AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B BRATTON, Editor k Proprietor CARLISLE, PA., DECEMBER 5,1851, OUR FLAG. ** Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe hut falls before us! With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet. And Freedom’s banner leaving o’er us!” PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE., Knowing the anxiety of our readers to pe ruse this document, wo have issued it in an Extra, and send it out with to-days paper. Now, if Ever. Our patrons are reminded that wo want uonet, not so much for ourselves ns it is wanted by our creditors. 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Suicide. —The wife of 'Mr. Christian Hartman, of Middlesex township, this coun ty, jommitted suicide on the 19th ult., by hanging herself to a bed post in her room.— Mental aberration is the cause assigned for the act.. , ~ Dy Wanted at this office, beef, pork, rye, wheat, potatoes, flour, and all kinds of “coun try produce " in payment of subscription to the Volunteer. , Gross Eves Made Straight in Two Min utes; deafness and diseases of the eye cured; artificial eyes and ear-drums inserted by Dr. Jones, of New York, who will practice at the Corman House, Carlisle, from the 2d to, the 12th inst; See card in advertising columns. * Tub “Anderson Body Guard.’! —The “An-, dersbh Body Guard ” —ninety-two young men —struck their tents (at our. Garrison,) on Monday morning, and took the cars en‘ route forliouisville, Kentucky. The “Guard” is composed of enthusiastic and enterprising young men, who will do their duty to their country in every emergency- . Wo, in com mon with all our citizens, wish the “ Guard” success. K7*l n its reference .to the Volunteer last ■week, the Herald speaks of our “few rend ers,”;&o. This is cool indeed, to come from a paper that has not half the readers wo have. We venture the assertion that wo receive more cash for subscription than any two pa pers in the county. The Herald to talk of our “ few readers," indeed. A very little pruning of the Herald’s list of subscribers, would leave it no readers at all. Gen. Robert Anderson.— This gallant Kentucky Union soldier —the hero of Fort Sumter—arrived in our town on Saturday morning. The object of his visit here was to review the “ Andersen Body Guard,” then quartered in tents at our Garrison, • Ills speech to the Guard” was pertinent and par triptio, and was responded to by the young men with lond cheers. , Wo had the pleasure of taking this brave soldier and Christian gentleman by the hand, and feel proud that the opportunity was af forded us. He is an exceedingly modest, fine looking man, rather small in stature, with smooth face, hair short and sprinkled with gray- Ilis manner is easy, graceful and gen tlemanly.. . During his stay here hundreds of our citi zens called upon and paid their respects to him.. He left on Monday morning, on his return to his native and much beloved State, Old Kentucky. During his short sojourn here he was the guest of our hospitable and respected citizen, Judge Watts. Gen. Anderson is in good health, except that he suffers from pain in the head and eyes, caused by- the roasting ho received in his defence of Fort Sumter. The least ex citement causes suffering, and this prevents him—much to his mortification—taking an active part in the field at this,time. Wo trust that medical treatment and rest may restore him to his usual health. (CT’The Carlisle Herald is again attempt ing a defence of Republican robbers. There is. a mere difference of opinion between our neighbor and ourself —we think theives should bo exposed and punished; the Herald thinks different, and expresses the opinion that Re publicans in office have a right to steal.— Well, well, perhaps they have. ' Certain it is, many of them do steal, whether they have a Tight to or not. Our neighbor should receive disappointment of horse inspector ■. Recbuits "Wanted. —Capt, J. Dousiieimeu, of Mochaniosburg, wants a few good young men to fillup hiacompany of Light Infantry. Capt. D’s. company is attached to Colonel James’ Brigade, now at Camp Cameron, Har risburg. Capt. D; is.-n good and experienced officer, and was in the throe months service. Good pay, good clothing; $lOO- bounty, and "‘good mcdical attendancepirO BOmOOf tliO in 1 * duooments offered. ’ Recruiting rendezvous at Harrisburg., 11. Line, Recruiting officer.— Fall in, young men of Cumberland, and fill up this crack company, and help save the Union. Shall llio Rights of the States be Destroyed? The class of extremists who clamor for the immediate and forcible emancipation of the slaves, either take a very superficial view of the contest in which wo- are engaged, or are open enemies of the Government. . Slavery is so entrenched in our system of Government, that it cannot hq'reached without destroying the government. You must first destroy the right of-eaoh State to control its own domes tic institutions before assuming tho power to emancipate tho slaves—and when the reserved rights of tho States are oneb destroyed, tho Government created by tho Constitution is at an end. Tho emancipationists, who urge the administration at Washington to usurp a power winch does not belong to it under tho Constitution that the President and bis Cabi net have sworn to support, are endeavoring to undermine tho very foundations of our no ble system of- Government. Tho justice or injustice of slavery is not the question—wheth er emancipation would weaken rebellion is not the