,ar it s it ___ tra ,`' ;, a.anlaszoo, PA. . 11 10.NESDAY;..:FEB1tIARY 20, 4811 Coe,•Caroes . t anti o.Vapestprper CIIMOICRLA'ND.CoIINTT 'TERMS.—Two:DAI.ARECA YEAR, OR ORE,Doi /AIL; AND FIFTY . diI'.If:P/113 IN ADYANCR. - $1 76 IF. PAID .WITII/N TSAR, Union - 16 r ,thei - Saice of the 'Union. • • , . " • Anti-PIERCE STATE •CONVENTIONA_ ho. undersigned, iMetnbc4s of the •I,egisititure df oinsylvania, ing_.l.eini_Relecied_by_their_ftllo. in • ditToyent p'arta Uf „the .Cotnnionwealth..::to devise a plan of-united action, by whielr - all opposed to - the diltructive .polick . and „principles of the Notional may eii:iVerati; in thC . kippiirtof . a State Ticket, i f esiiuctfully invite all who are in •Eivor of anvil a movement, to s iti;ciinible hi City and County Conentlens ezt via-lOtt - 03•-idatten next; try elect riplegaien equal in nuinber t their rekeiahitatlon in the State Situate and • ~ House of ' tupreaentatii'es, to a ConVeutlon tu bi held at ON THE 25th. or:TIIE SMIO MONTI!, for the pt.trpose'ortioininiktlWettnilidatestlirAutlitor. ral, Canal Coaltolspiooer,a - nd Surveyor, General, to be — . .HaVocal - e . ff at the oosuing fall election: and. to take suf:lt o .)leFqiolitieal action as may be necessary ,to Rio 'jrials. JR. B. M . COMB, J. W. kiLLINGint, . L lIUNAECIi Pat, JAMES J LEwts,. JOHN M. GIBBONEY, - JOHN FERGUSON, ' • . R.-11 MOORHEAD; DAVID . TAOHART, DEI.O . OR.MA IMREIY, - J; G. SHUMAN, JOHN wilt° HT. A. W. DRAWFORD,_ L. REED, P. W. HOUSEKEEPER, .INO, HENRY WINTRODE, JAC9B SWIM Ii 4E, FR. JQRDA.N, E. JOY MORRIS, 3'EULIP ccovEli, PLIAIEB '`:rI,.,N . I)ICITIV rn EGIT;"' 1). k. FINNEY, - y solmum, II EN ICY. 7 - 73 - .01 lIEI. KERB, - - K. - HA INES; --- .WILLIAM lIAM'I, - . CIALTAVELL, . Harrisburg. Feb. 10; 15503 TUE FALL . CAMPAIGN. The Arita Pierce members of the State whited in . a call for - a•State - .Convention to nomi nate candidates fiyr Canal. Commissioner,,', Auditor' General : and-Surveyor General., _ This step is' what expected of them, and will.be . hailed with pleasure as. an A.. ffective movement toward scouring a Cordial and thorOUgh all the Anti-t ierce.voters' Of Penn Sylvania. We 11#4-a united' and, forthidable --'foe to meet 'ne.fall.and unless : the-/opposi tion 'to locefocoistn is also united upon Jiberal platform and with"candidates who - will . cOnunand popular favor, the demos_ . Win an easy triumph. But .2.with . ttn jou iii "our milks locofocoim can be defeated and tve trust will I Let_our watch=word be "Union for the .sakiC•of — the -- Urionr! and victory - will - crown effects. THE FIRST FIGHT.—The first political contest'this year will cone off - soon . _ in • 78 - WlTTiiirrightfir7"The-RepublEea-us-, already rallying' for -.: the struggle with --Gov. : Aletcalf-as-'-their - standard---bearer; while the Democrats are. in the field IN ' Nthe Hum J. 11. Vella as their candidate •far - :GoTernor. Piesiden t • Pidre . e of . coutSe,feelS a warm interest in the result • and is destrouS of securing an .endurse . -• • . 'spent of his claims to : a re-nomi nation. . . With-this vievi Gov. Cobb; of Georgia,' Mr. Orr,•--of S. C. and ..other .big guns • from the South have._recently . ..heen O • • • ~. ndin - g, Conventions in New Haw )Otiro- and haranguing the people on:every—s_n jeot . but ti .. iricklish: one :`of Slavery. The Ameficansand `l;;epublicans are full of enthusiaamiand confident of, triumph. AMERICAN COUNCIL.—The 4..therican National Council was to assemble in Philadelphia on Monday. Friday tie ggd, is the day)fet kr tlie - ineeting oldie National 4. NOrninating Convention of the Same party. The great body of the dele gates go instrnoted to vote for postpotiti ment of the "nominations till ...Tune or July, whiCh makes . it probable that there will- lie no.nominations maaeL at, the ,approaching 'meeting. F7=! Ma ~~.. , Diu 4Y. `%4•Lke;"-1 JONAS AI7OI.IhTINE, 0.. J BEM, T: 1,. BALDWIN, W. A. 13A-RRY,- 11' _PHELPS = - Ill~iEl~ L~ITl'.