'AfZUU SUipt9.oiat'OT CARLISLE, VA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER W; 1850 THANKSGIVING DAY. v ; Pennsyltkinia,kii.—/n the name and by the au - Amity or the Commonwealth of Penn4/ver- Nia. By. Wm. F. Johnston. Governor °paid Commonwealth. • A PROCLAMATION. -Another revolfflion of the seasons has been .almost completed. • -Peace With all nations has berm -vouchsafed to our country, by the SUPREME DISPENSER - of national blessings. A bonifieent PROVIDENCE has continued His guardian cure bvorthe people of this 'Commonwealth: flc i haspreservati us, under the institutions of &co •Goverameut, in the'quiel and undisturbed ent ,joymont of civil and religious liberty. He. has - favored us tivith licalthtulmnisens'end,ahundant harvests. Individual happiness rewards tho 'enterprito -alba cititen:; "The earth is full of' the goodness oftlio Lorin." While deo Mesa 'linable bounties of PROVIDENCE furnish a Bulk tin subject for mutual gratulation and grateful 'acknowledgment, an enlightened sanso of duty and gratitude to that BEING from whom,. they Vow, admonishes us to unite at one Peopld; in offering up the tribute of fervent thanksgiving - and praise to "Hum „who watcheth over the des tinies of nations — 'who searcheth the hearts of the children of men,"-- ,, who bath prepared Hie Throne in the Heavens, and whose King dom euleth ovei-all.' -- - Deeply impressed with the propriety of this duty, in accordance with a venerated custom, and in compliance-with the wishes of the great body of the people, I, WILLIAIIT. JOHNSTON. Governor of the sold Commonwegkh,do hereby appoint ithd designate Thursday, the 12th day of December nest, es a day df general Thanks giving throughout the:State, and lihereby rec ommend and earnestly invite all the good pea. ple of 'this Commenwealth, to a sincere and prayerful observance of tho same. . 'Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State at Harrisburg, this twenty-eighth day of October, in thic year of our Lord, ono thou.' ----sand--eight-hundred ind fiflyTnnd 'of - the — Commonwealth, the ementpfifik. • By the Governor: . . . A. L. RUSSELL. :Secretary of "the Commonwealth. STATE' AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—Tha . State 'Convention for Th e purpose of promoting The formation of a Slate Agricultural Society . ; is to be held at Harrisburg oh the third Tuesday of January next. asveralcounties have Wren -di, chosen delegates, but Cumberland, to her great discredit, is not of the number. The Message. Thu annual message of President Fillmore has elicited a general expression of the warmest approval. The independent presses speak in -decided commendation of its language and rec ommendatione, and oven our political opponents can scarcely summon up an objection. Tho Albany Evening ,journal, says of it I "As , whole we like the message. In one respect we like it exceedingly, for President Fillmore' hoe reformed the practice of writing an Essay in stead of a message. .He has saved us the labor of winnowing bushels ofehttifto get at the ker nels of wheat.- itis - thoroughly American and thoroughly . Whig." Another Coalition ! We learn by telegraph that the Loco Fncos and'the Free Sailers 'united and elected the of ficers in the organization of the Ohio Logisla lure. Thiele another characteristic trick of the locofoco party. In New York and Penn• Sylvania It goes in strong for the Union, and" ;.3 the lycidost diniumitalim oftho ttion fanatic," who aro promoting 'aggressions" upon the South. In Massachusetts and Ohio It unites with the abolitionists to encore the .opoils of offico I' Thus while the locufoco proms have con- slimily endeavored to fix tho impression upon the South that the Whigs of the North were -- erelociatetitith - theiiiti-slavori party, the late elections have proven incontestibly that where ever the Locofocos could unite with the Aboli tionists for the overthrow of the Whig 'ticket, they - did - writer end to this causimnore_t taxed° .any other, may be ascribed`their extraordinary • triumphs in several of the free States. They 'openly coalesced In igaseacinnetta, in Vermont, in New York, in Ohio, and elsewhere; and yeti their organs betve'lhe audacity to address South ern men as their peculiar ohampions, and to gazette ; themselves as the patriots who alone are adverse to untidiest. There is a day of reckoning coming for thiti'Whelesale system of fraud; and ere another year rolls round, the country will be fully awakened to the extent of the crimes which have been committed in the Marnit of •‘Dourocracy." No More Agitation. /r..rWe are glad to learn from authorized sources at Washington that there will bo no weipeniug of the Slavery agitation during the %present session of Congress. On this subject wo agree with the' New York Tribune, and trust that the commencement of agitation will be left to the Propagandists of Slavery. We of the contrary part can certainly afford to leave the argument wham it now stands; while who really elikets any favorable action from the present Congress? Now, wo would very much lake tin essential modification of the ° fu. gittve Slave law. but we do not believe that any good can: be achieved by„ thrusting that subject at the outset upon the consideration of the very Congress that passed' the law.' We would give much to sea tho boundary of TeMs almightened; but is there a rational probability that such a twilit can now bo secured I As to Slavery in the Territories, we say, Resist at all hazardsany attempt to plant it there ; but let -us, while-maintaining perfect, candor with ro . gard to this sullect,'net needlessly and perhaps mischievously call upon Congress to meddle with' it so lobg as inaction snail appear to sub serve our purpose. Ho is not the ,inost. offee live champion of Free Soil In Congress who makes the most ado about at. • Slavery legislation has occupied the attention of Congres long. enough. Let us now ham sumo aittript at securing bettor protection to our sodding American Industry, and lot the merits and demerits of ,slavery lin its various phases wait their turn. Timis Accerve.—New Orletins, Deo. 'By en arrival here we have later: advices from Texas: The Legislature of that State assem-' bled on•tho Ifith ultimo. The proposition of "aecePting or not,l'earee'e . Boundary Bill wasi troughfbefore`it';'abilqii bill was accepted by' both branches, 9era,being only one dissenting' iroleo;andthei in the Senate. • !, Aron& AND COMDER . LAND •hare been 'laid on this road actor fie' the .town Now Cumberhaid;.