question, though wo firmly beliovo it would impart strength.and determination to the rebel cause. But the simple and plain issue is this: has the Federal Government power under tho Constitution of the United States to disturb or destroy tho domestic in stitutions of any of the States ? Wo can even appeal to the Chicago platform, which the Republican party profess to respect if they do not regard the authority of tho Constitution, for a satisfactory answer to this question. The fourth resolution reads thus: “The maintenance inviolate of the rights of the Slates, and especially tho right of each State to order .and control Us own domestic in stitutions, according-to its own judgement ex clusively, is essential to tho balance of power on which tho perfection and endurance Of our political faith depends, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force ot any State Or. lßTrlinry' tuiTT7:uAiTrtni'i''r,'vir;.L prcLU'AL, among tho greatest of crimes.” This resolution contains sound constitution- pAna-i-ita,, al doctrine, to which we most heartily sub scribe, and; which the Republican' party is bound in good faith' to respect. Indeed had that party announced any other doctrine pre- vious to tho Presidential election—had il given tho faintest intimation that it purposed in any contingency to interfere with the do- mestic concerns of tho States, its candidates would have received the support only of Aboli tionists who denounce the Constitution of the United States as “ a league with death and a covenant with hell.” Blit while few arc so hold ns to maintain that the Federal Government has power un der tho Constitution to decree the emancipa tion of the slaves, not a few urge this policy on the ground of paramount public necessity, which they assume is superior to the Consti- tution and laws. It is hardly necessary to argue against a heresy like this—for not to dwell upon so light an offence as perjury on the part of rulers sworn to respect the Consti tution, it is manifest that the use of powers not granted by that sacred, instrument, and its infraction in so vital a part as the destruc tion of the rights of the States to regulate their domestic concerns, would bo the end of O lonstitutional Government, and the beginning of absolutism, winch might terminate in mon archy, despotism or any . other extreme de parture from the system of Government es tablished jby our matchless Constitution., If “ public .Necessity” is to usurp tlie of the Constitution, and be the. only law upon which our Government is administered, what bounds or chocks pill there be to the power of the Administration!? Whore is the written code of “public necessity?” How is it defined and limited ? It is only another name for ar bitrary and unlimited power, by means of which the Abolition enemies, of our free Con stitutional Government hope' to destroy the equality and rights, of the States attain the object for which they have been plotting and agitating during many long years—namely, the destruction of the Union and the emanci pation of the negroe's. So says the Harrisburg Patriot (£■ Union. ■ The Abolition of Slavery the Object of the War.— By reference to the proceedings of Congress, (in another column,} it will be seen that the abolition of slavery is to be the object of the Government in the prosecution of the war. We predicted this six months ago. ■ Late from California.— The. steamship North Star, from Aspinwall 15th ult., arrived at Now York on Monday last, with the Pacif ic mails, §829,807 in treasure and a party of officers and soldiers of the regular army from California, under command of Col. R. C. Bu chanan. She brings no nows from South or Central America. The inteligonoe from Now Grenada, though interesting, is not of special importance. The foreign consuls have been officially notified of the change of the title of the republic of. Now Granada to that of the United States of Columbia. CT” Largo numbers of fugitive slaves are reaching Pbiladeldhia from parts of Virginia, Delaware and Maryland. On Tuesday night alone, thirty-seven came by way of Wilming ton, from what is known as the “Peninsula” from these States. The Philadelphia Press estimates the entire number of those fugitives at 700.— Exchange. What is to bo done with them-f These fu gitive slaves will soon ho a more costly prize on-our hands than was the elephant won in a raffle, to his owner. If they should be set to work, 700 fugitive slaves will take just that amount of work from while laborers. ■ If they are to bo kept in idleness, they will have reached the negro’s olysium in this world, without any exertions of their own ; but sole ly on account of the folly of their sympathi zing white friends. Ofinion of Gen. Cass. — A communication in the Detroit Free Press of Wednesday last, which is understood to have been written by Gen. Cass, not only justifies the arrest of Ma son and Slidell, but shows that it was in strict accordance with the position of the Govern ment upon the right-of-searoh question, as maintained in the- correspondence with the British Government in 1859;- John Jacob Astor, the millionaire of New York, has boon appointed on the staff of Gen. McClellan, with- the rank of lieuten ant-colonel. “p-AVhen'llyron crossed the sea ho sang: My native land, good night.” When Ma son and Slidell attempted to cross, they woko up-ono morning and made the salutation, “ My native land.goodfliormng."