- IM VII) !lit iIISIA, JAM ETi M SELLF.-ns; JOIIN C. FE:EIki:4IK EN, 1)AVII) MELLINdEIII - IL -- O'A V 1 BROWL iffilE OUR SUPREME COURIL.:—READY a A 'great.sensation' has been etiate4 ; anion,g the 'members of the legal *telt:: _a_rece -(1.. - leagues . of 'the Sup.retoe-.CourVtif-Teno syfrailiaN.-tt-;,-Niky that will . ,rpther;:sur !iris° the, unsophisted: sevreign pie: We • make the - folleviihir,, • extract from Judge, Blade's Opinion, "ire will te.rather startlectaktimt : reflect that itis the higlest.legai4rihunal of the State-he is so unsparingly 'Clenotincing • The judgment tion'about to be givett,is one' of"".death's :doings." • No one can;_dhubtjhat if Judge GibsupticUludge....Caulter-tutllived, the plaintiff' could nolliavi, : boen tlifis deprived of his prOperti; and ,thousands of other - men would have been saved from the: imminent danger to which theylrehow exposed of losing, the homes they have labored 'and paid fdre tut' they.nre . death; and tholaw - which should baVo protected those sacred rights has died With them; Iris a •melajacholy reflection that the property of a - citizen sh:oild , hobeld by a - tenure-so-frail.. But "-hew . tords,...new_laws" ie"the order of dny... Hereafter if any man ia nifireititlitle which 'the Supreme Court has -decided -to -be` - good,' let - bim - not - bnylf - the judges.- who made the decision are .dend; if they are, living let • him get an insurance .on their lives; for yo know not what o' day or an •• hour may_bring.,..fortfr: • The majority -of this•Court.bhanges, on the average, once•evernine years, Without count ing the chances of death and resignation. lf 'each new, set of dtidges - shall_consi:er thein• selves at liberty' to, overthrew the-, doctrines of their predecessors, our system of, jurispru• dence (if system it can he called) ' would be - t holifitst - ficktm - untertairr - aifirViciefifirthat=t he civilised world ever saw. • A French constitu tion, or It South American republic, eraMex lean administration. would be an immortal thing in nosiparison_to.the short-lived - princi• ples-of Pennsylvania law. • The miles of pro perty,' which ought to be as steadfast 'as the hills, will Become as unstable as the waves.— To avoid this great ofiltuility, I knoiv of no re source bitt'that of arrii.e flecisix. I claim noth ing - for the great men who have gone before us_on the acore of their marked manifest superiority. ,But I would stand by their de •-eissions, because Off have. passed _into . the lawnhd heaompA part of it—have been relied and 'acted on--7and rights have grown up:on.. - .der them Which it is unjust and cruel. to take away. The minority opinion in which judge Black thus roughly .dverhauls hiS •col leiiLiues. was deliVercd in the: case: of iHold vs. Rittenhouse, froni Columbia county, in which the majority of the Court;oVer-; rule&sundry decisions of the former Su preme Court, turned a farmer: off his prop ~t y- i ind-set: a fleat ,a. d lo.rholc raft of well settledfiand.titles. A IIiONASTERI' ; IN PENN,A It is but a year or tw'o — sineo„ a strong 'effort • - ints made- °by Roman Catholic' - BishopS to secure n liberal portion of our School Fund for the establishment of -sectarian schools. But a storm- of_poptr, - far indignation provented the .success Of .theproject. The denweraey is • hoivei'er still bent on Join;* some service to Rome, and . a hill ~ was: consc.‘quentl:,.' presSed through-the Il . on e last week, for the corpOrat iOnof'th'e monastery of - Francis can BI thers . in Cambria county. Being passed by a -strict Turfy rate of course Messrs. lIA4PI:it and ANDERSON • of Cumberland 'eMinty are-aniong those who sUpported the bill. 