the Cost Office ‘Department is opposed to if; tho uost decided expressions of public opinion Ims been made upon its abuse; -and,in conse quence thereof, .in the S'dnatc day before yes terday,, an amendment to the postal appro priation bill haying for its object the abolish ment of this outrage upon Government was offered and supported as usual byDemocratic Senators, who, in accordance with the doc trines of the party, always go forthe. great est good to, the greatest number,” and opposed by tlie Blaelc’ -llopublican, members, and by them defeated,mot a single Republican voting for the Amendment.. Wo give, the Vote that the public may see to whom they are indebted for the perpetuation of this abominable impo sition upon the people : ' Yeas—Messrs.' Benjamin',’ Bigler, Bragg, Bright,. Brown, Ohcsnut, Olay, Clinginan, Davis, Fitch,' Fitzpatrick, .Green, -Owinn, Hammond, Ilimter, Iverson, Johnson,(Tenn.) Kennedy, Lane, Mallory, Mason,. Powell, Saulshury, Sebastian,' Slidell, Toombs and ■WigfaU—27. 7 -g "■ i Anllmuy, IVmgbam.Hamc \ ton; -TSvscotv, X)oo\vtt\o, .iJnr kee, l^o^aendoiVi' m ubi.ic.\u. [Note!—'We give place to the above,because tho writer of it rats ho has no access to the journals of his own part}*. Wo know little and care less about the transaction our correspon dent complains. of, but Wo may .remark that wo have ’never soon as .general indignation to prevail in tho Republican ranks of our bor ough, as was manifested last week after tho Herald and tho American, had boon distribu ted, and it was ascertained that two important resolutions, adopted unanimously by the Black Republican County Convention, had boon suppressed, by Order of Mr. Tonn. Tho ex citement, we say, ran high, and throats, loud and long, were uttered. How- tho difficulty,is to bo reconciled .wo -know riot, but certain it is, Mr. Tonn is below par with his party in this county at this time.—Eni'roa Volunteer.]' Centre County.; —The Democratic Conven tion of Centre county was held in tho Court House, Bollofonto, on'the 24th ult. Col. I. T. Hoover was appointed Representative Del egate'to the-State Convention, arid-Messrs. Geary and Seely, conferees, wore instructed to support Robert Liptpn for Senatorial Dele gate. It is understood that the feeling of the Convention is'iint,favor of the nomination of lion. James Mjicmanua for Governor. Our acquaintance with Mr. Macmanus enables us to endorse him as a sound Democrat, popular where best known, and in all respects, well qualified for tho position to which his friends desire to elevate him. . Duelling in New Orleans, La.— Messrs. Ernest Canonzo, ox-teaohor of tho Second District School, Now Orleans, La., and: Victor Gorodlas, deputy sheriff of tho Third District Court, fought a duel with shot guns, loaded with ball, at. 40 paces, on tho 28th ult. At the second fire, Gcrodias was severely wound ed. Same day two young gentlemen fought, with small swords, in the park, and one was slightly wounded. , . Another Fight Between Congressmen. —-The Washington correspondent of Forney’s Press, gives (ho following particulars of a dif ficulty which occurred between two Congress-, men on Friday evening last: Last evening, after the adjournment of the House, Hon. Henry A. Edmundson, of Vir ginia, attempted to draw Hon. John Hickman, of Pennsylvania, into a personal rencontre. The matter has'been kept very close by'all the parties- concerned; but I lonrn that the gen tleman from the twelfth Virginia district has been nursing his wrath over since Mr. Hick man made his famous speech stoting that the eighteen millions of the North would not per mit the South to dissolve the Union, As the Vico President, accompanied by Hon. Messrs. Clingman, Keitt, and Edmunson, was passing from the Capitol, through the grounds towards the avenue, Mr. Hickman was perceived ahead of them. Disengaging himself from Ids asso ciates, Mr. Edmundson woiit forward, passed Mr. Hickman, turned, and facing him, gave expression to some heated remarks touching the courage of the North, after making illu sion to one of Mr. Hickman’s serenade spccch , os, in honor of the nnti-Administration tri- umph, After a few words had passed be tween the parties, Mr. Edmondson, I learn, attempted to strike Mr, Hickman with a twig ho picked up for the purpose. Mr. Hickman strove to clinch with the, Virginian, when the Vico President and the others, seeing the “impending crisis,” hastened forward. Mr. Clingman, followed by his friends, promptly interfered. Tno affair has made considerable talk this morning in the lobby, and almost the first that some of the newspaper men know of the matter was convoyed by the queries of outsiders. For the American Volunicir. Organization of Manor Lodge, No. 560,1. 0. of O. F. at Leesburg. Mr. Editor.—Ke it'may bo interesting to your readers generally, and to the brethren the Order in particular, to hew something ro Intivo to the organization of Manor Lodge, m. SCO I. 0. of 0. F., on tho 9th mst., at Loos burg, we offer tho following as a condensed report of the proceedings on that interesting- OC °Soine' eight or ton members of Carlisle Lodge in company with the 1). D O. Master, left Carlisle on tho 9th inst., in tho morning train and after a pleasant ride of an hour ai rived’at* Shippensbiirg, where we found hacks in waiting to convey us to Leesburg. ■ Shortly after our arrival wo wore Availed upon Committee and taken to the hou ses of tlie difforont brothers, where handsome collations wore served dp, of which we woio kindly invited to partake, and which wo did with a keen relish after our jolting live miles ” d At 2 o’clock E. M. wo assembled in tlio Lodge room, which wo found to he very' con - foi-tably furnished, and a great deal ot caio and taste displayed in all its arrangements and although rather too small to accommodate comfortably all the members of the Older present on this occasion (for there wore near ly two hundred) yet plenty large enough lor all ordinary purposes. „ After tho Lodge was opened, U. JJ. U. iu. Jos. C; Thompson, assisted by brethren from Cumberland, Conodoguiilct & Carlisle Lodges, formally organized Minor Lodge, No. oOU, i. -O. of 0. F. of tho State of Pennsylvania.— An olootiou for officers was next in order, ami irfter the election and installation we adjourn ed to dinner, where tho table groaned beneath tho weight of turkies, chickens, pound- cakes, and other good things. ■ . At 4 o’clock we again repaired to the-budge room, and formed in procession to march to the church about a mile and-a half distant.— The procession numbered nearly two hundred members all in full regalia. .At-half past four, headed by the Chdinborsbur"; Brass Band, and Col. Altick, of Cumberland Bodge, ns Chief Marshal, wo took lip the lino of march-, and notwithstanding the distance and the mud (of which there was a super-abund ance) our walk was much more pleasant than wo anticipated. The oxorcisos.at-tho church .wore opened with prayer by tho Bov. Bro. Lavorty, after which a large sized copy of the Bible was presented to Manor Lodge by two young ladies of Leesburg,; It was presented, oh behalf of the ladies, by Goo. F. Cain, Ksq., of Shippensbiirg, in a oluiste and eloquent address,- and was received on ’ behalf ;of tho Lodge by.Kov. Bro. Lavcrty, of Shippensbiirg. P„ U. Win. M. Penrose, was then introdu ced ns tho speaker of 'the evening. Bro. Pen rose spoke about an hour in his usual happy stylo, and his exposition of tho principles of Odd Fellowship, and his arguments in. favor of those principles wore well calculated; to overcome tho strong opposition to the’ Order in .the neighborhood; It is-to bo hoped‘wo wei-c all profited by it. ' The next thing in order was -returning' to Leesburg, an'undertaking to which there was. very little glory attached, when you take into consideration the darkness of the night, the high wind, and the muddy , roads. However wo' trudged .along as best wo could, every man fin- himself, without tiny. particular concern for the rest. . Wo could say much more but wo have said enough. Wo staid all niglitinLccsburg and early next-morning loft’for. Shippensbiirg to moot tho first train of cars oast, which.wo hap pily succccdcd in doing. With many thanks 1 to our Leesburg brethren for their kindness to bus, we wish the Order may prosper abuudant -Ity in their midst.- ' W. . \Ly*The following resolutions wore adopted 1 by "Manor Xiotlgo, "No. .500, on tile Otb Inst*. Jtcsnlurjl, , Thattlns thanks of the Lodge b6‘ tendered to IVm. 51. and G. XL Oaini Esqrs;; and to tlio Key. Layorty, for the ad dresses yvhich they delivered in the Ilohoboth church, for the benefit of said Lodge. Resolved, That the thanks of the Lodge he tendered to the officers and members of. Cum berland Lodge, No. 00,' Conodoguinot Lodge, No. 173, Carlisle Lodge, No. 91," Path' Valley Lodge. No'. 410. Resolved, That the thanks of the Lodge bo tendered to D. 1). ,0. JI. Jos. C. Thompson, I’.: G. Wise, P. G. Altiek, and other officers, for their services during the_p.peijing "of Jlanor Lodge, No. JOG.. . Resolved, That tho thanks of the Lodge be tendered to the Chambcrsburg Baud for their services, to tho Ladies of Leesburg for the presentation of a beautiful Bible,.to the Trus tees of the Ilohoboth church fur tho usoof the same, and to the citizens of Leesburg for their hospitality on this occasion. Resolved, That 1 these resolutions ho publish ed in the American Volunteer, Shlpponsburg News, arid Valley,Star. JAMES'A.. Clark, Scci’y, Cleric of the House of Representatives. ■—lt will bo seen, by reference to the Congres sional proceedings, that the House of Repre sentatives, on ..Friday, the 3d insh, elected a Clerk and Sorgeant-at-Arms, thus progressing considerably with the organization, and pla cing that body in a position to. take up the business of legislation. To the important .of fice of Clerk, John AY. Forney, editor of the; Philadelphia Press, has -boon chosen by orie vote more than the number absolutely requir ed to elect, and by substantially the same members who voted for Pennington for Spea ker. • The attitude of Mr. Forney at the present moment, invites attention and comment, and affords a striking illustration of the vagaries of politicians. Ho has always been an active Democrat, was Clerk of the House when there was a Democratic majority in that body, and was one of the most prominent supporters of Mr. Buchanan’s nomination and election.— Hero his Democracy culminated, and with his failure to receive an important office under" his favorite President, commenced his warfare upon the party, and his journey towards Re publicanism. At first, ho. was a professed Douglas man, but as his hatred of the Admin istration became intensified, ho substantially abandoned Douglas, disregarded his advice and bargained with the Republicans to sell to the “ People’? Party of Pennsylvania/’ for the Clerkship of the House. Ho has received the stipulated reward, and wo shall now see whether those who-sympathized with him in his Douglas movement will consent to be transferred to the Republican ranks. This is a sad picture, and exhibits in a de plorable light the vagaries of politicians.— From an intense Democrat, Mr. Forney lias, without apparent -cause other than personal hostility to the President, severed his political tics and thrown himself into the arms of the party which he. had previously opposed with all his energies. Avo do not undertake to pronounce upon the merits of his quarrel with the President, but if all that ho alleges be true, it furnishes no decent justification for tho utter abandonment of principle evinced in his recent conduct. Henceforth Mr. Forney must bo classed with the Republicans; a position, when wo consider his former professions and associations, which must bo deeply mortify ing to his self respect, and utterly fail to com mand'tho confidence oven of his now political associates.. —Journal of Commerce, B©“ The Nashville (Tonn,) News states that the Tennessee Delegation to the Charles ton Convention will vote for Mr. Douglas on the fourth ballot.' DC7’ A western editor has received sixteen offers of marriage since leap year has sot in, hut-ho has hot accepted one of them, the an swer to this invariable question, “ How much property have you in your own right?” not being satisfactory in either case. Affairs of the Pennsylvania Railroad, —Annual Report of the Board of Din E(> to'bs I The annual-meeting of the Stockholm ors of tho-Pennsylvania Railroad was held in Philadelphia, last Monday a week. The f„l. lowing is an abstract of the annual report of the Board of Directors: . The report opens with an allusion to tlm financial condition of tho country nt the close of the year, and strttos that tho increase of the business of. tho road had been steady. The following table exhibits tho results ot tho on. orations of tho road for 1859 • Earnings from Passengers “ from U. S. Mails “ from Expresses “ from Freight « from other Sources • ’ §5,302,35521 Expenses of operating the Road •wore'.. ; Cost of Conducting '.transporter •_ tion ‘ Cost of Motive Power 804,07092 “ Maintenance of Rond 071,10019 “ Maintenance of Cars 190,27831 “ Of General Expenses 72,2-1170 Not earnings of, Hoad 82,231,01700 'i'lio earnings show an increase of §177,021 53, as compared with 1858. The carninji for the first-class passengers show ah mcrca!