— Louisville Journal. £ Letter from Cot. Charles J. Biddle, The following, latter was written by Col. Biddle, .Member of Congress from Philadel phia, in reply to an invitation from prominent citizens of Philadelphia, to partake of a pub lic dinner: '! To the Honorable, Georoe M. Dallas, Charles- Jl Ingersoll, Peter M’Call, John Cad ' walader, George Sharswood, A. V. Par sons, Frederick Fralev, Henrv M, Phil lips, Esqs, and others. Gentlemen l have had the pleasure to re ceive, to-day, your communication, and bog you to accept my thanks for the flattering terms in which you have expressed your viows upon what has been, to mo, a subject .of anxious reflection. _ . - - ’ : It has been my earnest desire, at this great juncture in our National affairs, to, give my humljle services whore they may be most useful to my country, With this purpose I took the field; and holding, during tho peri od of the Extra Session, a separate and im portant command, I did not feel at liberty to quit it to take the seat in Congress to which you had, in my absence, elected me. I' have come, for a day or two, from the great camp in front of Washington, where I command a regiment that has been to me a source of the highest pride and satisfaction, and I shall leave it with feelings of regret that I will no attempt to express here. _ But, I yield to the representations of the wishes of my constituents, conveyed to me in your let ter and in other forms. I shall therefore, tender, through the proper authorities, the resignation of my military commission from tho State, and, ns your representative, will return to Washington. It is true that, according to high authori ties, 1 might at once hold the two positions; but it is. plain that 1 could not perform the duties of both, and, waiving the bare legal question, it seems to me to be incompatible with the character of a representative and a legislator to be a paid officer, subject to the orders of the Executive, and present in his place only by tho revocable leave of a milita ry superior, I have, therefore, reached the ; f-nm-ln-jinn thuh rnur ronrcssntutivo nuist jiot now be thusi tianinicllod; yet, should the tide of war, indeed, roll around the National capital, T hope that my brethren inarms will find room in their ranks for one soldier more. My political opinions are what they have always been. ,1 am a Democrat —nevermore one than at this hour. I rejoice that it was with my name upon your- banners thatyou overthrew tho Republican party in this city. I When.l say lam a Democrat, I dp. not mean, that I bolong'to any knot of politicians. When I say I am a Democrat, I mean that I have ever maintained those, national princi ples which, under God, made and preserved us a nation; those great national priciples, of justice and equality for all the States* which, so long as they wore practiced, made our various institutions and interchangeable commodities bonds of' strength and .union rather than grounds for strife. ' This, at least, we may say for the Demo ■ cratic party—it. rated at their true value the fantastic theories, the whimsies, the. “isms,", the questions of more phraseology, that men, - calling themselves statesmen, have preferred to peace, to union, to the gradual progress and development, of cachs section, ■ and all races in' due relation to natural causes. This, coo, we may say for tho Democratic party —while it maintained its sway, “Secession” was a little, baffled clique; ns tho Republi can party rose, “-Secession” .became “an army with banners." Nor was the foresight of tho Republican leaders wider than their patriotism. The false prophets of the party promised their followers that three months should see tho end of all the trouble;' and v hen war came upon them, oven then they wanted only throe months volunteers to end it. They , created and fostered that intoxicating self-confidence that was tho cause of pur earlier reverses. .They hatjTso persistently abused that part of tho American people that lived across a.geo graphical line, that they had come, at last, to underrate and despise then, and Republican oratory summoned its hearers not to 1 stern encounters, but only to pays and pillage. When tho national flag was struck down at Charleston, and the national, capital was threatened by Secession, the North rose like one man. The world saw with astonishmon' the great uprising of the people; Europe pre judged the issue in our favor; yet, as if smit ten with blindness, the Republican leaders seemed striving’ to waste and dissipate, in stead of to seize and use, the noble material for great armies, which was, with scarcely any limit, placed at their disposal. The soldjer who offered himself for the public sendee found that he mud ear-wig some politician before he could be allowed the privilege to fight or die for his country. Mon began to say that the war was to bo made “ a Black Republican job.” Politicians were put at the head of troops —politicians who thought that to wear lace and feathers, and to pocket pay, was the whole duty of tlje officer—feasting and frolick ing and spcochmaking took theplaco of train, ingand discipline; and, while theoffiiJer spouted and revelled, the rank and filo wero robbed of their first right—-the right to skillful guidance and instruction. The reins wore nominally put into the hands of a venerable chieftain ; but every politician, every “ able editor,” took a pull at them, till they upset the couch. Amid shouts of,“On to Richmond," the North, with its teeming population, found it self outnumbered nt every point of conflict, and the Battle of Bull Run proved that the Administration had known neither its own strength nor the enemy’s. “Whore then were our legions?” we may ask of it. But the battle of Bull Run was not without its fruits for us. Panic-stricken selfishness, seeking self-preservation, lighted on those who could save it. The direction of the army passed into the hands of soldiers. A General, born hero among us, restored to their duo. su premacy the material virtues that insure suc cess in'war ; trained competent officers sec onded his efforts, scores of imbeciles have been pushed out of service ; and this good work, still progresses'.' The Democratic party will sustain the men—the McClellans, the- Duponts—who have in charge the honor of our flag on land and sea. Let, everywhere, the people put in office men who will not see tbe war become “ a party joblot the administration of tbe Government be such as to attract, not repel, the doubtful States. Then the contest may be continued with success and ended with honor. Wo may yet see the authors of our national troubles, those twin fomontors of discord—the Abolitionist of the North and the Secessionist of the South—reduced again to the harmless insignificance in which Demo cracy long hold them. And if the event bafles those hopes, the government that em braces the groat, rich and populous States of the North, must sink to no humble, no de graded place among the nations. National prosperity is too nearly allied to national dig nity to suffer us to stand in the relation of the vanquished to those who never can secede from geographical connection; with whom close relations, warlike or amicable, must con tinue always. The Democratic party sought to keep the peace among the States with honor to them all; but while the war lasts, into which the Abolitionists of the North and the “ preoipi tationists” of the South have hurried us, let us demand that a firm and wise administra tion of the Government shall evoke and hon estly apply our military resources, in which -tho-nations most-faraous-in-arms-havo-not surpassed nor equalled us. In conclusion, gentlemen, lot mo say that I am deeply sensible of the honor of represent ing thiir old city; for our District is the old city that our fathers know and loved. | _ As your representative, I will exorcise the right of free speech, and will strive to maiu tain, for all, tho cherished rights, tho enjoy ment of whioil constitute civil liberty, My stay lijjro does not allow me to accept the compliment of a public dinner, to which you do me tho honor to invite mo. _ . ■ ■ ! j ...To see you and other valued friends will, nl nil timed afibrdthe greatest pleasure to - Kcspeotfully and truly your bb’t servant, Cn a a lesJ.Biddle . ■ GENERAL I’eLBLliN. The persohajmhdractor bf the Oommander in- Chief, aside from his military qualifications, the Journal of Commerce sajs, is a source of ■universal gratification in the country. That bo is a good soldier wo all believe, that bo is a good man we know. In. tho course of his eventful career, many anecdotes illustrating bis sincerejOiHldsti&n character, have been giv en to the public. None that we have seen isi more touching than the following, which wo find communicated to the National Eepubli can. While pnr trust is in him under God, it is » eourcgjt-pf profound confidence to us, that his trust is in the Great Buler. Wo are not disposed to encourage the publication of private incldcSTs in tho lives of our promi nent men. We are in possession of many re lating to tho Commnndcr.dn-Chiof that would endear him personally to tho hearts of the nation, but they are not fitting subjects of newspaper comment.' Such a statement as the following, however, is worthy of publica tion, that the. nation may know that their loader is one of tho noblo army of. Christian soldiers. OENi m'cLELLAn’s VIEW OP HIS POSITION. The Rev. Dr. Thompson, at a meeting of the chaplains of the army, held last -week, gave a very interesting and thrilling account of a midnight? interview with our young com mander, fronywhich we gather that the Gen eral himself is not unwilling that the country should folly understand him in this matte- This observation is made here because jenoral'S pastor had been-annoycd by tli authorized pilblication of his private remai on another most interesting occasion.' Gen. M’Clollan is'glad to'have this nation know that his sole reliance in the war is upon, the goodness,and mercy of God in advancing the cause of law' : justice and .order. He throw himself hack in the chair and said, with deep emotion, “For what purpose can it ho that one but lately engaged upon a railroad, so young, and having yet done nothing to de serve such.a place, should ho advanced for the time, to perhaps the mos t’ responsible po sition in the, country!” Wo feel that he might have.said in the world. “But,'' con tinued this modest, youthful, and truly Chris tian hero, “Ins op God, who often chooses the weakest and even the meanest instru ments to accomplish His purposes." The writer of this is happy to have had an opportunity to say to this young man, while General Scott was sfill with as, “X thunk God General, that we’have here two Christian offi cers at the head of our armies." A Specimen of Refreshing Coolness. The Bostorr Conner says : “ Wm. Llnyd Garrison delivered an address before the Twontv-otght Congregational Socir ety at Music Hail, yesterday morning. Ilia subject was‘The State of the Country.’ He extended tlie ■ right hand of Abolition fellow ship to Hon. Charles Sumner, for his emanci pation speeches—endorsed General Fremont’s Proclamation,, which, ho said, the President had not power to revoke—said ho didn’t he lio,ye_ the charges against Fremont’s character ■ —said that those opposed to the abolition of slavery at the present time wore trnitore, and, in conolusiohvMwgod his hearers to sign the petition, whjfcltjia b?ing circulated, asking ' Congress : 4o'tt,wl}3h'slavery under the war power.” , • Wm. Lloyd Garrison has been the'editor and publisher of a paper,called the Boston Liberator for some twenty-five or thirty years. The motto of that paper, standing conspicu ously at its head for years,, was this: “The American Union—A League with Hell and a Covenant with Death.” For more than a quarter of a century ho has been a public and avowed advocate of the dissolution ofthe Union bya separation of thoNorthfrom thoSbuth.nnd his speeches and tetters favorable to that meas ure wonldfill volumes. Now.this lifc-longdis" unionisthqs the impudence to lecture upon the state ofthe country, and denounce everybody as a traitor who is not in favor of freeing the ne groes! Thishoary-headed enemy ofthe Union, who spurns it now if it is to bo restored with out the abolition of slavery, is made quite a lion of in Boston ! The Uninn feeling that supports Garrison is of a very peculiar stripe. Cincinaii Enquirer. Remedy for the Bite op Mad Docs.—A Saxon forester, named GastoU,- now of the venerable ago of 82, unwilling to take to the grave with him a secret of so much import ance, has made public in the Loipsic Journal the means which ho has used for fifty years, and wherewith ho affirms he.has rescued many human beings and cattle from the fear ful dfeath of hydrophobia. Take immediate ly warm vinegar, or tepid water; wash the wound clean therewith; and then dry it; then pour upon the wound a few drops of hy drochloric acid, because mineral acids destroy the poison of the saliva, by which moans the latter is neutralized. Death of the King op Portugal. —The last European news informs us of the death of the-young King of Pbrtugal, who died of typhus fever, which disease-had previously removed' one of bis brothers and reduced another nearly to (he grave. Don Pedro V. was twenty-four years old on tho 16th of Sep tember, and leaving no son, will bo succeeded by his next brother, Prince Louis-Philippe, a naval officer, bom on tho last day of August, I 83 8 :. Removal op the Rebel Capital* —The im portant event of the day is the sudden flight of the rebel government and Congress from Richmond to Nashville, Tennessee. The rebel Congress assembled at the former- place on Monday week, and received the message of Jeff. Davis there on Tuesday. But it appears from the Richmond Uafliara-that a resolution was passed to remove the seat of the govern ment to a more secure locality in the interi or of Tennessee. This is a significant meas ure, and confirms the presumption that Rich mond, is not sufficiently fortified to render the archives and the persons of the rebel gov ernment safe from the menacing aspect of Gen eral McClellan’s army. • Slidell's Land in Minnesota.— An im portant discovery has just boon made among Ah o_rcoords_oLthQ_Gonbral-Lnnd-Onioe,-in- Washington. It is found that John Slidell, the .Rebel Commissioner, now in Fort War ren, is the proprietor of some twenty-five thousand acres of land in Minnesota. The property will probably bo confiscated by the Government. Pur the Volunteer, SERGEANT-AT-ABHS (IP TUB HOUSE, . Mr, Eoitoiu Though opposed to doing aught that might appear, calculated to fore- Btairbr influence the notion of the Logisloturo in the choice of any, of itsi officer», the man ifest concern wlitOh wp notice in'; relation to tho organization of the House, and the efforts that are being made in behalf of various in dividuals, emboldens the writer of this com munication to suggest for the position of Sor goant-at-Arms, the name of a gentleman as much entitled —by his patriotism, high char acter hnd faithful service—to tho-confidence of liis party as perhaps any other in this broad commonwealth. Tho’ gentleman to whom! allude isQEOnoE Washington Welsh, Esq., of York , county, a Union man truly, a patriot and Democrat, who has never yet dis played a white feather or filtered in a gloomy time. The, hotter the the harder he fought, and it is to such indomitable men as ho that his glorious old county is indebted for its high position. This suggestion is made without consultation with Mr. Welsh, but the writer does not boligvo that ho would refuse to accept from the Ilonse of Represent atives a position so honorably prominent ns that of Sergrant-dt-Arms; and it is certain that the choice could not by possibility fall upon ono more extensively and favorably known and generally respected by tho adher ents of all political divisions. Old Democratic York can certainly present nn unquestionable claim to one or more of the offices, and of all her sons, there is not ono, tho writer feels con fident,-whOsi) selection would produce a great er degree of satisfaction. Mr. Editor:—Will you Ijo so kind lis to Sopt. BATES will attend illustrate his system of “Physical Training,” ns adapted to tiro Com mon Schools,'and that Prof. Wickeksfiaji, of the Millorsrille Normal School, will lecture before the Institute on Friday penning, the 27th instant; and also, that an arrangement Trill bo effected with, the obliging Superin tendent of tho Cumberland Valley Railroad, by which delegates will bo enabled to return to their, homes free. , Respectfully, JOSEPH TVIIFFLIN, Supl. Com. School, Cum. Counii/, Sliipponsburg, Dec. 2, 1861. Iloir tde Tei.egrapii is Abused.— Tine Chi cago Ti'ifmne (Republican) states that tho dis patches from Springfield, Mo., representing great indignation and excitement among the soldiers oh account of Fremont’s remoral, telling hour officers were, resigning, and sol diers throwing down their arms, prove to bp, he.we supposed, more figments. So, also, is the other story that the enemy were approach ing in vast numbers, and that Price had occu pied tho old Wilson's Creek battle-ground.— The fact is, there is no rebel army anywhere in the neighborhood, and it is doubtful if Price is in Missouri at all. Scouts have re turned from thirty to forty miles beyond Springfield, and they report no enemy vis ible.’ Those falsehoods originate with a letter writer, who is pensioned upon the army,- and does no other service for his pay and rations, except to fabricate fulsome flatteries and sedi tious tbroa s.’ It was he that sent the impu dent dispatch stating that there was talk among the officers at Springfield, of “creating Fremont Dictator of the Southwest, independ ent of tho Administration." But this venal fellow, and the whole tribe of adulators, will now turn oyer to Hunter’s side and bespatter him with praise, and his enemies with epi thets. Indeed, the change has already com menced ; for- we see it is announced: “ The Missouri troops are satisfied with the change of commanders—no battle going on directly in front, Ac/', Judgement por a News-paper Account.— Among the recent decisions at tho general term of the Supremo Court of tho Albany (N. Y.,) district, was one in favor of Mr. J. Sea bury against _ Bradford O. .Wait, for seven years subscription to the Patskil! Recorder and Democrat. The decision was in favor of the publisher; and the judgement and costs, we understand, amouht'to between two and three hundred dollars! The New York Observer, one of the oldest religious newspapers in the country, says of this decision.: “It is surprising that so few subscribers fully understand their responsi bilities to publishers of newspapers. The law which governed in this decision is a law of Congress, and therefore- applicable in every State in the Union. Many subscribers seem to regard tho bill for a newspaper the last to be settled, especially tho last whisk the laws will enforce. Responsible men, oven under, trifling whims, refuse to take, their papers from tho office, regardless of the payment of arrears, and when half a dozen more years have been added to the arrears at tho time of stopping, think it hard to pay tho increased bill with interest and costs of collection,” [fy” Persons well informed say the- Cabinet stands four to throe against freeing the slaves and putting arms in their hands to put down the rebellion. General Cameron, Secretaries Chase and Welles favor it, and Seward, Bates, Blair and Smith oppose it. Tho most bitter oppo sition is made by Smith, Blair and Seward. The President is understood to favor it, though ho has not come out yet like the Cabinet members. Sheriff of Philadelphia.—Robert F,w ing has been commissioned Sheriff of Phila delphia,by GovernorCiißTiN. Justice, though tardy, has at length triumphed, and the vile machinations of a band of Philadelphia ras cals have signally failed. A Large Cannon. —One of the largest can non over made in this country,, was cast at Algiers’ foundry, at South Boston, on Satur day afternoon, under the inspection of Capt, Taylor, of the United States Navy. It weighed 30,000 pounds. JSSrTho other night General McClellan astonished his staff by giving them a night ride through the different encampments. Ho started at 8 o’clock in the evening, and did not return to his quartors until-4 in the morn-- ing- ■ Farmers and others predict an early winter, a long one, and a strong one. One of thp signs is that the husk of the corn is .very thick and close, and covers the ears to the very ends. JACKSON, inty Teach ora.’ Institute Whereas, .Slavery has cruised the present rebellion in the United States .lad whereas, There can bo no solid nnd permanent peace, and union in this republic solongas that in stitution exists within it: A nil whereas. Slaves are now used by the Rebels as an essential means of suppnrtingand protracting the war: And whereas, By the law of nations it is our right to liberate the slaves of an enemy, to weaken his powers : therefore,' . Bs it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of Ameri ca, in Congress Assembled, That the President bo requested to declare free, and* direct all our generals and officers.in command to order free dom tnall slaves who shall leave their mas ters orshall aid in quelling thc-ri'hollion. - Second, And he it J’miher - Resolved, That the United States pledge the faith of the Na tion to mate full and* fair compensation to all loyal citizens who are and efuiU remain ac tive ii) supporting the Union, for all the loser they may sustain by virtue of the resolution. Mr. Odell (N> Y.) submitted the following, which was adopted: Whereas, Col.' Alfred M. Wood, of the 14th regiment, New Ydfk Statu Militia, who was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle 4 Bull Urn, has nnv, bo the rebel authorities, been ordered to confinement in a felon’s prison, and by the same order is to ho treated as .prisoners convicted of Inhvwnms crimes; there fore', ' JfosoJrcrf, TTiai 1:1 1 & President of tho United Slates be respectfully requested toordei: John Slidell to the same character of prison, and to the same treatment, until €hl..'Wood shall treated as tlio United States have used all prisoners taken in battle. Adjourned*.