'Thercould not yqte in.favor oftbe_resolutiOn to secure yelig. ions rights and privileges to Ameriean Citizens in Italy, but tbey .. Cim readily -I.e—isc3[l. Monastery-' MEN vote to es Poinsylvania The n dangerous,,character of these n). nasteriqs . is well .nown where they arc._regarded.'as • trie' curse • of the lau - d.• While .the wise rulers of Euro.pe . arc 'endeavoring t 6 get rid of thes . 6' evils —while Spaiq,`Snrdinia and : ether 'coun tries have .yitifily endeavored to :east olt the:inctibu--it is . a startling fact that Dbmocratic Legislature in,„Zeuniiylvatia is. ready to, establish in ott' . nlidst,an or. der Which was eloquently described as. Pati' - order - whiChis th(nf.Cad - Tof -all the secret misdhief plotted; y all the. secret religious. orde-ks 'in „Italy." ---. Will the people - approve of these , doings opt' the' Legislature ?, . - , • . • PACIFIO SAFE.-A letter received' - - - - in Hallifax - by the Co — ilia — Ye - ports — the safety. of the steamshipacifie, which has been missing for some , She is said to ha,'e put into - the . Shannon river account. of severe weather. It' is.- feared the report. ear - mot be relied upon. siV-Thp Lebnnon 14 13.py of '76," an An paper, is. offered for- Snlo. ---, Otraiiitht--- qgto,litto THE KANZAS The Presiderithas issued. a ,Proelama ,tion.en the:subject of the apprehended outbreaks in IKanus, :Re deneubees )enaltias -of the law-ag.ainst,sBll:whol th o tire guilty either .of insurrection- inra , ; sign, and arows his determination to em pl*the entire force of the .14(141.4 Gov ernment to maintain authority in the Tetritory. If there :shall . prove to .be, no one sidedness in the contegplated action ii will be veryThiell, but if "the power of the United States is: to be invoked. to keep in countenance. :Achim:in and his gan of des seradoes a storm will! be raised beyOnd the ,ability of any adnain, istrAtion to control. : . Gov. ShannoU'Of"Kanzas has been : in Washington - atirin , the.last week, but' . was- to leave for Kanzas on 'Saturday lase:. :ills said that he-rtakes - with him - orders from the War:Department - to Col. Sum ner. wii•elitiO - iito hating : . th - 6-1 - 1, - ,77 - 8 Troops__yeady - - toraid,ln fare eine t Of his authority.. It .is also said . that Gov. •ShannonhaS expressorders to, ar rest all the members of tho,.government ~established' by the. Free State party in ICsnzas, • igearktifile tfrom• the territory :represents . affairs ..as rapidly approaching- a erisis. : While ,Free. Slate ,partrkiirutinioat.co_rwtantly , in garrison at Lawrerfee, - tho pro-slaVery party at Leavenworth has . deferthined upon-active measures: in opposition and has despatched agents - to the. Southern States for aid: • X CROSS Wit'o.Ncf,—A beautiful illus tratiOn-0f... locofoco regard 'for "populiti sovreignty"..has lately - I:leen 'afforded in . our State:Legislature, .in the - ousting- -of John C..MeGhee of tl • ir . IE9 4,3.c0in - trict,'.froin his,seat,in the louse, and the udritissioii;of John tested his ': - seat It was shown that McGhee :had received a \Clear majority . of the popular vote, but thefe, was some . irregillarity, in the holding ofthc'elrction.. It appears that the • general elections . in Sharon township; Potter county, -w'ere:to beheld at a . aortain School house, which. was 'kit - d — iii - '1852: --- and — the -- purchaser moved rt afew rods from its former' cation.. On the morning of the general eleetiod'im.lBss; the purchaser informed one of the . officers that,.he would not . permit the: election to be held there; ow ing:to the sickness in his family. The' Oifi - Cers accordingrirenioved the polls to the new but actual sehool house; and 'on this ground the.democrats on the investi gating conimittee threw Out the . vote of an entire election .district and _thus. de feated Mr. .M'ollea. Mr. Todd, of this disfriet.we no tice hils7been