* of §03,355 9!), while the earnings from cij grant'business show n decrease of $24,08171, leaving as an increase of passongorbusiiics $-18,074 28. The increase has been maiiilj from local travel.. The increase of travel has been large lie-! tween Harrisburg and Philadelphia, in spite of the competition with the Heading railroad and its Lebanon Valley Branch; The entire number of passengers frasported during the year, was 1,459,110, and the miles traveled amounted to 54,839,091, dr.an average of 37,5 miles per passenger. . Not a single life lias’, boon lost, of the immense' number of passen gers carried. ; The freight earnings of the year amounted . to $119,904,84 more than was derived from : vi this source in 1858. . The increase is. mainly 33 local. ■ W The whole tonnage on the. road, in 1859, f'S was 1,170,240 ’tons, exclusive of 70,875 tons p of wood, coal, lumber, Ac., for the use of tire f.! Tho motive power of tho rodd will liaroki d:! bo differently arranged in’future, andwi/urg- fjipi ed accommodations provided for it at Itewr burg, thus throwing out of use the intoruitii - ; ate shops. A sketch of tho financial state of the Pitts-L?-! burg, Fort AYayno and- Chicago railroad coni'[::f.| pany is given, the appointment of a- Receiver l .jw is commented on: favorably, inasmuch as tint appointment of a Receiver protects the inter est of - tho Pennsylvania railroad in that rod -. A; and also relievos the working of. that rvii ,-. from vexatious interruptions. SuicinE— Attempted MuiinEn. —-A letter ; dated, Allentown, Pa., Petty. 11-, says : ,[ Aj A mulatto, named Andrew Camel,' attempt.;?.;, ted to cut his wife’s throat in - a house of fame in this place to-day. ' Thinking ho succeeded in his design, be.Alien‘cut his own. ,v : throat, and immediately expired. . _ . I,’ His wife, who. is. a white wonran, is "it, v; dangerously wounded. ’ . ■ yX: 1 A Gnu, Four Years op age Murdered k - - a Bov of Fifteen. —A boy named F. Ilortoi aged 15 years, is confined in the Troy jail,® the charge of murdering Martha J. Hoi* •.< a child about four years of age, by pouwlif her with a stick and; stamping upon her W ;;V his foot. The parties lived at, Poostohkili! , ;/- few miles from Troy, in the noighbCrlii; A-;-, known as “ Oak Hill,” in the family of b ' : -j|| Martin AVheelor. . _ ' .; .0 >i Ulica (N. Y) Observer, Feb.i w On the 24th ult., by the llev. J. EvfllM>%J»g John I). Killian, to Miss Elmina llbbs* 11*,-:S both of Newton township. ’ '', , ' ' On tlie 26th nit., by tno some, Mr. Ife l ' 1 -- Livingston, to Miss Catharine ICiW ll ' both of Newton township. •’ ' • On the 31st ult., by the same, Mr. Ih-jf 11. Dili.er, of Frankford township, to .; Almira Snavely, of AYest PonnsboKH! township. On tho 2d inst., by the: same, Mr. Saw Diller, to Miss Rebecca Jane Sueu* 1 ® , . oer, both of West Ponnsborough township- On tho some day, by tho same, Mr. »* jiiAii Givj.er, of Grnsonvillo, to Mias b> ZE ; J. Diller, of Prankford towhship. ! . On tho 26th ult., by tho Rov. G. D. , woth, Mr; William King, to Miss Airo Bl f:s& Kune', both of this county. - J-Vm On tho.'2d inst., by tho Rov. Wm. % Mr .‘Wolford Herman, of Kingston, to 1 , i Lydia A. Shopp, of Hampden township- ' On tho 2d inst., by tho Roy. A. H. K r ( zf, Mr. Jacob 0. Rente, to Miss Mari ll : ■;j Staufer, botli of Middlesex. e. v -,i On tho 24th ult.; by tho Rev. Georg® j,; ris, Mr. Isaac M’Guire, to Miss Maooi* . ■ sloe, both of Iloguostown. , On tho 24th ult., by tho Rov* Mr. John Spahr, to Miss Susan both of Cw-lislo., aSm On tho 26th ult., by tho same, Myers, to Miss Mary Ellen Red*’! Dickinson township. $1.420,9124j I 74,48300 75,12000 0 " 3,650,11115 | ,133.72801 $3,130,73805 b»' kill m