- . A geTvHenran from the Virginia side of the Potomac, arrived tn-ihiy. states tliatthe Fifty seventh and Sixty-first New York regiments, the latter under enmnmnd of Col. Cone, made a_ rcconaoissance from Springfield, which is nine iraTcs from Alexandria, on Thursday, [and went three miles and a halt beyond our ■pickets, towards 'Manassas, when they dis covered a rebel force numbering. it is suppos ed, about 8.000 men. They returned to their starling point, reaching it in good order, and without cnscraltics. Tho Old-'Point boat has arrived, and the passengers furnish a variety of rumors of the most contradictory character'in relation to the fightat Pensacola. One reports that Fort Pickens had been taken, and another that tho Federal forces had been victorious, and (that Gen. Bragg was killed, whiled third re port fa, that after two days’ fighting a great .storm came on, which rendered a cessation of 'hostilities necessary. ! Baltimore, Nov. SO.—The American lias received ihe following intelligence from tho South: The Richmond Vixpnhh of the 29th, gives the following particulars of the fight at. at Pensacola : From-the Pensacola Obsrvrcr of tho 22d .and!23d insr.—Tho fight commenced on Fri da)*,and the Observer of the 22d thus an nounces tho beginning of the fight: “At five minutes past ten o’clock this morning, heavy and continuous firing commenced on the forts below. B’liat it is, or on which side it com menced, we are yet unable to say. Up to this writing (one o’clock) the firing still.con tinues, and avo can only give it, and hope that tho bombardment has opened in good earnest. AVe shall give tho nows as fast as wo got. “Later.— Wo learn from a person just from tho Navy Yard that tho fire was opened by Fort Pickens upon tho Confederate steam er Times, and was returned by our batteries and Forts. Tho t'- S. frigato Niagara is try ing to cross the hnr, for the purpose of enter ing tho harbor. Tho excitement in town is immense. Tho business houses are closed, and the house-tops aro covered with tho ox citde populace.” • The Observer of tho 23d has the following: “ Tho firing, ns wo stated yesterday, began from Fort Pickens. The whole of theirfiring, during tho morning, was directed at the steamer Times,but with very little effect. The Times came up Inst night, and with the ex ception of two or throe little holes made with rifle shot, she is unhurt. This shows that their guns aro of very inferior quality, of that Brow a .and his Yankees aro all drunk —very probably the latter. ‘‘Tho’ steamer Nelms was also in tho on g9£iU»fflttA T ji | !.LML < Lst.ea!»PE-Tit(iofl.-at.JiliP- beginning of tho fire, hut only one shot struck her, and that did not do much dnm ngo. “ 'l'ho Nelms went over to tlio main land, and found the Florida regiment all right- In passing Billj r Wilson’s batteries she gave them a, couple of shots, which were returned. The U. S. frigate Niagara tried hard to come TBIRTI-SEIBSTIi CfISfiRESS-FIRST SESSION. 'W’AsuiNqTON,-.Docombqr 2. Sbmate.— The Vice President called the Senate to,order.at n00n... About forty mem bers were .present. Vi The Senate 6ondurrod in the resolution ipf the■ House for.the appointment pf a joint committeeto trait on the,President,; ■ i . Mr. Trumbull (111.) gave notice that, ho would introduce, to-morrow, a bill to oOnfis onto the property of rebels against the au thorities of the United States. Government, and pvo freedom to persons hold to labor in the slave States. ... , The Committee appointed ' to waiton the President reported that ho would communi cate his message to' Congress at ndon to-mor row. Adjourned. House.— The House was opened at noon with prayer by the Kov. Mr, Stockton. The roll of members was then called by the Clerks. Mr. Hickman (Pai) presented the certifi cate of the provisional government of Worth Caroline, dated-at Hattorus, certifying to the election of Mr.'Foster, as .member, of Con gress from that State. ’ _ . Mr. Watts, delegate from. Now Mexico, sworn in. A resolution was unanimously passed, de claring that ns Col. Corcoran ,httd .been confined ns u convicted felon by tlio rebels, that the Proiidont lie requested to similarly confine JamosM. Mason, now in custody inFort Warren. . Mr. Eliot (Mass.) offered the following: Resolved, Bii iha House of Representatives of the United S litter of America : That, wC do hereby declare that in om* judgement the President of the Unite 1 States, as the Com mander-In-Chief of our army, and the-officers in command under him, have a right to eman cipate all persons held in slaves in any mili tary district in a state ofinsurrection against the National Government, and that wo respect fully advise that such order of emancipation bo issued wherever the sumo will : avail to weaken the power of the rebels in arms, or to strengthen the ini Htm-y, powcT of the loyal forces. t ( .--Mr_Dnßix.f^l!i}-^'mnvf^l_hiJav^,thn--resolu--T.- iSon on Unstable, hut the motion was to—yens 6(5, against ID. On motion of Mr. Stephens, (Pa.,) the far tlier consideration of the resolution was post poned until to-morrow a week. . . Miv Campbell (Pa.) gave r*)tice that he would call, up the following resolution next Tuesday a week r Itesoh'cd. That in fegisTrttihg to moot the exi gencies of the present rebellion, Congress should confiscate the property, slaves included, of all rebels, and protect the property and rights under the Constitution and the laws of nil loyal citizens . . Mi’. Stevens (Pa.JfswbmUtcd the following for future consideration: THE WAI R Prom W:isXm ss gJ'oiJv ’WdsiMMOTUX, Nov. 30. Interest™g-from F»rl, Pickens. Baltimore, Nov. 30. jsEnisn dispatch.]