assigned .a place on .two of the Congressional committees---,the cow -reittee on Indian affairs and the 'commit tee on Vuclie Buildings And grounds. "Tor,' DAY:7— Bot li . branches (:)f_. the Stat - e — Liegisiatut elaojottrued On- Thirrsilii r i ast tci'theet arrain o►f 'Wednesday of this mm0n5.....7 1121111 coNquEss. The- proceedings ' of Congress for t last , week are not of sufficient interest to._report. Wednetuisy . the :House made choice of Wendell, Democrat, as 'Printer to that body, thus - completing the full list of officers. The .saine tlay",'giiiittker Banks announced to the St r anding Committees. Mr. Campbell, - of is Chairman of • Ways and Means; • which, .is. generally considereVtite -leadership, of the House. Pennington, of Now Jersey, hi pltioed at the head-of the committee_ on' Foreign ,Af fake ; Grow, of Pa., is Chairman" of the Ter. 'ritorial committee, Akken, the _Loco_caniill, date for Sfeaker, brthe library committee, The forn3ation of the committees, as well as the course of Mr-Banks general ly, appearsto give-very - general=satiefactioß, Thursday, was spent in debate by the San at'e on Kansas affairs. • In the House s Mr. El - Once presented - the petition of A 11. Reed eroiontesting the' seat of J. W. Whitfield, as Delegate from Kansas It was read, to -gather with other petitions contesting the seats of Messrs. Allen, of Illinois, Gallegos, of,,,,LNew Mexico, EUlstia, of 'Amiens, y ! l iory -- ! &re',rsferred - toCOmmittee — on--Elec- - 1 ‘tions, The President's apart message, rela dye to affairs in 'Kansas, was taken up, and referred titthe -committee of the Whole on the State 0014 Union : Both Houses 'adjourned over until Meaday last._ . • ISiii town:unit (totuttp "ditaiters; . PROF. TIVFAITY'S LECTURE..--PrOf. 0. FL' Tiffany's Lecture to-morrow evening: in MMUU =1 2 mny were'lavoted last evening with:a serenade front the 'new Saxe Horn band. recently organized in our borough, and which bee already made grlat proficiency. l'he. Bond mill soon be able to 1 , discourse most; eloquent Miisio'r, apeCtil -.minister to the enjoyment..of the .oonrimn4y, TTIVI Weather Las been intensely : Cold - tor some days past, On Sunday-a violent storm of - wind , sprung` ugx,l which whirled the enbw iii all directions, form4 . '. huge drifts in the deep cuts of ' the railroad : ,;, arid blocking , upimany_of the- tOwnship_roivis nod lanes. A. 8.176 conequenCe the trains on the rail road made; their wsy with gretit diffi culty. The pal3o;ngee train.which' lefreliarn-, i - hershurg - in - the morning ..was-thirteep-;houri in:reaching.,Carlislea__~roni i papers were received: till yesterday, The pro longed cold weather .operates 'to the serious disadvantage of busineis iat tests. ..Tho run-' ej freight -o e xiiddims_been most entirely suspended and our warehouSes are filled . to overflowing with grain waiting for an opportunity of Shipment, Meantime the prices of grain aro 'rapidly deolining.• Monday last corn was offered at 40:cents buihel, - but in consequence • iirtfie Steel. On' hand and the - difficulty 'of . transportation was .slow of at th . at price. The domestic dis comforts prOduced by_ the intense cold; .the freezing up of hydfants and other matters, we shell not attempt to describe.. "The 'general .conelusion is that after this winter the oldest inhabitant may cease his garrulity. about 4eild fashioned winters.'-' • , ELECTION OF _COUI4CIL.7—In the pro ceedingsiof the Legislature Jlast vieek_a ,appeared ofet bill "relative to _the officers of the borough of Carlisle.'