*hich "is "Rhin throe nalles of the liarrisburg terminallon r and 22 'mll6 from York; -! The road will be completed a yers short liinb. • . . SECOND WORLD'S- nuat.—The %whit*tot! Republic confirmathe statement that the Lomi , don Industrial Exhibition will be repealed- 'Neil/ York .in 1852. .Govereorsa Isio'nd has ticen . apiilied for; and granted for.the purpose.' REPORTS OF THE -SECRETARIES. REASURY REPORT, 'The fortheeming.report of the §ccititary of the Treasury ie looked'for with no littiti inter= bet, for.it Will not be likely.th giro , a Very fli'. Vorable - exhibit of our foreign trade diirriig tho -year ending 'the 30111 June, 1650. Indocd; if its facts aro such in relation to our exports and ,imports aft have been shadowed forth, they will prove, win h fully tenslidifrod, of the most start. ling character, The aggro ate of imports du ring that period exclude() o specie, waslllB2,- 588,762, while the aggraga o of , exports exelu -61110 of specie, was - $144, 15,1'69, showing a difference of 038,473,613 i favor of imports,--L But the' Account does not 'close hero. During the sonic perioithere was exported $7,522,994, of specie and bullion, anti imported but $4,828,- 792, making a difference of , $2,814,202, which added to that already dated, gives the enormous aggregatS of $41,307,815! These are the op orations of a single year, and they are certainly' calculated to iriduce us to- pause and Ao ask— what is to ho tl'consequenc'e ika tosifintlanoo of this system 1 . -Allowing all thu profits, and costs upon butt exports, there must still ho an immense balance accumulated against the 'Uni ted States, during the post year, notwithstan ding the large transfers of Government and State securities, and the shipment of nearly three millions of specie, an event in itselfwhich is calculated to make a strong impression. POST MASTER. GENERAL'S REPORT. We gather the following items, embracing some statistical information of interest .to all classes, from the report of the Postmaster; General : The number of mall routes within the Uni, ted States, at the close of the fiscal year end ing on the 30th of June last, was 5,590 ; the aggregate length .of such routes was 178,672 miles; and the number of contractors employ ed thereon 4,760. The annua I transportation of the mails on these routes was 46,541,423 miles, at an annual cost of $2,724,426, making the average cost a bout five cents and eight and .a half mills per mile. — The increagbAirthe - number - oririland — inhil routes during the year was 649; the increase in the length of mail routes was 10969 miles ; and the annual transportation of the yeir ex ceeded that of the previous year by 2,997,354 miles, at an increased cost of $342,440. - The mail service ie California and Oregon having been irregular 1n its performae and imperfectly reported to the department, has not been embraced in the foregoing statements. There sero, oh the 30th of Juno last, five foreign mail routes, of the aggregate length of 15,079 miles, and the annual price of-transpor tation thereon ' payable by this department, was $264,506, being an increase of $9,514, on the cost of the preceding year. The 'number of postmasters appointed du ring.the year ending June 30, 1850, was that number 2,600 were appointed to fill vacancies occasioned by the (Jocose of the previous incumbents; 262 on a change of the the sites of the offices for which they were ap plinied ; 1444 . 0 n the removal of their . prede cessors ; and•lB79 wore appointed on the' es tablishment of new offices. The whole number of post offices in the LW ted States at the end of that year, was 18,417. There Were 1979 post offices Osttiblislied and 300 discontinued during the year. The gross revenue of the department for the year ending June 30, 1850, Was X5,552;971-48, and the expenditures X 5,212,95 3 .43, leaving as the excess of the gross revenue over the ex peed itttres, of the year, the eum of $340, 018 05: The Postmaster General recommends that the island letter postage be reduced to three cents, the single letter, when pre-paid; and bo -fixed at the uniform rate of five cents when not pre-paid; and also, that the Postmaster General be required to reduce this pre-paid rate to two cents the single letter, whenever it shall be ascertained that the revenue of the Department, after the reductions now 'recom mended, shall have exceeded its expenditures by more than five per cent. for two consecutive fiscal years. He also recommend that the postage to Cal ifornia and Oregon be greatly reduced, and that the postage charged on other Bea-going letters be made more simple and uniform. The provision which imposes an -additional hall cent postage-upon newspapers, sent more than one hundred miles and out of the State where they are mailed, is recommend ko be repealed, so as to leave the uniform inland pos tage on newspapers, sent to subscribers, from the-office of publication, at one cent each. 1 The postage upon pampfilifii, periodicals,, and other printed matter, (except newspapers,) may be simplified and somewhat reduced, with advantage to the Department. He also recom-' mends the equitable reform of charging• the perise—of—theangressional_franking_privi, lege r as well.as_tranernission of newspaper ex changes, upop the public Treasury, rather than on the private correspondence of the country. He recommends these changes should go into effect at the commencement of the next fiscal year; and that the commissions allowed to 'postmasters at the smaller offices should• be raised, to-insure the services of competent and faithful officers. He also - recommeuda that the laws regulating the Department should be re vised, and their various proviions re-enacted in one law , and that the Assistant Postmasters General should be plocedt upon the same foot ing, in point of compensation, as the heads of bureaus in other Departments. We hope if any change is made in newspa per postage, that it will embrace a free circu lation in the' congressional district (or at least' in the county) in which they are published. SECRETARY AT WART! REPORT The Report of the Secretary at War,, Mr. Conrad, is a short paper, and being a plain, persplcouti and continuous statement, almost a narrative, of affairs appertaining to the array and the military defence of the country, with few figures and no intricate tables, it will bo road with equal facility and interest. Tlia aggregate strength of the army, as _at present established by law, Is 12,326 of leers and men. It is estimated that the number of men actually in service and fit fur duty, from deaths, d-saharges,•desertions, sickness and oth casualties, fall short of the legal .organization on an averageof•from 30 to 40 per cent; so that the above ntimffer would roputsimit an el , feetive force of only from 7,400*10 8,760 moo. Of the whole number, 7,796 are stationed in or under orders for'Texas, New Mexico, Califor nia, and Oregon ;-leaving only-4,530' in all the rest of the States and Territories. • Tim Secretary . urges the necessity, of em ploying a cavalry force to curb the mounted Indians of Texas and New Mexico ; and sug gests „the adoption' of some system, dictated equally by policy and humanity, for reclaiming the whole unfortunate race, by .Inducing them to aria don their wandering and predatory life, to-hie in villiages, and resort to agricultural pu milts for their sutisistence. The. statement of Pto enormous coal of transporting pork and, flour for the use of troops in New Mexico, af fords a strong \ evidence of the benefit which the republic would derive, in a mere pecuniary light, from reatoring peace and .security to the herdsman end husbandmary of a territory, "a large portion of which is Misceptible of produ cing crops of 'grain, and nearly all of which is cell atlaptedJo grazing." SECRETARY OF THE NAVY'S REPORT. The report of the Navy Department -is of some length, and is characterized by clearness and ability. It gives an account of the opera• rations of the six different squadrons into Which the ships in commission era diiided. It is remarked that occasional instances of Britiali-interference with- vessels bearing-our flag on the African coast. havo occurred, but that!in each case•• explanations and apologies have been made to our officers on that station, arid the reports thereof transmitted.to.the ger. ernment. - The Secretary says that onr flag has bean re speitted on every sea,' and tho interests of com merce have been seebre'Under its protection.— The Navy consists of .7 ships of the lino; /Ya zoo, 12 frigates, 21 sloops of. war,.. 4 brigs, 2 sehooners, 5 steam frigates, 3' steamers of the that class, 6"steumers of less than first . olass, end 5 store.!ships.•.!Fhe ships. in commission are trams, 6 frigates, 15 eloopi of war, 4 brigs, 2 schooner, (coast survey,) 2 steam frigates, .1 steamer of the fret class,. 3 less than . first class, 3 ships altio line ns 'receiving ‘stdia, 1 steamer du. and 1 sloop do.: 'Four ships of the r Mina and,two frigates aro on the stocks in -prd!, etas of construction, but the work suspended. Besides these, there are the mall steamships on the New Yerk"aral Liverpool and New York aCtl Chaves line, Jiable to naval duty in cash of necessity._ . .The existing personnel of the Navy embra ces 62 captains, 97 Commanders, 327 lieuten ants, GB sinteons, 37 passed ansistsnt,surgeOns ; 43 asiisiaqf surgeons, it 4 !inners, 24 chaplains, 12 professors- of.mathernaties, 11 . . masters in Oho Bee , of promotion , 04 passed and other midshiprijeo,'arid 7,soo.pbtty officers, seamen, landsmen, - boys, etc. The - Secretary says.that this system of officers is.unshapely and dispro pot ironed, there being a great disparity between the head and the subordinate parts, end ho re commends a reduction, in the three higher grades. The report dismisses's variety of oth er questions respecting The organization and distribution of the service, all o( which are worthy of attention, but csn'only tie properly appreciated by a referende to the Report. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.. The Report of the Beeretary of the Interior is an alaboratCdn'tument,,preseulleg a full ex hiblt 'of ' and operations of - the bow dcpbtlthetit and the- multifarious interests tlf tho land service, Indian affairs,-the- Pension birtce, Inc. , Inc. over which it has charge. The estimates for the various branches of the public service within,: its Jurisdiction; for , the approaching year, reach the, large amount of '57,132,093 47; being an excess over thd ~ s -timates timates for the current year of $1'728,670 63. Tho increase arises principally from the enlar ged expense of Indian affairs and the pension list ; fur which the estimates are, respectively, $1,441,972 66 and $2,644,726 31. The number of claims for warrants under the late bounty land law, up to Nov. sth, was 9,418, "au}l'it is rapidly increasing. The whOle number - of persons who, if living would be en titled to the benefit of the the Secretary says; would exceed half a million; and ho esti mates that the number of claimants will be a ut 250,000. oqOf the public lands there were disposed of, 5,189,410.91 acres; of which 1,34902.77 were sold, 3,405,520.00 located on bounty land warrants. Fur the \thr6s quarters of 1850, the quantity, dispoSed of has been 2,815,366.92 acres; 869,082.32 sold, and 1,520,120.00 Inca led on warrants. The Secretary urges the importance of a national highway to the Pacific, within our own territory, - from the valley of the Mississippi to the western coast, and the necessity of obtain ing full and accurate information as to the _shortest and_best,route,.-having• reference—not only to distance, but also to .the soil, climate, adaptation to agricultural purposes of the inter mediate country. tle• renews the recommendation of his pre decessor for the establishment of an agricultu ral bureau ; and advises the institution of a model fartri,•at Mount Vernon, "whose soil was once tilled by the hands and is now con secrated by the dust of the Father of his Country.', Doingc4 sic: 1:1•The North Carolina papers publish the =imago of Governor Manly to the Legislature. It approves of the recent adjustment, and takes tron gi ground in favor of the Union. The re. marks of Gov. Manly, upon - those points aro high-toned and patriotic. jr.r : Senator Clemons, of Alabama, who To ted against all the Compromise measures of the last session of Congress, recently spoke at a public Inciting in 'Madison, Ala., declaring that there was no cause now existing for re aistance, for agltatiion, for secossion, or for civil war. fer'it packet ship arrived in New York, on Tuesday; with 916 steerage passengers, the lar gest number ever brought over in one ship.— They wore all in good health. .?).Jeuny Lind hae:given five hundred del, lore to the widow of a man by the • name of Clark, ofCalais, Maine, who was drowned in in saving some Swedish seamen, from the wreck of their ship) The "Standard," the only paper in Now York which advocates the renomination ofGon. Cass to the Presidential candidacy, has been stopped, boatmen:l"U did not permxpenses." tTho charities, public and private?, bes towed by Jenny Lind, in New York and Brook lyn, are estimated. by those who have the best opportunities of knowing, at 830,000 .! „a•The Washington National - Monument is now eighty feet from the surfaco of the ground, and it is expected to bb two feet high er Wore theciErsiiTiflhe season. j. The Department of Sento, at Washing ton, has received information that orders have been issued by the Spanish Government for roleasing-the-romainder-of-the-Contoy-prison--- ere. ETho Governor of Virginia stir"; in his message, that Virginia should declare dint tho repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law is a repeal of Oa Union. /t*.Gov. Seabrook 'of Sonth grolina, in his annual message, advocates secession, and rec ommends the purchase of additional cannon and other means of defence. • t Rev. Mr. Prescott, of the Episcopal per' suasion, who was tried for heresy at Boston, as a f'useyito, has been acquitted. - . l(rIn Georgia, there are 140 Union dele gates elected, and 24 Disunionists to the State Convention. rf.Zblienry Bibb, .a fugitive slave, is going to start a newspaper at Sandwich, Canada West, to be called the ''Voice of the Fugitives.' Tho Governor of Virginia, in his mes sage, recommends a tax upon all products of non slaveholding Slates offered far Bale in Vir ginla. South Carolina. Seared! The fire-eating blade rers of South Carolina,, hove recently been greatly frightened. It ap-' pears that a few days since two..eomponies of Uncle. Sam's soldiers arrived them, as now ,pp pears, on their way to Texas, and took rip their quarters at the fort. This was at once regarded as indicative of something, caused an immense talk, aed"the good people there, who had until then beinkAs cool as cucumbers in that climate_ can be, suddenly bectime excited and alarmed. What added to the general trepidation, the Le gislature at Columbia at ()nee adopted a resole lion directing the Governor "to ascertain from. the General Authority, the purpose for which additional troops have keen scut to Charleston, and whether they are intoddcd to remain there." We cermet in a week to hear all South Caroli: ria blubbering for quarters. Wino PAiescnirTiosi..l4luoh hoe been said of therproseniption of Gen. Taylor'sadeninistra lion, especially as far as the Poet Offices are concerned.—lt appears, however, from the re port of the P. M. General, that dining. the year ending June 30, 1850,- the whole num ber of removals was only 1.444. When it is considered . lbat there ore upwards of seven teen ibousand poet Offices in the country, -the removal of 1,444 postmasters, even if inge were removed formate, could scarcely be tor tured Into proscription. Far more correct• would be the charge that the administration proscribed their own fiiends, wise n we find such n very small number of removals made. Ilonnint.o Munnen.—A. boy named James Kelly, beat A colored boy named James' Citz, about 15 years of age, to death, in -the jail at Pittsburg, on Friday night. It appears that Kelly bird him brutally with a stick, and then pulled off his pantaloons and Bei him on the hot steam•pipe, holding him there and continuing to burn, choke and boat him, till. bo .bocam4 Insensible, and thenilcappears, the three'wa r I:lessee first gave theularmsind. euminoned the jailer. He found the bOy horribly burned end beateii and the Aiiiierable sufferer died"of his injuries about aye o , clook on Saluda,' mot aMag• - . s ." - • • THIRTYMIUST'CONORESS reMI SECOND SESSION. The aecond eassion'of the XXXIst aengreen wee opened on Mende) , • the 12d inst. In the i3enativieriptvto prattlers were present. In the ficluse a tame number of members Animated to holt names. The *old officers holding over. iri inch branch, there wee nothing to do by way organizing hot call the roll and appoint the tend °committees le wait on the President.— Cha Prcaldonl' Message was transmitted to bollilletisee between three and four o'clock on ihe first day of the emblem, After the reading Iho usual nt%inbor of copies were ordered to .be >tinted. - On. neatly little was done in either House. n the &nolo thu noting President,wo's Who! izod to appoint all the Committees. COI. llert on gave ringeo of a numbevof Mils which ho i ntends to offer. Among thorn la ono granting r andu.fur the construction of a Railroad and ummon highway from St. Lutda to San Fran ludo. - In the House, Mr. DANNER, of Pa. oleo leeted in place of Dr gee, from the York and Warns district; , apyleared and took his 'coat.— tev..Mr:Guktxur- was ra•slocted limo daily newspapers tvero allowed each number, and for fear of overexertion at the nart, the illustrious body vary considerately Idjourood at an early hour for dinner. On Wednesday the - President of- the Senate nnounced the Committees. They are the same s last year with one or two exceptions. An Mellon fur Chaplain was then hold, resulting the choice of the Rov.V. M. BUTLER, Era- opalian. Ton thousand extra copip of the leetrago and documents worn ordered to he, tinted. Mr. Cooper announced the death of • e Hon. Cheater Butler, of Pennsylvania, and renounced 4.oalLog. Gamy upon him. The anal reeolutione were pawed and the Sonate !djeurnod. In the House, Mr. Butler's dean as announced by. Mr. ("handler,, coupled with a bcautiful eulogy, similar resolutions were a dopted to those of the Senate, and the House kdjournod.__._ On T . huraday, the Senate adopted a resolu tion to peat the President's Message and so eximpanyinp, docnmonta In two volumes. The veral parts of the Message wore on-motion r formd to the appropriate/committees. Mitr to transaction of' other unimportant business tte Senate adjourned urea to Monday. In the 1 1 otle the Speaker wart authorized 'to appoint Ic Slanding_Committeca., :A faseliitian , was opted raising a upheld committee to ooneid and retain upon tho Bounty Land' Bill 'of at session. Ri.SeheTtek - nfiered u resolution of the committee on Ways 'and Menne be in- s rimed to inquire and asoortain the reqttisito o penses for fitting out the ship Pennsylvania; t. send to England with works of art and pro uf the United States, to be exhibited at the London Fair. Objection was made,'and tlni motion lies over. The House then adjourned td Monday. - IMPORTANT TO TANNERS OFFNATHEER.—Henry VIT. Ellsworth, Esq. says the Lafayette Journal, 'hie) shown us several specimens of leather, ,which were tanned under his own eyes, in the s n 1 anof ten minutes, by n process of Marion I - ibbard, of Rochester, N. Y., who is the inven t. b c, when it is considered .that six, eight or ten r. This statement may seem almost ineredi n onthiiiire required to ton loather by the ordi- I. ry process. . Mr. Ellsworth has in his possession a pair of otsand a Pairaf shoes made from a raw hide less than a day, and a half tanned by this • w process. Th leather is tannediby a coin .} and prchemi . ' , and in time and materials saving'il.. a rapt live thousand tini Cont. ~ . r the present,. itethod of making loath . Thu right, sa du JOurnal, for Connecticut ~. d illassachuse t was sold for $ 500,000; Ohio r $150,000; Michigan for $lOO,OOO. This Ondoubtedly one of the greatest improvements thane. ,,", ,frTZEIIIIIII2 61141EITTAND LOBS or Luirr,—On annday moruing last, at an early . hour, tho owly erected hospital for the insane, at Angus- , Maine, tooh faro, and before the flames . uld - bo - subdnedflho-main--building—and—cm • the-wings were -almOst - entirely coneumed hero wore about 130 Inmates in the building `!me of the lunatics gave the alarm as soon as t se fire was disccurered; but the keepers. supper s ngthe noise to be the accustomed ravinge,gave no heed-to-them-until they diecosered that the building was fidl of smoke. The fire when cilecovered had filled the galleries with gas and smoke, which rendered the attempt 'Si rescue - the inmates very hazardous. It is thought that TWENTY of the unfortunate lunatics peri shed in the flameri i l Some of the insane have" lound refuge ivrthe 3ei. tiMalms-house, others Jr private dwellingsoind some few are wander g about. DIBABTROUS EirtiMPAT ACCIDENT.-NEw OR. LEANS, Nov. 29. The steamboat- Antoinette I kinglaas buret her,"'-'Are on the Alabama liver. She had on board upwards of one hen oted parmengeteat the timer.- It is ascertained Slat thirty rives were lost I A number, who an their fright jumped overboard. were drowned '!nd others died in the mast intense agonies. Sktvcral bodies were sometilated as to be scarce ' y recognizable. The scene was distressing in ho extreme. A large number ware wounded, 'eon after the disaster occurred, a .boat hove in ight, and took off the eirrvivoli. Everything hat could be done, under the circumstances, to I lloviate the sull'oringa of the dying and mull- I' led was done. - The Written wore carried'in o.9lobilo. It l not known-how the-accident : recurred. About 7ao bales of cotton wore lost, / .nd most of the--passengore lost their baggage. DEC TRUCTITE TOKNADO.—Ono . of the most ,lestructive torpedoes passed over the 'town of !Jape Dirardeals, below St.-Louis, on Saturday instahat has etlr been'experienced in the IVlis ,issippi valhy. • It complptely•demolisheti (m -inty or eighti of the finest builings in the place —among thedi the Catholic and Baptist char- . ches—and the toss of. life is so great that. it Is impossible to estimate it. Many. were buried mmong the ruins, while others were so crippled that they never can- recover. It is said that :the town hes cams 'Nair-LIU, torn to pieces" and .preseilia pausiipitiablo iota. Nuw Amor ditAmb-;abe army board which recently assembled at Washington, by direction. of the Preeldent. s ici deliberate upon the espedl 7 ency of providing additional grades in the ar my, have recommended the creation of an of 'lice with the lank of Lieutenant general.— Thaw - report - will soon be . connumOntid to. Congress by the President, with proper sugges lions on tho suidect. P% Washington letter to the Baltimore Sun, save "It alVdeelded to . 'send die k'onneylvaiiii ortho' lino inetead of n'atore altifii to thoyfo'rld'e Conirintion'abOut to, meet in Louden', quit° -rienaihle,ind will produce bOtpi effect in, England then a hen bred toy, and gecygawe "'ink tram Prance:" ,01•1 1 ditYlir itarkeroaf Vittsburgh, hits it'oen convicted of mirdemcanor in his recent arrest of several inerhboreoFtbe City Council:. Latest from California & Oregon. Three .1110o71s of Gold—pa Rejoicings upwi •hee admission. into the .: 'Union. The steamship Georgia• arrived from, California, byway of Havanna, sit,lsevy York, on Saturday, bringing three hundred and thiVy passengers; ono million of gold in the.finnils.of passengers, and one hundred thousand dollars tin Consignment. Op Sunday the Empire City steamer arrived at New York from California, bringing-over tyio millions in gold I There is not much notes from the gold' regioiis and the number of returning emigrants is largo: A grand celebration in honor of_the admissimi of California ns otto of the United States, took place Ut San Francisco on the 29th Octo'ree, in which all the Slate officers, Government offi• cers, benevolent societies, and all the citizens. foreign and Amerirao generally, took part.-L They had a grand procession, sn oration by the Hen. Nathaniel Bennett, end a hall. The boi- Jer of the Bloomberg Sagainore bursted in the harbor of San Francisco; by which twelve or more persons were instantly killed and a in rge nuinber seriously - injured. Considerable ex citement prevailed at San Francisco in come quence of .the. appearance of the Cholera on board Of a schooner. • SiN perlons died! on the vessel, and othersivere Checked. The dis ease appeared to be progressing at_the last ac counts, and it was recommended to establish a Board .of Health.. In SaCiamonto city also the cholera was prevailing. In the" week end ing Oct. 2Gth, there had been 58 deaths. The Empire City bringst , dates from King ,ston, Jamaica; to the 31st of November. The chrilera had been fatal at Kingston, but it had somewhat subsided. and was raging with terri ble violence in the uplands. It is estimated that at least ,five thousand persons had died with the cholera at Kingston and Port Royal. Intelligence is received from Oregon to the 10th of October, There is not much, news of IntcroM. Thu overland emigrant'? were quite or nearly all in. They had experienced much suffering in the lattecr art of their journey.— Goy. Qaines had arrived at A , toria. It is es timated that -therelms-been-glown-in the . Ter-• ritorY the past season 800,000 bushels of wheat. The potato crop is also very abundant. Latest from Europe. I'l The new steamer Arctic arrived -at New York' on Friday, bringing dates from Liverpool 'to the 20th of November. No political news of Importance. Indian corn advanced six cents per quarter with a good clemand.—Wheat sales moderate. Tho 'excitement created by the recent acts of the Pope continues, and meet ings were being hold in almost every parish in London, and in many of the provincial towns. At the Bedard meeting, held on Friday, the 15th ult., Lord Charles Russel, (brother to the Preinier,) was most extravagant -in his denun clarions of "Papal aggression." A groat meet ing was to be held - in Liverpool on the 20thUltv on the same subject. On the morning the Arctic sailed, the town was place - tilled with bins calling upon the Catholics to -oppose the Protestant demonstration to be held there that day... A serious riot was anticipated. There wits great excitement. In Germany tho aspect. of news bas again changed, and it is now believed war will be. a voided. The Court of Vienna is to concede to the 'Prussian cabinet the non-recognition de jure,,of the old confederation, but still the Frankfort' Diet is the organ of that body, de facto. The Prussian troops are to occupy part of Hesse Cassel. Gen. Radetsky of Austria has protes ted against war with Prussia. 1..0118 01. A STEASISIIIO,—The Now York pa pers bring us .the .account of the total loss of the propeller steamer Helena Slornan, on her voyage from Hamburg and Southampton to New York; and the rescue of her pa.sengers by the packet ship Devonshire. In a violent. gale on the 19th, the lost her rudder, which carried with it about twelve feet of the outer false stern post, the lower part of which being attached 'to the keel, had, in breaking away-, dsmaged - thiiraiso, causing a considerable leak. The propellor also was disabled, and the vessel became unmanageable. They were in this sit uation, the p ship leaking badly - for eight -days, when the Devonshire came to their rescue. In- yomoving the passengerefrom the sinking yea 'to the Devonshire, a twat of the latter was up set, and Mr. Johnson, her third mate, with three 'of his seamen and fire of the Helena "Sloman'a steerage passengers, were lost. . _ANOTHER ARRIYAL! The steamer Asia arrived at New York on. Saturday morning. Her news is later, but of no special importance, It conffiims the pros pect of a continuance of peace in Burope. England the Protestant and Romisit excitement still rages. The meeting at Liverpodl passed• Mr without disturbance.. The Queen is said to take decided ground against the Popish -move ment._ A dreadful storm raged near- Limerich in Ireland On - the. 18th and 20th, doing much in jury. IRON WORKS STOPPED —The' Allentown Iron %Wolin, in Lehigh counly,Ptmnsylvonin, were closed on the Sth of November, and all the workmen discharged. Them furnaces have made as much as ten ihoushnd tone of Iron in one year ; and in that time consumed 20,000 tons of Anthracite Conl, 25,000, tons of Iron ore, and 1,2,000 tons &Limestone. They were constructed with all the new' improvements and were very advantageously situated on the Lehigh river. The quality of ,the limn was so. decidedly 'superior, that it always obtained .the highest price. Thus, one by one, our manufactories ram clo• sod. The above eihibits at a glance the condi tion- &the - Iron trade - in Pennsylvania. It needs no comment. It shows at once the immediate nocessity•of bettor protection in this depart ment of' bt,siness interests. ;17•The South Carolina Legislature, on Fri day, had resolutions under diacussinii, declaring their determination not to elect U, S. Senators to till vacancies, and instructing Senator But ler and the representatives of the State not to take 'their : seats in Congress; also, a resolution instructing a primal:Aloe to report a bill of non inteinourao with all States that throw obstacles in the way of the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law. ICZPA paragraph' is going the rounds of the papers; stating. , that "Three cent 'pfcceo eu• thorized by Congrois, have heen'lssued by the Philadelphia mint.—This is a mistake. Con. grass has'not authorized - the issue of any such. HUTGIIING'S VEGETABLE DYSPEPSIA BITTER A intro and certain curd for the DYSPEPSIA, in its worst forms. Also, Liver Complaints, JaundicO, Heartburn, Costiveness, Faintness, Disorders of. the Skin, Loss of Appetite, Low Spirits, Nervous Headache, Giddiness, Palpi tation of the Heart, sinking ' and fullness of weight at the Stomach, and all other diseases caused by an impure state of the blood, liver, Ad. FEMALES, who suffer from o morbid and unnatural condition, will find this imedi., of Inestimable Value irrln all cases of GENERAL DEBILITY this Medicine acts like a - eliarm! Thousands haVe tooted its cagy; and thousands moro are now under treat ment; and not one solitary ease of failure has yet boon reported ,• Volumes could be, filled with certificates of those who have been pa* moonily cured. Circulari,containing.tho tificates 'of itemarcablo Cures, and the high estimation. whieli—this Medicine is held .by the public press, can be hail of the agents; from. Price 50 mints *bottle. : Prlneipal - Office,l22 -. Milton -street," N. Y., up staire,ior. MOTT. Agent for Clarlishi s , • •,•1 , . For the qerztle .11101VWXCULTURE:-.-No. Onions.—Wo find .in tho Cultivator on ac barna of the mode el raising onions winch is' profitably . carried onfurerpprtation, in Manse elwerts, and vykrall may. he summed ay as fat- It is ascertained that successive crops of on• jolts timy be. raised on the canto ground for a number of years withontany diminution. They ddnot succeed on turf grouitid just turned over but much better_ofter cern. The succession - of crops recommended, is C'ern, Ferrets, and then onions. Tho mellower the groped can be made, tic better. Ono plowing not very deep, and several borrowings after the manure to• 'spread on the ground, is required, but it is .nipinn , ed no doubt, that' in the previous crops, the land hoe Ibeen deeply and Well broken up. Ono year old manure from stables and leached ashen aro recommended to enrich the ail,' and nhout five cords of man ore to the acre to be evenly spread ov e r th e " surface, and well mixed with the 'Soil in the plowing and harrowing. The round thick- Plump onion yields the beat heed. Tho silver skin is more cultivated than any other, the red sells well, but does not yield as mach ; the while onion wilktiot keep ao well for exporta tion. The drill'inachineAs used fur sowing about three pounds of good seedlto lI ' S acre; to ensure a largo yield the need must be planted as thick as it will grow ; the onions produced from one to two inches iii diameter sell better than of a larger size. The plants nro very tender when they come up, and require to be worked with caution. If the weeds are suffered to grow Lon week beyond the time when they ought to be taken away, the crop will be materially injured, for nu plant is more susceptible of injury from weeds than the onion. In weeding, great care must be tali - cm not to injure fibres of the young plants ; two weedings are staficient ; but the ground •ought to be occasionally stirred and loosened, Willie!' is easily done with the Onion boo, which only costs $1,25; the raising, largo crops greatly - dopenturfthis: — Such results es we are about to state can oit iy be obtained by constant and diligent labor, and special attention. Children of twelve or sixteen under the.'direction of 'a groWn person can do a great deal of the work. Onions aro cultivated en a largo scale In the town of Danvers, Mass.. • In'the Ye - a) , I848, Mr. John Peasly raised off 3 acres, 1980 bushels; Daniel Osborne & Son off I.f acre, 870 bushels ;.-James P. King off 1 acre, 660 bushels; Aaron C. Proctor off 1 : 1 acre, 600 bushels ; E. & D. Burton off Gi adieu, 2750 bushels ; Henry Duebby off 4 acres, 2000 bushels ; Jesup'' Bushby off 3 acres, 1,500 bus. Carlisle, Dfie.'lBso Free Trade Party A meeting has been held in Now York, "the object of which is stated to be td organize a free trade party in the United States, irrespec tive of existing political parties, beginning in New Yorkland lobo lollowcd up by extending similar s‘cietics throughout the Union, for the purpose of advocating the policy of abolishing the system of Revenues from imports for the support of the governident, and-of substituting_ direct taxation upon the people, upon an equita ble basis, according to the taxable properly of the citizen." @Mill Mr. Beatty—Happening to fall into conver sation with a few of my neighbors on the sub ject of the death of Mr. ClMrch, our represen• tativo elect, wo cast our thoughts around to find a candidate to fill the vacancy. It seamed RR if with one accord, we agreed on THOMAS CRAIGHEAD, jr., of White Hill. lum well per suaded ho is the man to concentrate upo'n for success. lie is known and needs no more said. Ho can speak for himself, and will take the stump if necessary. Your friend, W. 11. New Cumberlai.d, Nov. 29, 1850. New Maettiumnit9. FOR THE EC OLYDAYS ! Sittentlitt_Eamey_Goods.,_Elegait Gift Rooks, dice. &e. •W. HAVERSTICK has just received from the city and is now opening a splen did display of FANCY GOODS, suitable for the - approaching HolydaY - Season, to which he desires to' call Inc attention of his friends and the public His assortment in this line cannot be surpassed in novelty and elegance,: and both in quality a n d price of the articles, can not fail to please purchasers. It mould be im possible to enumerate his HOLIDAY FANCY goons, w hich ifompriso every variety of fancy articles 'Of the most' novel styles and exquisite finish, such as, Ladies' Fancy Baskets, Fancy Work Boxes, with sewing instrunf ts, Terracotta Work (a recent noveltyd eapor Macho Goods, Elegant alabaster and porcelain ink-stands arid truss, Fancy ivory, pearl and shell card cases, Port Monnaies, of every variety, Gold pens and pencils, - Fancy paper weights, . Papeteries, with a largo variety of ladies ancy stotionery: • AIWA° seals and wafers, Silk and head purses, Ladies' riding whips, elegantly finished, Ladies' line cutlery, • Perfume baskets and bags, Brushes of every kind for the toilet, Roussersperfames of the various kinds, ' Musical instruments, of all kinds and at all prices, - together with nn innumerable variety of nrtieles elegantly finished - and suitable for ho lydny presents, to which he invites bpocial ot tontion. Also, an extensive and elegant collection of • HOLIDAY GIFT BOOKS, comprising the various English and American ANNUALS for 1851, richly embellished and illustrated POETICAL NV 0 R K S, with CHILDREN'S PICTORIAL 0 0 0 K S. for children of all ages, than whibh nothing can be more appropriate or pleasing as holiday ills Ills assortment of School Books and • ailed Stationery is also complete, end com prises livery thing used in. Colleges. and the Schools. Ile.also desires to call the particular attention of Families to his elegant display of /'LAMPS, GIRA NDOLES, &c. froni/tho extensive establishments of Cornelius, Archer and others of Philadelphia ' comprising. every style of Parlor, Chainhar and. Study Lamps, for burning either lard, sperm or ethe real oil, together •with Flower, Vases, Fancy Screens, &c.. His assortment in this line. is tin borough. Also, Timm's. FANCY CONVECTIOARY---: NUTS:— PRE4ERVED FRUITS, dr.c., in every variety and at all prices, all of which aro pure and fresh, such as can lie confidently recommended to iris friends ancl the little folks. His stock embraces everything in the line of Fancy.Gootts, with many other artidlos useful to housekeepers,which thepublie aro espeCially invited to call end see during tho holideys.— Remember the Old Stand, nearly oppositothe Bank on .North Hanover street. dealt: S W. HAVERSTICK. , •E3t,o.te of James Watson,' decid. LErVERS of Administration on the enter° of JAMES WATSON; of Newton tp., Cumhealand county,'doe'd., have been grant• ad to the subaatiber residing in the some towd ship. - All poiirons knowing themselves indebt ed to sntd estate nro requested to make-iinino- Uinta payment, and those having anima to-pre sent for eettlement to dcel 1* JANE WATSON, 4,1",..rx•• • • xvrurrp, IVEUPPS. ' • . JUST opened a vniiiitit of Lynx' nnd,conl mon MUFFS of differoncounlinee and pricea. • dee4 Q. W. 11ITNER. Thlillinerti. . . . ' 3 U s'T . rocived - dnother lot of . Bonnet Fratnoti-of Alio lutoo style: Also, Bonnet silks, Silk and 13atin..Litinigs of various colors. ' deell -' . . 0 W HIT,NER...' New - /2thurtioincitts. ,GREAT; ATTRACTIONS s Poll TEM .1111021,1%.11°5. ,Jlt Krivi Kingles'.Head-Quarters, -- NORTH 11.8.kOVER ST., CRELISLE, • P.R. • vgril RRF: the .ditizens of this place a - 0d all those who may visirthe same during the Holydays: will find the largest , essorttnent. of CONFECTIONARIES, (of every variety) ever. offered, mnnufdetured of the best materials, expressly for the mp preaching festivities. which will bo sold while. sale or retail, nt reasonable.rates, at the rdd stand of the subscriber in Vorth Hanover st., a few doors north of the Bitalt. Where mad also be found a complete assortment of FRUITS AND. NUTS, consisting inpart of nr,angos, Lemons, Grapcs, Ftga, Raisins, Prunes, in limey i/o.Ncs, Cur rants, Dates, Almonds, Filbert's, Cream, Coco and (:round Nuts, .11c could also cull atten tion to the liirvest sleek of TOYS AND FANCY GOODS, ever efti•red ill Ctirlielc , consisting of CLIINA AND'OLASS TOYS,. Card Trays, Vases, Mugs, Too Sets, doll heads, Motto Cups, Colt)gue Bottles; Tutu ! biers, assorted Figures FINE TIN. TOYS, such as Carriages, Carts, Cradles, tables, chairs, unimalk,Auakete, (ups, rattles, wash slands; candle slicks, &c. GUM TOYS, pure Tndia rubber and elastic doll heads, rat tics, dogs, teething rings, eurichtura faces, '&c WOODEN TOYS, cups and saucers; 'nine pins, towns, soldiers, furniture, tools in boxes, games .and puzzles, drums, guns, trumpets, wagons, wheelbarrows tubs, Noah's arks, horsemen. magnetic fish, swans, boats, fiddles, guitars, harmonicans, &c. FANCY GOODS, Fine sewing, card and knitting baskets, fancy boxes of wood, paper and glass, hair oils, soaps, colognes, hair blushes, and hundreds of other articles not enumerated above, which all are invited to call and examine. 'rho' subscriber returns his sincere thanks to n generous,public for the patronage:bestowed on him en former occasions, and hopes by, n de sire Ito please to. Merit a continuance of the same. ttleclll. I'. MON YER oxi &It .LE OR RENT. ADOUB E W 0 STORY NEW BRICK HOUSE, Stabling, &c., and ti 'Lot of ground, containing ONE 'ACRE, more- or Res, in West , t''•••• , iy Hill, bounded on the South the Stale Road leading from Car ga: lisle to Newviilo, and on the east by the road leading from Mount Rock to Dil ler's Mill. We will sell tho whole, or in part\ The improvements with part of the ground, \ and the balance _ for. huilding lots It has a - kitchen and cellar basement, four rooms on the first and second floor each, and is well Iptished and is well calculated for a Store, 'raven], 'or Mechanic .ot any kind, or will suit two. small families, and is in one .of the host settlements in the county. Possession given on the lst of April next. For terms, .&c., apply to either,of 'lie subscribers residing in Carlisle. HENRY RHOADS, JOHN H.' WEA VER. &el Ipd NEUTRAL INN Premium awarded by the ..irels Fork Institute. THE subscribersihaving purchased the right for the manufacture and sale of Fahnestock's Neutral and Indelible Ink, are now prepared to supply the article - in any quantities, large or small, to Merchants. Busi ness Men, and others. ' This INK, which hae alreadi'dcquired a ce lebrity wherever it has .been used, is entirely free from any substance which corrodes the pen—is of a beautiful jet color, and admirably adapted for Day Books, Ledgers, Rocord Boolts, and every other species of writing which require durability. Their establishment is in EasiOrange street, Lancaster, Pa. G GIBBS & CO. A largo supply orthe above superior Ink has Boon 'received, and is offered for sale at the Grocery store of C. INHOFT, Ag't. dectl 3t GREAT ORANGES FOR. " QASIII" THE subscriber begs leave to sumo to his JL ieiends and the public his intentions to re linquish business. Also, that ho now offers Its WHOLE STOCK OF DRY GOODS, ei ther wholesale or retail, on rho abovo terms. • :dee' I ,3m a • S A COYLY:. N.8.-All persons knowing themselves in lelded to the subscriber will do a great kind less by calling and settling their accounts bo urn the FIRST OF MARCH, 18.51. Auditor's Notice.' TAE undersigned Auditor, appointed by the ourt of Common Pleas of Cumberland county, to distribute the balance in she bands of SAMUEL WO ODBURV,--EssviLangtre.s trator - rd the Tratiover and Carlisle Turnpike Road Company, to and among the creditors, gives notice that ho w_ill attend for that purpose in tho Arbitration Chamber- of the Court House, in Carlisle, on MONDAY, the 6th dayofJanuary,l:3sl. deal WM. S. COBEAN, atult.tor. r Olt RENT, arfHE large THREE STORY HOUSE on I North Hanover street, recently occupied by the subs c riber. There is a largo store room on the ground floor in ? AD CW.i;, front, and the location 'is in a 7, II good part Of the town for busi-. ■ 0:: 1 ness. The house contains four teen good.rocims, several of them quite large, and all or..t h em well- nnd comfort ably finished. Tharela at- large mit/ cistern with a pump in-the SittriL•For further particu lars enquire of GEORGE FOLAND. decn. PROULELITLATION: WHEREAS thol'AfedUraide.FßEbEßlCK WATTg, Treslclo4.judge . af the several Courts_ of Commod Pleas of tliw'counties of Cumberland, Perry arejunlatif,id,Tonneylva nia, and Justice of the:Several Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery in said counties. and Hon. John Stuart and John Om:denim Judges of the,Oourt of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery for the trial of all capital and other offenders, in the said county of Cumberland, by theirmecepts to me directed, dated the 11th of Nuv'br, 1850, have Ordered the Court of Oydr and Terminer ind General Jail Delivery, to be holden ut Car lisle on the 2d Monday of January, next, (being the 3d day) at 10 o'clock in the fore noon, to continue 'two weeks. NOTICE ,is therefore hereby given, to the Coroner, Justices of the Peace and Constables ofths said county •oftUmberland,lliat they ore by the said precept commanded to be then and there in their primer persons, with their rolls, records, inquisitions, examinations, and all other remembranOes, todo those things which to their offices appertain to be &mend all those that are hound by recegnizanees, to prosecute (against the prisoners that aro or than shall be in the Jail of said county, are to be there to prosecute thern•as shall be just, • DAVID SMITII;B7mrif. Carlisle, December 11,•18515.. Application for Tavern License, XTOTICE is hereby 'given that I intend op. - plying ttt the ensuing tern) of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Cumberland'county foo It License to keep a public house in the aim now ocrupied by to in Newton, township, in said county. . HENRY HURSH.. deell-4w We, the undersigned, citizens of the town ship of Newton, In the county of Cumberland, do certify that we are wall acquainted with the above named Herry Hersh, that ho •is of .good repute for honesty and.temperance, and to well provided with house room and comic aionces for the netommodation of strangers and travellers, and that such Inn or Tavern is necessary to accommodate the public and en tertain strangers and travellers. Joseph Waggoner, A. E. Johnston, Samuel Wastofee, John C. rouley, R. C. Kilgore, James -Kilgore, Joseph McCune, Henry Isaac Sa Wagner, Say, Dnnie ll \ t vi ini ll i i g mt , l T. w ho omn ma sG, Hackett, . far, John Grecoy, George Getter, llngh McCune • Samuel McCune. Wm, McCune. Samuel:Wagner, Jue,ob Landis, Rudolph Patent Starch Polish. , FR giving a benutflul gloss to Linens, illue• line, Collars, St c:, and prevents duet from sticking to'. Linens, &c. It contains. nothing injurious. Just rccoived:by •,• ~ dect I G W HITNER. • A RNOLDS writing -fluid, a very 8I pnerinr Ink. for ado 01. . fiITDPARD EWE