- in, but the. reception -was too warm, ami find to back out. The only l o as of. lif o can hear of was a private of the Louiainn regulars, and the wife of the sergeant of tiT marine corps. ‘Both killed by the explosim? of aßholi inthe noyy ynrd. A groat m a „" shot : and shqUfollintlio navy yard, but dw very little damage- to the buildings, (v gnns'wore worked all day, and must w«- told With terrible effect, upon the other aid# We think that the greatest damage done w™ to one of the ships ofwar which ven tured too near our batteries.” The editor proceeds with a tirade of abnsa against the Yankees in'.general, and Colonel Brown in particular. , He speaks of Brown as follows;/ “But the meanest , and. most contomplibi. act was the execution of the. throats n,ado some tiinengoby that prince of hardened scoun drels, Harvey Brown, that ho would not re spent the hospital. * One shot was so -noli aimed at the building, that it wont through it, but did not damage. . The baseness of this act places this blackguard below the lowest cut-throat and vagabond of hfew York." The account continues: “At thirteen min utes to.eleven o'clock this morning the flro was reopened, and still ; continues at a very brisk rate. The people are not so much exci ted as they , wore yesterday, and we can see every appearance of a determination to resist to the last extremity, if need, bo; but every oho seems to place unlimited confidence in our success. Wo hope now that it will con tinue till the conflict is settled. Hurrah for the SSuthern Confodraoy, and hurrah for * both of this county-, - At Harrisburg, on the 2Stli nit., by the Key. T. 11. Robinson-- 'James 9r M-URruv, of Philadelphia, to Eiiik-a Potts, daughter of James 11. Boyd, of the former place. . On the 13th nit.,, by the Rev. J. Dickson, Rev. H. Y. llsinfEi. baugh, of the Pennsylva nia Cqnfereiiije of the .U. ,B. in. Christ, to Miss Fanny L. Hoffman, of Big Spring; this com- V- On the 28th nit., by E'cv. Win. Kipp, Mr. David P. Lehman, to Miss Elizabeth A, Burn, both of Boiling Springs. : Jkk In Jacksonville, on the 27th nit., of catarrh &ver, James Henry-,.sod of Lovi and Mnrgr ret Stough, aged 0 years;'! month and 24 days,.' Help utydoayLord, So 7>o resigned. Ami b«l* Thy will bo done; Thou hast pluck'd the branch, and- may the vino With heavenly fruit abound."'. 0, Eye and Ear- Dlt. JONES of Now York, tho successful OCULIST and AUiIIST, .will practice at tiio German House, Carlisle, from the 2 U to the 12 tb of UeceinhctK Hr. Jones cures all curable diseases of flic or gans of sc two, and performs all difficult or delicate operations- in Surgery. Ho inserts Artificial Eyes without paiu, to move and appear natural; ho has hundreds with him and can suit all cases, whether the eye bo wholly or partly out- * J.straigbtecs eross-oyes in tiro minutes, in old or young, thus improving .tho sight and appear ance. Ho operates for CTatnroet, Specs, Tumors, Prolypus in tho Nose or Ear, and is prepared for anything pertaining either to Surgery or to Medi cine.—Being a graduate of tho -old and the school Medical College and of an Eye and Ear College —- his Diplomas hang in his office^ Dr.U. cures Deafness, Noise in tho Hoad, and Discharges of tho Ear. Ho introduces _ Artificial! Ear-Drums, which improve tho hearing immediate ly. Ho incises enlarged tonsils, aiitPbas improved instruments for that 'express purpose. RoatT'Dr. Jones’ .circular for reference to hundreds- that ho bus cured after they were given up by other phys- icians. ; . .» Dr. Jones will practice his profession at mo Washington Hotel, IJogcrsfoicn, Md.>Jrom the ~ to the-2Qth of December, 1851. 'Doe. s.—it Brazilian Spet!l«cl©s» DU. L. lIECHINGEK, of 43 Maiden Lane, New York, informs tho people of Cumber land county that ho will call on them iu vanou localities, for the purpoao’of, OPERATING ON THE EYE and selling his unsurpassed glasses. Df. H. ha* practiced sucoossfully for many years, and produ ces tho highest testimonials to those who desire ms services. Doc. 5,1861.-— 3 dl __ Notice. TO the Heirs nnd legal Representatives of Henry Esholraan, Into of the township oi East Ponnsboro, of Cumberland, (1poo»boiI* Take notice that by virtue of a writ of Partition and Valuation issued out of tho Orphan's Court o Cumberland county, and to mo directed, I willh ol an Inquest to divide, part or value the real estatei o said deceased, on tho promises, on FRIDAY, *R ' 27TIP DAY OF DECEMBER, A. D., 1861, at w o’clock, A, M., when and whore you may attend you think proper, J. THOMPSON BIPPBT, CarlialOj Dto. 5, 1801.—-It Shorty LAND FOB SALE.—I have three quarter sections of land, containing 471 ro *p?‘ l in ' .laying en Lorainios Crook, five roilesmorth of im, r iu Sholby county, Ohio —was among tbo trios made so- far north in tbo Land .Oflioo a -clnnati^aboutbalf- jJ„ and in cultivation, with comfortable buiiamg two> of tbo tracts—-Tbo Miami canal passing t ono of the tracts and in vie vr of tlio other * This land is put in market for no other roaso my inability to manage it to advantage M j g being in my seventy-sixth year of ago. 1 : . miuff rough black stouo on it, said by persons to know, to bo iron ore, Deo. 6,1801 JUDGE CECXI*- 4