? _ We have: 'since" learneskthntslto bill prop.oses chanp_._th ; manner of electing the members of , the town' council so as to elect the' riine.meMbers liy general vote of the town instead.of by five and. four - from each ward alternately, This change is not called for - by tbe_people, A few . y.ears ago the Council was elected by general ticket. The democrats then. thought ,it - would ,be .to' their advantage to have the borough divided. A democratic Legislature granted their wish, and the , - bill was so framed that the first year file members : of council 'were to 14 elected froin the East Ward, which it was thought . would ensure the deniocrati the ascendancy in the Council. But to their . great chagrin. and mortification at . the very first election un der the division •the whigs carriled the four ineinbers of the West Ward besides one mem !mit. .from the East Ward, thus sec N uring'a Whig majority in Covent , The petty schemett.-of petty pontiche - were thus inglo rionsly . .,,tlefeated and "pli - pular sovreignty"' nobly / Vindicated. Our citizens' want no change now in our borough law. The proposed, _change , does not meet with the- approval of most of cven our- detuocratic_friends, wbo were surprised to find that a .bill had been In troduced into the ., -Legislature by One' or .two leaders without arty action - of . the party. ..'--e_ hope, therefore, that it will not become a law. Sinoe the above was written we learn that a romoitalr'ance has been signottb'y hundreds of voters, of both parties, against the proposed , change. If the Legislature - pays.any heed to public apiniolthey_ will allaw,_our_liorough_ law. to ,remain as it is. wpcuur RA MID 'financial statement •of Goorge W. Shaeffer; Esq., Trettiuror of the Cumberland County Agieultural be found in• our advertising columns and ehoWs- a gratifying exhibit of inefrosyierity. The grounds, build ings, &c., are paid fin and the soCietY' wil be'fully warranted in erecting the*.new build itigs which the lust exhibition showed to be I clearly needed. A largo proportiO'n of those, who"took premiums at :the Fair have with a commeudable liberality allowed the money - to remain in the.treasury. • FARMERS lifGH" SCHOOL.--kwill be seen_ by reference _to our advertising columns .that the allOtment °QM) j'armere High School litiilding,has been pOsiptt ed -to thi 13th. of March, a change having been , made in the plan of the building. :The new plan, we•-un- . deratiKiviiii - iiitlisiitted by Mr. John R. Tur ter, of Ibis borough,, 'combines so many advantageti over the 'previous plan that IM doptineWaw promptly determined upon by the Building Committee. A drawing 'of •it; . which we-have seen, reiles infinite credit upon the taste and skill of 14.1 r Turner. ' The design showa a massive edifice, of elegant proportions: and striking features, happily adapted to the purpose , ang—locaticau. The new' . institution .will. be -which - the agriculturists of our State May .well be Proud. . • . " REV.' :WM. • BvTige..-:=At the . Ilite • meeting in.Carlisle heidla behalrof . the cause o r Protestant Missions and Ednetaloti, in Ire. IMnEk an:Wait/eta 'occurred ..n;, , tbe , Speeeh Iter;;Wrin-Bittler-tihieloe-too-sood-to-be-lostr i •_ Mr.Butlet -7 71 - 13cornnenced, describing a youth ' in • ears a :. o_ Who had conk up ;Witt? false notions of • rell. 'gion, but who had; ••by the gpirit , of- 'God,. be 'come convinced of sin,• and consequence was in sore disfries, not knowing what.to It happonedjuSfet thattinie; thtit'r fifeaehii: from America - was in .Dublin, and on such - a* night, it was reported that he would' preach.° Attracted•by curioeity this young intin,:went to hoar.. The text. was ' , 4 , bruired m 4 he will not break and tic smoking - Act.t:he. Oil not .uenci4" Te - tiermon set. fizie'Ceiling tenderness God'in•;•his dealings 'wiih the . penitent fanner, and was ..chiefly instrumental in the youngmu:Vs conversion , ,;'' It not uninterestihg,"—,said Mr, B. taming to 'Rov: - Dr: - Coll 1 . .119 IRV meeting—"to you and this audience' general lyto,k,noW that this preacher' fromAmerjea wits "O'n'cis, of , your Impored predecessors, the to sobject of 'Tom-, t ^ l. trttlinin_- leeture Mil andtheyoung:man qaes., tiim, the spiaker who -now has the , bonor of addressing:you. Little did . he ben : think or , becoming a )sletbodist preacher, oncoming to Atnerkca; end still less of standing here under the ebadoe-bt`Dicltin~Cbii~~e~to`pton~l — (he cause of Protestant Christianity in Ireland. * AMBROTYPES.,—This new and jmauti ful • style - of pictures is now taken by Mrs. REYNOLDS,'. at-her rooms; corner' of Lciuttier afl-441anOver streets. The. sPeoimeris of her skill ',Thiel' have been shown to us: prove - her to be an accomplished artist.. Those , yrho.de• • sire pietures are initited to Call at; ..her Daguer . reap rooms and exemine.the fine display of piettires, all of . whigh amply. testify to her skill in the art. - Bro SPRING LITERARY INSTITUTE.— We learn that the 4lo'n. Thedeus Stevens, of Lancaster, ,will lecture- before the"l3ig Spring Literary Institute, on Thurstlay evening;_ the 28th inst. Subject--ITrogress. with few words on the Law of Liberty." The "citizens of Netvville may congratulate 'themselves Ma the rare intellectual ,troat is prospect foriiiiiiiiiiiiii '-'l 7 - * ALUABLE_PUBLICATION-4. D. Rupp, Esq.;_proposes to publish .a collectionof ty Thousand Names - of German, Stiiis, Dutch,: French, Portugese and ether Immigrants in Pennsylv4ia; chroncdogically arranged from 1727 to 1176; the names of Ships in 'which these immigrants weie transporied;_tke_plac_e• whence, and the time when they sailed, the time of their arrival at Philadelphia, Sze.— The work . will be iasuedin rnontldy numbers, at $1 per coy in, advance or $1,60 on the completion of the volurne. Address Theo. F. Schafer, llarrisburg, Pa. , ViirWq ; acknowledge; the receipt of _ the January . number (being the 6th No; -of the first volume.) cf 'The liivehtpr,' a monthly, periodical, published by 'Lew, Haskell & Co., • go. 27-1 Broad Way. gew • Yorli,•at $1 ,a year.. On its 31 pages are descriptions of new in ventions, antlFarm • Cottages, illustrated by well-eteauted engraving* .and..- a 'copious _ of Batents and Claims at the United States Patent OfficC; The 'lnventor' . seems to be well,adapta to the purposes for which..it •is . designed, and Will, no doubt, prove usettl to . Inventors, Mechanics and Builders. •• • TIIE STATE SAYINGS FUNlir--WO - . invite attention to the advertisement of. the - State Savings Fund, at 83 - , D.oeleatreet, _next door to the . POst Office, Philadelphia. The ' titutiOn-veas-char_t • Cerw-an d—d ire° tors - all-- extensively- .and_ favorablyknoivU tiff gentlemen, of .means and Of striet probity, and theilfirge and rapidly increasing busiuess of the institution is clear ly 'ascribable to'the confidence of. the public in the ability and integrity of its . inanagemint... Mr, C. Al Imlay, .the treasurer, is an able and experienced officer, for,many years connected Avid' theT i nited States Savitige - fund, and is a. valuable ticquisition' to ,the institution: Be enjoys the:confidence. of , OUr business com munity to a very large degree; and his cour teoius, and affable Manners, ',make . hits:, a n estimalite executive Officer, ln Such hands tha ,institution promises to bQcome a .real. bmiefit and a model of careful management. FRAI',IIK , LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATE NiwBPAPER continues to reach us regu y, and each number exhibits SCiple - new iMprov,s- Tent. We are gltid to heat* that We—enter% prise is on theligh road to success. Sold by- , Mr• •Piper • • Stlarriages.— • 'On the 12th Wt., at Netvvllle, -- bk the 3:ll.llon derson,Teen, Mr. JAMES lIROWN to 3liss ELLEN MARTIN. • On the 14th Inst., by the Rey. Jacob try, Mr. ,A. AL IL CLOUT to Mtee LAURA, POREMAN', both'. of Cuthberland county; • - • „ 16. Cheap , Job Pri)ltip.titAlli. Office: