IS
'number—for the Sthith to withdravi and leave
them
,subjeet to a dothination as intolerable
to them as it could be offensive to us. But
this is an etremo statement, responsive to a'
still mo r re.extrpme suggestion. The hiatpr,y -
of iolitietl:paities in thiti country
yenspriet:is no t - creditable to us ; and their ;
— `prnsankpostare is such tbatim one can fore—,
tell what iv singio . year may bring
,fOrtlh.
the .whdlo.north could act in concert pernia
neatly, they must have the permanent C . 6M
trot of the federtsl goyerninent; and the widk
• ctiaviction : of the, adrib,. tind the-whole policy;
'of the genetid government, has been some
years. dittated'by the 'SlaVe States, and thit''
whole policy of the slave. States dictated by
the cotton States, has come very near io
easti6g the majority of everY northern, State
'temporarily into the republican ranks.' It
would he au abuse of the',federal posve'r,ilot
less atrocious' certainly, to extend than to
: '66'systeinatic or it ;
~.end the arth has believed that this was done •
and the rise and extension °Nilo republican,
potty is the •fruit . of this conviction. Disa
buse the north of this delitsiottlo it fairly,
'truly—and the republican party. will shrink
'at thee' en the einaparatively insignificant
faction of radical abolitionists upon whom it '•
was originally based.—On the. other hand,
the united south' 'never could fail to carry
With it in all its just demands, au in all its
temperate utterances, a sufficient number. of
the States of the north, to make the rights
and interests of the slave 'States - perfectly se
cure in the' Union This is all the control
any minority tan justly.claim under a free
constitution ;,and this is never lust under
such it constitution, except bygross misman
agement.' It; therefore, there is a foregone
conclusion to break up.the confederacy, the '
tenor of the republican party will answer as
a pretext; but Kentucky dreads no party—
and will use no such pretext—but will make
any party iii power respect her rights;. If
on the other hand,_ there is 'ft tine desire to
perpetuate the Union—no one is. warranted
in saying that the republican party cannot
be prevented from coming into power, or
that even-if it should come into power, the:
nation would not be both competent and re.
_solved to keep , it in proper }meads, or arm
and suppress it. I grant that hardly a grea
ter evil can fasten on the politics of the cowl-.
try than to treat theM by geographical line's
or array parties • upon' questions touching
which the interests or convictions of differ
ent sections of the country' arc supposed to
be entirely' antagonistic. The present pod-.
turo of the country is the fruit of this politi
-cal treatment of slavery; and the present con
dition of the representatives of the pCople'in
the leder house of Congress is a most One.
tive symptom of the public health Mid& thirst
. treatment.
. The question of slavery in the • territories,
practically developed as that question was
in the case of2Ktinsas, has probably had
greater influence than any other, both on the
present condition of• political parties and -in
- bringing the public mind to its present agi
tated state. The issue to - which the question
in its abstract form and in- the democratic,
party has been biOnglit is tlds . :—that on one'
side the people.of the south very generally
believe and - claim that the Supreme Court
has decided that every slaveholder has the
constitutional right to taku-slavds into every
. territory, and neither Congress nor the peo
ple of the territory haveeny power to prevent
this ; in other t,
.words, tha every territory is,,
by the Constitution of the •ITffited
slave territory. °tulle other side, the demo . -
erotic party Of the north very generally and_
decidedly repudiate these stidements ns int .
. _true, mid these claims as moiddrous, and as•
serf., fed:Alm-people-of Rach-territory-eonstifil—
tional polimii to determine and 'regulate for
themselves the ,question of slavery. • In the
meantime the republican party, perhaps
unanimously, assert that Congress bus com•
:•plete power to exclude shivery ffom all the
territories, 'and desire thiS power* to be exer•
' ciiiekinßverY case' as it has-been in Several. -
Almost the entire corps is therefore diriditly
arrayed against...both the fact and the right
_of what the greater part of the 'south asserts
is the law of the land under the decision of
-the Supreme Court. •In the south itself,
however, there is a farther and singular do
.velopment of opinion. It has beer ittempt
ed in Kentucky and oilier southern States to
make it a pert of the political creed of the
Opposition to deinand of Congress, a slave
code for the territories while in the same
region nonintervention by Congress, except
in extremity, if at all, has appeared to be the
doctrine of the democratic party.. The result
• is that the entire North remeliates,, and, un•
'der existing circumstances, will continue to
repudiate,. the idea that the Federal Constitti- ,
Linen or the Supreme Court makes all the na
tional territories slave. while almost the en•
tire'south believes and claims that all the nn-
tional territories are slave by that Constitm
tion. The dispute'is enlarged; not settled,
not even transferred. This is n most calami•
tons result of attempting to turn over ques
tions 'pre-eminently political to tribunals
wholly judicial as if public men were war
ranted in supposing. that great nations in the
highest state of political excitement believed
any more in the infalibility of judges than
they did in the infalibility oh Senators ' Kings
or Popos.-4Even.irllnT decision of the Su• •
preme Court had been so clear that no
could doubt wasdecided and -so cogent that
no man could gainsay its justice us between
the parties to the particular cause theineard
it would have been- a miracle if the decision
had settled any political question. Its main
effect was obliged to be--let the question he
what it might—to exasperate all parties,and
to d sender any peaceful adjustment of any 'as
peat of the slave question far more 'difficult'
than before. In truth, the constitutional
right which the south supposes 'she has se
cured, can be of no practical value, even if
it were - universally conceded. For if she re
mains in the Union, dm cannot curry on the
-foreign slave trade; itnd unless she can do
that she cannot profitably. send slaves into
any territory we possess—nor Piasters enough
:with those she may send -to prevent their
• emancipation as soon as the territory he•
,comes a State. The experiment in
. Kanstis
.is surely.decisive., :um the other hand,'
-any portion OTthe south will deem it
cient reason to secede, that more-slaves may
be imported from Africa, and new slave ter
ritories formed, either . half the slave States
will not secede for that reason—or, if all so
'teed, and a-confederiacy of all the slave Stateii—
is formed,' that confederacy cannot be expec '
ted to allow - African slave trade to be renew•
.ed. With regard to slavery in the territories
and the power of the general government
over the subject, there never could be any
subject concerning which wise,just, moderato
and forebearing conduct was !pore impera
tively commanded—none with regard to
which the opposing interests of the two great
divisions of the.riation ought to be 'treated
.with more serupulons 'fairnesSs. if ever'
:such a temper and such a spirit'sball return
to the counsels of the Republic, the - tempo
,rary and disputed Tower of -Congress over
the subject cannot fail to be exerted in some
manner Satisfactory to opposing claimants.
But so long:as parties on -one side or , the •
,other, seek by every means to assort extreme
clanna, irrespective of equally extreme claims
in others, nothing remains' but tff fight the
question out in each territory, or,
• what is
-worse, to fight it out over the ritino of the
Republic, or, what is worst of all, breek up
the Union and fight . 'it afterwards. 'As a •
southern-man I deplore, and still deplore,thd
repeal of the-Misiouri compromise as a great
erroty,pre•eminently injurious to
the 'south. AS an Attierican citizen I deplore , -
the fearfully' undue importance -which the
,control by,Cotigress over slavery in the
xitories'has-beßn Made toasstimeln our na•
itional •
• ItAriust be bottle - in Mind that the present
attrieet of partiee'ii_this 'Ceutitry hi 'very far .
from irevenling the'renVstate of public opin
ion uP . On any new and exciting qtiestiOrlwhleh
may suddenly arise: 'WO have 'Seen two.. '
great national parties—the'eld . iviig and the •
American---completely discirganized.nrithin
y The enormolui mass of voters
who acted with 'one . Or'othor of theseparties
—arid the greeter part of
.whom, are poinc
ting4ith'thei republican or the denimeratie,
party 7 =are'fai'fronii being committed So
manentlyito 'eltherithat it can be predicted ,
. with tertaitit l Y ilditCaurini they 'will taliff if
•
' matters come to the worst. Moreover?there
are,very few States 'in the Union to which. ,
there' is such unity of:sentiment al to insure:
:even a daeided'end - bOnstant anijOrity upon
' either side' of ' albst :impokant
qqe'stions j, and hothing-ia moth! , coin mon' id
many Of the Staten 'than sodden and gnat
reVolutioasin ~Eon
feqt-cnrtaintY.that every ablie,Statch, will re
sist.7ivith - nruts any, interfereneb with itti'jtett
entity as connected ‘yith its slaves, there are.
topics connected, with the time and ,:niant, or'
of that resistance which - Might' termi•'
hate-very fatallY, an topics • eon fleeted with
shOerY 4tsclf (the :slave code for example)
on Which the 'most determined' difference of
opinfoa has manifested itself. While such
considerations. Ought to warn the most apt"
right and sagacious public men of the go at
danger they are in of heingtleceivedity patty
clamor. and 'ought th-Jdrrify - such as are im
serupultins, they teach us -that, after all ? , he
heart of the nation may be'sound, and that
-- it only needs tole ebnyiticed•-cif its pet it,
hat'it may, by one mighty qatburst of put ri•
uric enthusiasm; crush every party, that has
trifled with its 'coavictions an overwhahn
every public man that hasl d-
ietrayedit. 4 „.
COneerning the political relations of slaye•
ry under the Federal Constitution, and the .
, righhi and duties of Ble a t -Lye States of the
Union, it is perfectly ininititerial whether the
institution
,of negro slavery-, as it exists in
tins-mitts try,, is good or • bad j‘_and all Con
''grAssional discusition. of that point,' is as ir
reyelant as it is ordinarily empty. We live .
under a written
. cunstitution,' and basic, Ibr
More than seventy years, been expounding
it, commenting - on, it, and applying it con
stantly todhe busines of life. There may he
topics, and their unimportant, open which
one generation has differed from another?:
one party from another, one class of states
men, judges and lawyers, from another, as to •
thd true sense of the Constitution, and the'
true weight to which the interpretations of it
'are entitled, whether these interpretations
are made By one or other department of the
government. No doubt, of late yeatts, the
tendency of opinion had been toattdbute Tar
less sacredness to judicial interpr - Nutions
than the founders of,the republic allowed Hz
and therefore we witness such fierce debates'
the true- sense of the Dred Scott deci
sion. With all possible veneration for the
Federal Constitution, we are not toc'f - ffpd
that it was made for us, not-we for it ; and
With all loyality both towards the- national
and our State governments; let us remelt]•
ber that the highest of all loyality is to EO•
ciety itself,'which is above every form it can
possibly put on. - Under all firms of society
the all pervading questions . are pnlitieal
'questions ; questions which cad never he
permanently settled in free government
except ; through representative bodies, and
then in aceordan tie with the public conscience
The question of slavery as it relates to - the'
nation, falls under these general considera
tions nrit remarkable manner.--Thus, in the
first place, slavery was almost universal, a qd
the slave States the immense majority, at the
formation of the Federal Consti ution ; tit w
the slave States are inn minority, their whole
population is a miltority, 'and that, minority'
both of States and. people. is steadily becom
ing relatively weaker. In the second place,
there has oceurred a • prodigious change in
the value. of slaves and of the product ol•
-their labor, as well as in the state of public
or in ion, on the subject-of slavery itself: .
At the formation of the Federal Cqnstitm,
tine awn was no particular hostility to As
very in One section above another, and no
• particular zeal for its extension and perpet
Ity in any section. But at present the great
-majority-itrinest-sla.ye'States—ztalouSly—dH
sire both the extension and the perpetuity
of slavery, and the almost unanimous popu
lation of them all - reard it as so compleyy
involved in the very fabric of society that no
interference front without can be endured ;
while the dreat mass of . the people ef.the
consider the institution positively evil,
and an immense party amongst them is or
ganized on the conviction that the interests
of the free States and, of the white race are
jeoparded by the claims of the States, and
the alleged - control of thefederal governmeet
in the interests of shivery—the repressiOnOf
not the total extinction of whicrillie
'south understands them as seeking,. Now
looking at the matter in this light and rejec
ting all pretexts, the solitary condition Whit h
can satisfy the north is that the south should
claim nothing, under the constitution, fairly
interpreted; vhich it did not always sectire,th
her. And the solitary condition which can sat •
isfy the vital necessities of every slave State is,
that the constitution shall be so interpreted,
and the government so administered, that it
shall enjoy the suite peat., eseenrity, and
quality of tights in tho , Union; which it would'
enjoy.if it were a free State.
~What seems to
me clear at present is: that 110 such violation
of either of these conditions has - as yet oc
curred to justify either party in proceeding
to such extremeties as would be justifiable if
- it had occurred. • And it is equally clear that
the apprehensions of an impending violation
of the rights of either party cannot pistily
any irregular, much less any extreme pro•
ceeding, any fnrther than may be neeessmy
and effectual to prevent that impending vio
lation. Moreover,- the highest and most en
during interests, of all parties conspire with
their sacred obligations, binding them to act
with mutual justice, good, faith and forlicar•
anee. But suppose the dominant 'party at
the north to -haw already violated beyond
endurance"the solitary condition with which
the safety 'of the south allqws her to be satis•
tied ; even then, it is the
,furthest possible
from being true that a secession of a portion
of the slave States, or the disrtiplion of the
Union on the slave line, ia a necessary, a
wise, or even an allowable alternative. It
true tile States are sovereign States. But it
is equally true that the nation is a nation,,
the American people a people.—Great
.lions cannot suddenly disappear, like a cloud
of insects; nor •do powerful nationalities
fade in'a day, like the flower orthe'grass. It
took the Roman Empire a thousand years to
die ; and the Hebrew nationality has stir•
vived through all the possible fortune offuur
thousand years,
TO rend a nation in twain. is a far more
terrible - proceedure than for a nation to re:
cover itself by an internal struggle Nothing
canle4nore certain than that slavery can - -
not be perpetuated on • this continent
--411-by
'means tif the: rending - of thiS nation. itli - a"
Single nationality like ours, internal strug.
glee, no matter how often they may occur,
can never bo greatly protracted, and can
never, fatally arrest. the progress Jot socitity.
But in precisely such a. case as ours, the per
manent rending of the nation is a catastrophe
.t.lie progress of which promises nothing as
assuredlras the mutual dissolution of both
the parts—and the end of which can produce
nothing more certainly than the total defeat
of tho avowed object of its perpetuation. The
firm determination of evory portion of the
Unien t to Maintain its rights within the Union
under every extremity, would soon 'put an
end.to all necessity for any portion of it to
elect between•terrible means of doing so. It
is - the holding in reserve of this idea of rend
ing the nation, .it is the weakening. of the
idea of our glorious nationality, that gives
vigor if not existence' to -say many ideas
which can escape being traitotaus_only by
denying that we are a people or liave any
nationality. In the restoration of that great
idea there is amoral force competent to pave
the country injPordinary means, even in such
a crisis as Lida.. Or, if there i) not, there is
a practical force in it comp rent to save the
country by armsrwhetMver t
law is silent and
arms are the only remedy. It is•horrible to
reflect that the children of the Itevolutitm
Mighthe objiged to shed each other's blood.
flow much Apre horrible to shed it in such
a manner that:oceans of it could - never re-
store what we had destroyed-;. while every drop
of it would be an eternal testimony against
our folly! ' -
For my part Lam not ashrunedtci confess
the Ileptli of my love, for my whole country,
and the mingled sorrow and indignation with
which I witness every attempt. to weakest a
monist the peoplethe sense of wliat.wti owe
to the rritlierof.us all. , ,,Nopeoplo ever-dill
anything glorious, who did not believe in God,
The suers not fitithfulto oaths, and who did
not bye their, ,;country., When. Ireflect ;on
what God:has already done for tis, and al.
reafly.slone by us for his, own glory and for
.the advancement of the -human. race; when
I consider what our position and influence a.
mongst the nations of the earth must bc,..wliCn
:',iiidllecomo a hundrsd millions; when I try
.to appreciate the necessity of just such a poW
.bibn earth, and the majesty of its beneficent
'andlirresistible exercise; my very heart thrpfti.
withS overpowering joy and exaltittine,tha n t
suck detail il-s,served for my papp,l,6,,that,,!
such are ge•Ml inhcritancejs !rept in store
•for Man*. I thank God coniintiolly=thiftAlfti
dust Of mY•aacestorS MingleS,;WW
that the lftid , i3Of my lighted have labored On
these sublime mnnumentS; that the valor
my friends was a part of the cost by which
all has been seemed ; and that the lot of,
`the inheritAnce of nty posterity appertains to
Michm land and such a people. As fbr the .
southi, talreft ividedt sense; * has,
cast my lorhere,•,and'l have beemloyal
her ; all the more loyal, that I have neither.
been blitid , to her orrOrs,uorignorant,to.perili.
As for Kentucky, if I have left undone ally.
thing I•could
• done.for,lter hoirpr, :her
interest, er . hergiory:sho knowS hose jcrYful
ly l wou4d redeem Matlack of service. But
.stilll-love my country; still .I•am an A mai—
CJIII 'Citizen. And I deny, with upli fled hands
the tight of any court, ,any President,', any'
Congress any State, any combination of State
Any comftlnatioh of States under heaven ; to
abolish (rota amongst men that highest of
all human"titles. , I have worn it as a drown
all my days on earth.' And I Implore you
by our common blood and common eame,by
all the love 'sb many noble . hearts hear for
you, and all the hopes they cherish concerti ,
ing you. so to quit yourself in this day of'
trial and • rebuke, that you shall' hear that
title proudly, long after my gray hairs are
under the sod.. • • •
12,9: J. BaarmNainon
'Breadalhanc,Ky., Jan. D I 1860 •
Zhq 4eratd.
CARLISLE,: , PA.
Wednes(ay, Feb:; i B, Isoo
•
q"A press of platter bus occluded several
artialef3 preparo - for thiS paper; if ocl/should
be any of thorn that won't.spoil, they will np
pear next 4re.ek.
BRIC.CKENILIOGIO'S Llk7`t4R;
To the exclusion of other .matter, we pub
lish this week, the admirabledetter of the Ten
(Table Robert J. Breckenridge, to his nephew,
the Vibe President of the United States, The
author is a distinguished clergyman 'of the
Old-Sehool Presbyterian Chitrelt, and_ the let+
ter iu in reply to the speeoh delivezd by,Vice
_President Breckenridge before the Legislature
of Ketuclty; in Which Itenibraced the sea•
tine'nts of the disunion ists of the South, and
endorsed the principle alleged to he Velma;
gated by ,the,snpremo court, that slavery is
national Hind free institutions sectional. ,
The pat riotic.viewa of this_ venerable cler
gyman, are worthy the calm r
COnA(191 . 11 Of I . of
every one, who can soar above .the groveling
instinctsof demagogneM Let all-read and•
ponder on the truths contained in it.. _
STAIIk:NT AND SCIIOOATE.—We linvesre
ceived a member of this 'Nfoittlici- Nlagazine,
for Boys and-flirlsonAlished by:Robinson,
Green & Co., Boston; et one dollar a year. It
is an admirable little worh, profusely ilhieirat
ed, and filled with choke articles, welfhilapt
ed to the ifistels:and . ,comprt;beivie - n of the
youthful mind. ' In point of letter press, em
belibilterients, and paper, it is certainly sups
'flier to any juvenile Airtgazinb we have seen. •
"I wn.i, Toy,"—a:ho February number. of
Allis popular little work, 'Tor Boys and Girls
going to School," is now out. It is :Mimed
Monthly, nt thirty cents n year, by J. S. Hos
totter, Mechanicsburg, nud should be placed
in theitunds °revery scholar in the county.
tle,,,The Opposition in lowa have had their
State Conventurn, and appOinted delegates to
the Chicago Convention. The majority of
them lean towards'Cntheron; of Pennsylvania,
but they pledge the'Sfate for the nulled Op
position notailiee, whoever be may be, by ten,
thousand majority.
ttM,,An Opposition Ccinvention has been
called in New Jersey, to meet on the Bth of
March, to choose delegates to the Chicago'
Convention. The call for the Republican Na
tional Convention is said 6' have been per
fectly satisfactory to the Opposition Executive
Committed of New Jersey,'which 'comPrised
.
several gentlemen who voted for Ilr.•Tillmor'e
in 1850, and has thus resulted in placing ;at
gallant State in the best Possible position tier
the great campaign o 800 .; .
THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION BILL.--The
Exenation Bill juj brought forward in the
Si ate' Legi&lnttu•e provides that, in addition
to the property now'exempt .by law front sale
under execution, there bind' be exempt by law,
from levy and forced sale, under any execu
tion for debts hereafter collimated, The lot
and buildings thereon, occupied as n residence
by the debtor, (being a householder and hav
ing'( family,) to the value of $l,OOO. ' Such
'exemption shall continue, after the death of
such householder, for the benefit of the fami
ly. some, or ono of them continuing to occupy
such homestead until the youngest child shall
become 21 years of age, and until the death
of the widow ;• and no release or waiver of
such exemptio - nsball be valid.
LIPORTANT 13nOuuns.—An. net relative
to brokers has been reported upon,favorahly
in the Senate, compelling all brokers • to pays
'tax of four• per cent. upon 01l their profits.—
TWey aro to 'make it sworn statement'showing
the amount of their annual profits for the year
ending will(the 30th November, to the city or
county treasurer.' B inks have now to pa
heavy per °outage on their profits, in 11to
shape of if bonus and taxes, but brokers, *ex
cept a nominal license, escape comparatively
free. This bill is intended to remedy such.
unjugt discrimination, and, beSides, it Will bo
a source of revenue to the State, and it will
most likely hecome a law. • A deduction is to
be made of the amount, of the license paid.—
No license for: , Philitdelphia shall be graMcd
fora less sum than $100; for Pittsburgh sf;o,
and in any other county $3O.
ANDT111:1 BROWN.7-A Northern business
man was lately in Colunabus, - 11Iiss. Having
left, the town for a day or.two, a certain man,
named Blair, proceeded to his room, broke
open t his.trunit, and read' W 0,19401.8 aloud to
• the cempany around; Suddenly ho came to
tho ominous words, It is all riglit-betwoon'
mo and the Brown family." Judge of the
excitement. Fortunately some person, more
cold-bloodid than the polite and irasoible Mr.
Blair, read on a few sontonoonn the letter,
and discprarod that there was a Miss 'Brown
in the case, 'none ofyour Elhe • Browne; but a
genuine Mississippi;BroWn,ail thattheyoung
merchant had fluttlly overcome all the oppe-•
sitiOn,of,the family to his establiehitg'eloser
and' , tenderer relations with the 'fair ioung
lady. Millis staged the, proooodingii;:thero
entered a , Dr. Shepherd, • & • v:aliant honor
litilo•7,nutn, who straightway called,this prying,
intotrntakO anU lovo-letter&. by its.true name:
Consequently, a few days tifteri aldreet
took , pine° betweor,lll6,ir 04'Shopii6id; and
the Lattei•whil' shot dead: • ' .
THE ELECTION i ON A. SPEAKER
We congratulate our readers that the long
agony is over, and Congress at last organized
by the eleetiou Cf.. Gov. Pennington of New
Jersey 'ae,Speaker of the !louse. GuY.,Penn
inglon: ietsgeutleman of broad Nat ionidviews
ii oui6eilfatiiii. in fuelinx and action and
is
and rospOnsible
'dtitie`o;'llc itifj . v.etilL'U'xibinpld, or fairnCBB to
seeliontlintlyis,Couictiy,' . from 'which demn-'
gogneti in'9 , Any t o,ndively'.;.examplo,
1n the lust } -[lennr.o, the proceedings of the
lionse,were brought up to ; Tuesday, Jan. ' ill.
On Tuesday,. Ittr..Smillt withdrew his name;
and an attempt was 113Od0 to rally the deino
erotic foroeli on'. - liii;Clerlihild of Illinois, and
oh o;haliiiiheine . litid 7 T"Otiningion had 116 ; 7
eb I ei'n tidd and 'theitst seaitering. When
the House adjourned. • •..
. .
Clerk;-
upon. the opoping, said tho question pending
wits thebriit4od of Mi‘. , Sherman Or the elm*
fion'orßpeaker::-; An attempt '4vits made to
provent or delny . a volp, RopoOlt, Smith,,of
Virgbild,'Mri& ifithUe4, making. dilatory mo
tions, Me, • .After cennidernble time anent in
parleying, • Mr,' Cochran, demOcrat, of Now
Pork, said if it was. not the general , Under-
Standing:there was to be•no debato 16 day, it
was at leftist eh on the 'Republican side; for
consenting to an adjournment, 'and ought to
be respected.. The Ilimse then' decided. to
proceed to vote but Smith; of Virginia, said
lie meant to go on' with MS' remarks, as all
these proceedings were founded on a mistake.
After considerable confusion, .Bthith was dis
posed'of, std the House proceeded to ballot
ing, explaining , interrogating and nusweriog
Wheni•Mr. "Penningt on had • received 116
votes, arid lacked but one of on election, Mr.
`Briggs,' of NMY • York, changed hie vote from
M'Clennnd toPonnington, upon which the fi
nal ballot wasluinounced, as follows:
Whole number of voles, -
Neeefon:ry to n (Amino, -
Mr: Pennington, - - -
Mr. MeClernand, • - -
Mr. Oihneri. - -•- -
Scattering, ,
• '• —This'result was received with manifeva
lions of applause. The 'Clerk, declared Mr.
Pennington elected Speaker., Sir. flil3lllllBll,
of Arkansas, . attempted to call the attention
el the country to certain facts in relation to
•Ibmelection of Speaker, but was- interrupted
with Ion& eries of order from, ihn Republican
side.' Mr. Grow said, a Speaker having been
elected, nothing was in order until he had
been Conducted• to the ehnir. The Clerk sus—
•tained Mr. G's suggestion, and, appointed Mr.
Bocock and. Mr. _Sherman to conduct . Mr.
Pennington to the chair, who et once entered
upon the performance of that duty. •The
Speaker, atnid a quiet Gist strongly and de
lightfully contrasted with the efeited intd dis
orderly proceedings which 'previously _pre
vailed..elloke as follows:, •
Genth , men of (lie Maier, at Repot-mita tiKeR
I return to you my grateful-acknowledge: Hotta
for the distinguished honor
. you have been
pleased to confer upon toe in - electing the the
Speaker of this . Mouse.—Cueing here for the
first time, at the •present session, to be asso
ciated with you A . : 1 _111119131ber, its emit, could
have been more unlooked for than that I should
be callettpxon to preside' over your delibera
tions, and nty Mends will der me the justice
_to soy that I have not sought the position, FIB
I certainly never desired it. I am, neverthe
.l less, as conseiotis of the 'dignity and impor
tance of this high- office ns any - gentleman can"
he, but should have.been • far better. pleased
had its duties 'been entrusted to abler 'and
more experienced hands. - After witnessing
the, almost ineurmountable- nbstacks in the
way -of the - organizoticin oftbis llouse,_Letune
to thd conclusion that any • gentleman, tinny
party, who could command amajaity of the
votes for Speaker, was bound, in deference
to the public exigencies, to accept the - respon
sibility as an act,of patriotic duly, whether
egiveenble tp Ilia personal feelings or not. As
.that. choice lies unexpectedly 'fallen on the,-1
have not hesitated to accept it.
.1n the exe
cution of this high. rust, my object will be to
do my-duty with impartiality to till. I Anil
Love great necessity, gentlemen, for your. in.'
'diligence in tkc -nevi position in whiphl pan
placed; tina, feel entire i confidence tbf I
shall receive hat your - vil'atids. Ad a repre
sentative from the State df'New Jersey, upon
whose soil isa' many distinguished—acheive
ments were necomi - imbed in the revolutionary
•werr, Old pie have aver been distill
guitilted for hitir de anion to the Constitution
and the Union. I p , the Great Arbiter of
our destinies - that I may do no net to impair
the integrity of either, but that, by wise and
prudent counsels, .peace and order may yet
reign in our midst, and our free institutions
be perpetuated to our descendants. I feel
that I have a national heart, embracing
parts of our blessed
,Union. Again thanking
you for your lqindness„l now enter upon the
discharge of the Arduous and complicated du
ties of my station. • • [Applausel
• The Speaker and members then•took the
prescribed oath, and, after various proceed
ings of no'genertil interest, Sir. Phelps en
deavored to introduce n bill to supply the de•
ficiency in the Post - Offieu department.-Mr.
Stevens objected, and the Speaker said that
no legislative business could be transacted
until a Clerk of the 111)1180 was elected. The
;]louse then, by a majority of 18,, adjourned
until friday..
Friday.'Feb. B.—Senate not in session.—
Ilouse.—A message was ‘ serit to the Senate,
informing that body that the House was ready
to proceed to business. •411 resolutiOn was a.
&pied appointing a committee
,to act in con:
,junction with a similar committee frets the.
&Mate, to wait upon the President. and inform
Mtn that both Houses were ready, to receive
•coarmunicationa•-from, him. Mr. Groiv gave
notice of - his intention to introduce a home
stead bill; Mr. .Washburne, of Illinois, one
amendatory of the steamboat 111 w; also a
river and harbor bill. Upon the motion of
Mr. Sherman, the House proceeded to the
election of a Clerk, John W. Forney was elein•
.ed.on the first ballot, receiving 112 votes, one ,
more than necessary to a choice Mr. Allen,.
bite received 77 Votes; Sir. Taylor 23.
Mt Roffinap, of Maryland, was-elected Ser
geantnt Arms, by is vote of HA . , over Mr.
Glossbrenner, who'receired 92 votes. 011 mo
tion of Mr. Winslow, the Speaker was author
ized to appoint ilia Standing committees of the'
House. Mr. Sherman, in reply to a question,
staled that the committees would.not be an
nouticed before Wednesday. Mr. Phelps ob
tained kayo to' introduce a hill making appro,-
priations for the Post Office Department,
pending-which the Houseadjourned.
• t,
Fouta.—About two weeks since, a
gold pencil, which Ihe , ownor can Wave by call
ing at Miss Egoll's boarding hoinio, proving
property, and paying adyertisoment.
LIST OF SAGES.
WM. DEVINNET.--Auctioneer:
,Fob. 11, John llosler,.Silver Spring.
44. 11,'Wtn." Waggoner,' N.-Middleton.
44 16; John L'ecity, ; Dickinson.
•
44 18, Wm-Trestle, Monroe.
'44 20; Peter Ddrr, •S. Middleton.
. 44 21, Patrick McGuire, N. Middleton:l
'44 22, John Greaaon, W. Pennsboro'.
" 23, Abrut. Trout; N 'Middleton.
44 24, The& Haycock, Dickinson.
25, John Plank, Monroe.
27;01artin Wonders, York Co
28, Samuel Allen, N. ,Middletou.
44
20, John Denten), Dickinson.
March, I, John Handshu, .44
44 24'Jitcol.) Grogar, Monroe.
O 8, Geo. W. Ringwalt. Monroe,
5, Henry Funk, N. Middleton. '
" Jacoby, W. Pennsboro'.
• 44 8, John:C. Dunlap, Silver Spring.
44 9, Henry Wn, Monroe
14 . 10, Geo. Garver, 8. Middletop.----
" 14, John.-Shoemaker,Silve - r' - Spying.
" is; David - Nialiey, S. Middleton •
" 18, Henry Sheibly, Silver. Spring.
20, 4Jatnos,.luestou, Noy/ Kingston. •
• '
LIST OF SALES«
Fob. 15, Jabob Stover, .Fraultford.
• tt
187Saluatil.P. Bloeer. - •tt
• " 21, Joseph;sly,eze, • .tt -
I' '2B, Jaeoli-gneirtinger, "
tt 28, , Levi'junies., Plainfield. .••
litych 1, gamuel.Sotider, Dickinson:
2, 'Johii 01lei, Executor of Wm,.
. • Ileilletittgeri_Dioliineon.,
, et, 13; ','Pear,...lr. Walter Nrankford
. .
9,'Tholtieon Konnody, - "
, .
Iliairy 1401, ,
PEOPIFS: CONNT.P,NTIOT.
OF CUMBERLA.ND 'COUNTY.
Agreeably totho cnlLof tho Standing:lgnm 7 .
mitten PartY%, thei)elegates
11 1 bni the ceyaral boroughs atllowttchipc;rnet
in - County .doilvenl T nOsday, Fehtithey
7, 1860. The ; Convent ion tvna organiztd . by
the election of the following otricers:
IlitY801.4; orllampilen
' • sm.:nun n I ne,
,• WILMA:4' C. Kooss. of Newton. , .
• 'Gkonni: ZINN, "of Carßslo. ,
•.
The folltiwing Mutant - Delegates appeared
and took their seats: ' • •
•
Carlhde,—.Easi Ward—Robert - MdCartn
George ',inn.
Wert Ward.--.)acoh Rheeni, ; Georgellonda7
Upper '.2.llP2n—Jac;ob' L. Zook, W. 11 ; Irwin.
Lower. Allen,-Amos Shelly; C. Ebet'ly.
• , .ilfech4iesbniy —R. IL Thomas, A. Bale.
E 'Penwbord—A. Erb,,D.
Hampden—T. B Bryson, M. C. Stnyinanl
' Silver,C/,ii,j. Sahli - dr, M. Mumma;
.11firldloirx—J..Iloerner, T. U. Chambers.
North. Afiddleten=B., B. Kielrer.
South .31fddleton-'-• M Griffith: W. B. Mullin.
Dickinson—George L. Lino, Chas LlVatts'
Peiinsbore—.l3. McKeehan, Josep‘h Mc-
Culgingh. •
Newril le—A. Bricker, T. B. !hash. •.
.:Vewton—Wm. C. Koons, - S. M. Sharp. •
Shippenaburg Borovh—W.D, E. Hays, Peter
S. Arta.'
Sout/irrtrfon.—Samuel 11yler, W. M. Allen.'
• ../1/o4p4 3 .Wbge Iluil; George Morrett.'" ,
WilHan; 13. Irwin, of Allen, A. B. Sharp,
of Carlisle, and It. P. McClure, of. Silippens
burg, were nominated as Bepresetilative Del-,
egate to the State Convention; and on a ballot
being taken, William B. Injin had a'inajority
*of all the votes, and, on inotion, , ,ltis election
was made unanimous.
On tnotion, Wm 13, Mullin, George -Zinn,
W. D. E. Hays, Jacob Rheem, hnd Chas. N.
Watte ivere appointed a committee to draft.re
lutions•Forthe consideration "of the enliven
• / tion. The Convs3Ltion then took a recess, and
on assembling, the felltiwing reselmions'were
reported by the'Committee, and adopted by
—the-Conventiod: ' ,
. . .
Rcsolved, That we are Unfalteringly devoted
to the,preservat ion of the Unioth`the Consti
lotion, and its. Compromises—that we view
with alum and horror the sacraligious eqrls
now being.made by Southern democrats slid
disnolorthAs to disrupt the Confederacy of the
' . States, and destroy the glorious fabric which
- our fathers erected at the expense of so much
suffering„thil and blood—and, that. we ear
. nestly laVOlte Dll true patriots to'unite with
us in thwarting their efforts, andpunithing
1 the traitors engaged in them. .
I - Bewohfyil,"lllat we indignantly rtpudiale all
834ffithy and co operation with those' own in
- the North, who, in their fanatical hostility to
Slavery, renounce their obligatios to the
Constithilen n
and Lows—tench insurreetion
and treason, 'and applaud - and sanctimt illeglil
-invasions into ,slave Steles, for the purpose.of
forcibly freeing the slaves, and, that we liiAtid
1
. no an infamous
_falsehood and slander.' the
charge 'of simplicity with the raid of John
' Brown and II lii confederates. -
Jecsared, That the Federal Government has
DO rOWOT -th-intCrfere with slavery in the !WV
era' States— , thnt it is it local, municipal' in
stitution, subject alone to the control of the
_people of the several States wherein it eXigra,.
and. that every attempt to interfere-with or
' .control such power, or to deprive them of the
Weth t to rcel flifil — their - fug' I ivirillaVeSTimder
the law, would be an infraction of I he -coast i
.. tulioned should be condemned and resisted
by till good citizens. .
Reso/tri, :Tina - we utterly: deny that the
Constitution carries slnyery into ' the'Territo
ries, and prof ect a it there; in defiance of the
. -will of the people. or that Congress . has any
, - - pourer to pass a slave code . :forth° Territories:
that we regard these. doctrines as most dant
' mous heregies, and stigmitize them ris infn,
mous schemes to.extend a hurtful and odious
. system in an uncomititutionnl wny, and as
subversive of the rights of 0 free people.. -
Resqvql, That we will cheerfully." recognise
find submit to the elesdon of any public offi
cer, fromilte President down to the humblest
official, when constitutionally - rondo, and, that
we regard as treasonable, the declarations
nud conduct of all those who threaten to dis-
salve the Union in the event of the election of
P a rxesident, opposed to their own peculiar
Re.?o/ved, That we deplore and condemn the
factious conduct and treasonable combination .
of the democratiomembers of Congress in re
sisting the election of a Speaker, and rejoice,
that in the election of Gov Pennington to
that high position, the Collservalice element
of the country line achieved a signal . triumph,
• and administered a just rebuke to demagogues,
fire-eaters and traitors.
Rem/vcd, That we heartily approve of the
course pursued by our Representative in CUR ,
geese; flit: lion. BEN.WII . .N P. JUNE IN, and
especially, of Gib withdrawal of his vote fitom
111 r. Smith, whoSe equivocal position in rota
Goo to the greet questions of a Tariff and
freedomin the Territories, rendered him un
worthy of the supptrt of ono who represented
<it constituency deeply intereted in: these
questions.
Rr.4o/vW, That we ; argent a revision of our
revenue system as indispensable to the pros
perity of the country, and -that in adjusting
its details, .Tee,:tic duties should prevail over
ad volorrin, ones, with such discrimination as
would afford ample prottietion to the great in
terests of Muy own country, and particularly
those of our own State.
Ite,ofred, Tlint the course,..of the lion. SI
MON CAMERQN, in the United States Senate,
meets our"most cordial approbation; and that
ho is entitled to the gratitude of the citizens
of Pennsylvania for the fidelity with which he
has supported and adhered to the principles
of 'protection, and battled against the corrupt
acts, and dangerous polioy,uf the administra
tion now in power.
Resolved, That the Administration of domes
Buchanan has forfeited all claim to the respect
and confidence of the American people; that
it lia.4'been unfaithful to its pledges, derelict
in the discharge of its high functions, and
wasteful ntureorrupt•in its expenditures; that
to its Kansas policy is attributable the agita
tion and 'strife which now distract the coun
try, and the development. of that mad spirit of
.abolitiolFsiiiVthiCh'ithfCelled'Jidin Brown 'dna
his followers to Kivado Virginia, in revenge
for'th4&wrongs induced by theta in Kansas,
under \the Ituchanan-Border Malian despo
tism; and that it has incited and encouraged
the sentiments of disunion and secession, now
so boldly and defiantly' proclaimed by its fol-
Ibwers and supporters. '
•
Resolved, That WI LLIA)f B. IRWIN, Esq ,
our delegate to the State Convention, be and io
'hereby instructed to vote for lion. LENIUEL
TODD, of this COMA'', as our nominee for
Governor, and to use all honorable exbrtions .
to accomplish his nomination..
Resolved, Thatitobort H. Thomas, Thomas
'Paxton, and James 111cCandlish; be appointed
Conferees, to meet similar Conferees from Ole
other counties of this Senatorial District, to,
'meet at Newport, on the 15th day ofFebruati
inst., to select a Senatorial Delegate to repre
sent the District in the State Convention, with
instructions to support A. BRADY SITARP:ESq.
Resolved,' That in the result of the election
of A. B. SHARP, Esq., as our-Senatorial Dele
gate, he beinqtructeti to support the nomina
tion of .the Hon. LEMUEL TODD as the candi
date for Governor, and use. all honorable
means to secure that result:
Resolved. That R. IL Thema% T. Paxtolt,
and J. McCandlish are hereby appointed Con
ferees to meet similar Conferees;'from the
other counties of this Congressional District,
to meet at, Bridgeport, bn the next,
to elect a District Delegate to, the—Chicago
Convention, if such-mode of selecting the De•
legates should be dirdoted by the Stale ,Con
vention.
Of the sixtry•nine Bishops,of the Episcopal
Church.in the United States sitice the Revolu
tion, fifteen have been natives- of New York,
and 'ten of Massachusetts. Pelpsylvanin,
.North Caroling and South Carolina lutte'fur- .
,nished five each. Virginia eight, Conneetient
four, New Jersey and New Hampshire two
each. Bishop Hotticins, is n native of frelan d
Bishop Kemp of- Scotland, and- Bishops
Smith, Eastbern, Upfold cud Wsluivright,
worn born in England. •
TI (E .1 . 1A1013103 VERILY INS Una ENTS.— T . lib
trial of. A. D. Stevens, implicated with John
grown, hytho Ilarper'sForry affair, tookpl4c6
. last
vieedi at Charlestown', 'VA: ~
No now•evidence was adduced. ' • ':
' 'The speeelicif tlie counsel, were mostly of
politionl eliarneter:aNcussing:the present
position of the iftte.tioti; between the rlorlh
and . .
The commonwealth made a proposition ,to
aubmit.the wise-without argument; but it...was
decliped - by . the counsel for the defence, who
d9airsil to•be heard foibis olici t. '
Sir. 'Harding made the opening argument.
Ile denounced as a falsehood and a libel, the
assertietkLif llroivit.t hat he was to receive aid
from the laboring chimes' at Harper's Perry.
Ile claimed that they were trite to the Coasts_
(titian and'St at o of Virginhi, and referred to
their action in assisting to quell the invasion,
s a proof a their' fidelity. . Ile,concluded,
I:th an earnest appeal to t hi; juryde vindicate
the law. styling the prisoner its a blooddhirti
ty villain and wretch, and worse even than
his master, :John dirt4n.
Mr. Sennett; fur the defence, ruatle.an able
rind eloquent speech, Oink into a detailed
narrative of the rise and prOgress'of the re
pu6lican . party, and closing with an earqest
appeal to the jury to spare tli'q life of the
iritionen
Dir. Andrew fluntey . closed on thernrt..of
the Commonwealth. lie replied to l,fiVargu
nient; of the counsel tor the defence with telling
effect. Ile had no confidencein.the "Union"
Elwell:Igo which have been held in - the N . orth.
Ile luilieved 'that Pi
invasion this iasion of John Tire lilt
find been, it benefit - to the South,: as it had
shown them ihe pOsitien-in which they 'were
placed. Ile referred to ;•Ir. Hicktnan'g boast
of the eighteen minibus of frceliten of the
North, and .deebtred that the South wag pro•
pared for Tut) , emergency. •
Tho case'-was submitted'-to, the jury at Cam•
o'clock this (Saturday) antrooon.
.They re-
tired; and alter liteen minutes' ahtience,
en
turued with a verdict, of guilty on' all the
indictment, . .
. .
.The prisoner .reeeired the verdict with the
nest perreet.indifferenee, and even. appeared
o mile at the antioutwoment.'
TOE CIAMBLINO HELLS OF WASIIINOTOi..-A
corresp?ntlent of . the ❑ai•tford Pos/ speaks
thus of the, garahliag hells of Washington: .
"The gamblers, 'it is sail have secret' se
verely by the scarcity of money here, and sev
eral well-known establishments are reported
ns nearly bankrupt. There are about forty of
these hells,' mostly 'on Pennsylvania Aven
ue, in the vicinity of the -National Hotel, al
though Jo MIL (Who succeeded 'Pendleton.)
has fitted up a hones near Williard's. Supper
tables are set nightly at all of them,good fare
and choice wines attracting many, who,after
wards aret tempted to play. Of cour se. the
'bank' has great chances in its favor, or these
establishments could not, be supported. and
this is • gen6rally known.. Hitt n faseitnitio'n
for the excitement: with a hope of a run of
g ood luck i prinfipts litindredi tojmzard more .
or less. •
.Strange stories are' told of those afflicted
with this ?id mania ofindulging in one of the
world of vices. A prominent politician, now
liere, — When appointed minister to- a foreign
cour@about ten years since, eel natty lost his
, outfir and tirgt quarter's salary on the very.
day on which lin drew it — from the Treasury,.
and had hard work to.borrow enotigh to leave
the country with. A Senator, more—lucky,
once won over a thousand dollars in a single
night; and similar tales of gain and loss are
told about melt who occupy n high position in
political life. It is to-be regretted that some
legislaflun cannot be devised by which these
foul exwescenees on life at the national me
trtipolitreoulVtruut off."
'"Lnos."—Mias Barnet Austin, M. 8., one
of Ate " Bloomer" school of Reformers, at IC
recent meeting of the National Health Assb
_
-ciatiott, took.. occasion to say the hollowing
good things - about 'flogs:"
•
-4 4 Besides, who coultrftnceive - any idea of
the 'beautiful form 'of even the fairest woman
by the shape of her dress, from the waist
downward. God might hove made her, like
an umbrella, and yet NOIOOIIIO means Orlo 7
comotion, if Ile chose.l.llLt, since He has
given her legs—real flesh legs; like
a roan's—why shouldn't, she be permitted to
dregs so that she could Ilse them? (Applause.) .
The modern dress was the prominent theme
for the caricatures of condo papers. The
right to locomotion wits one of the dearest
rights 'woman had, and emblematic of her
power and dignity: 7'be bonds were. noble
members, but the lees were nobler. No prouder
thing was said of a certain woman than that
she had walked three thousand miles over the
Western prairies." •
There! Who will dare to say anything
against lees now?
IT IS A curious fact, not generally known,
that New Jersey. liar a fugitive slave law of
her own, enacted in 1803, and re-enacted,
with modifications, in 1836 and 1816. The
slaveholder or his agent shall apply to-a com
mon Pleas Judge, and the arrest will be Made
by the Sheriff, and the question of property
decided by three Judges. -The law is in ac
cordance with that interpretation of the Fed
eral Constitution which makes the restoration
of fugitive slaves-the duty of the States. New
Jowly has also a law authorizing a slave
holder to take his ilaves through the State,
and to make a temporary residence with them.
VERT CCM. AND DISTINGUISHED VISITORS-
The , Picayttne says a deputation of Kansas In
diansl twelve in number, all chiefs, lately ar
rived at N. Orlenns,'andpresented themselves
before Mayor Stith, and claimed the hospita
lity of the city. They said they had come
down - on a pleasure trip to see the sights of
this great plitee, and as they-had-learned that
he was'very rich, being the chief•of the great
peoplo of Now Orleans, they 'supposed he
would provide quarters 'for them during a
mouth. Questioned as to what they would
need, they said they would be satisfied with a
House to 'sleep in, with sufficient meat and
daily brentl,'"and seine whiskey, of course.
EXCIITEMENT rt.; "Socarry."—The Washing
ton correspondent, of the Cincinnati EnqUirer,
writes that, some 'excitement with occasioned
in "society" tliere,.by the appearance in pub
lic of the daughters of the Austrian Consul
General, sans orinolino. A matinee was given
in„their honor by one of the diplomatic corps,
and the..rdom was crowded by persons who
had forgotten how • women looked who were
without (Ito great,. extenders,.,
' William Carter; an errand boy in the em
ploy of afirm in Park" How, Now York, com
mitted suicide on Wednesday night, by hang
ing himself in'the.loft of the bulling. Ho was
but fifteen years of age, of unusually .good
habits, and no reason can be assigned for the
act.
Minnesota papers announce the advent of
better times, the revival of 'Liminess, a great.
or plentifulness of money, in that. State.' The
amount of grain pond in the Slate, which will
be forwarded to market in the spring, is esti+
mated at' over 2,500,000 bushels, A largo
emigration is expected in the spring. It is
said - that many capitalists are turning their
attention to Minnesota as a wool growing .
State.
GROWTH os WOOL,ILTIIE UNITI)D STATES.
The history of the grdwth of wool is veryttu
.Fifty years ago not it pound Of fine
wool was raised in the United Suites, in'Great
Britian, or lyfitny other country except Spain.
Inliffo-tlffitiir country, the flocks were owned
exclusively by nobility, or by the crown. In
1794, n'sinall flock. was scut to the Elector of
Saxony, as a present front the King.of Spain,
whence the entire product of- Saxony wool,
now of so such immense value, litl/309, dur
ing tho second invasion of Spain by theErench,
some of the valuable crown flockC ueremohi
to' raise nioney. The ,' , A:inerican . Consul at'
Lisbon;'•'ltlr. Iffryis r purchased fourteen bun
Bred head; and' scut thani,to ihis . ,coubtry.' 'A
portion of: tha,pure:unrnixed Mevino‘illood
these'flooks is to be fOund in Verniinif:nt 'Ude
time: 'Stich 'Was the 'origin of the immense
flockscheep in , the . United
Statei. -at
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AltlCS.—sl3ulnv
ro. fSnotv.
puilia
=l3
lifht:WAcmoNEtt, 2f mile's west of Carlisle,
on . the'plate road to Ndivville, 'will sell on.tbe
14th of -February, bdrsee, eowi,"yvagons, and
farming implenieutm..
. .
JOhi.l9l MYERS, in Frankford township near .,
Flfelin's Mill, will sell on tuesd4Y, Feb. 21st, ,
horses, oath', young Cattle, and household and
kitchen furniture. ' •
. • •i " •
. JOIIN Gra;Aeon, at Gressonvillo, 5 miles
west of Carlisle, will sell Mt Wednostlayy,the
22d Met:,, horses, rat cattle,llt-cows, and
other.steck together with farming iMplements.
JACOB ENS3iISIGER, SEN., Will 'Sal, at his
residence in Franklin township, near Bloser
villa, on d Thursday, the 'ad inst., horses,
Cows,Yon.ng'Cattle and,farming ihlpleinents.
JACOB ABRAIIIMS. at)tis residence, near
Ihteher's roitriMliip, will
sell, on Tnestlny, tic 28th inst., Horses, Cows,
Young CatCie, farming implements, &e.
• Baum, ALLEN, sen. at his residence, known
as Col. Noble's farm, will sell on Tuesday
Feb. 26th, several horses, young cattle, slieep
Dud jiogs, and a very large stock of farming
implements. •
li L.' G. JAME:I, at his residence, in Plainfield,
hill sell - , on Tuesday,..the 28th day of Febru
ruary, a largo assortment of household and
kitchen furniture.
JAcon RHEUM and War. M. Pr.t9tose, as.=
signers of Joseph Ritner, jr., wilt 'sell at
Rheetn's warehouse, - garliale, 11 freight-Cars
and othei property pertaining to a warehouse,
with i n kits° of the premises, on Thursday,
March Ist.
JOHN IL MEssEnsiurn , two miles east of
town, on the Harrisburg Turnpike, will
sell
on;Thursdny the lss of March, - all his stoat,
farming implements and furnihae.
Toni On.mt, ffetlletinger, wil
Sell, on the'farm owned by Emanuel Line, in
Dickinson township, on Friday; March 2lid,
hordes, cows, wagons, - plows, harrows, car
riage, &c., together with househOld and kitch
en furniture.
Ciro. lloamtn, near Waggoner's Bridge,. will
sell on Tuesday, the Oth day of March, horses,
cows, young cattle, Ste. Stca.---z- -
DAVIIe BEAIT 1111d..Jacob,,Walley, on Thtu:s
day, the Bth day of March, Will—sell at . tho
residence of Jncob Waller in Frankford town
ship; ten milk-cows,
,twenty helid of young
cattle, and Ater stock. --
EMPIWE HOOK ANn LitYbER etym.
rinx AL the nuptiar nietiting—uf—this'Firer
Company, held on Tuesday, illsL day of
January., the following named gentlemen-were
elected officers for the ensuing year: •
President —Willi= M. Porler.
Vice Preerirknt--,Georke Ilendel
=I
&ere tory olin IV. Paris
Directors—John A. Blair, D. B. Dixon, B
Jil,Bpangler, John Lobach, P. U. Kuhns, Il
B. , Werio, • • • .
This Company has nowan'eticient: organi
zation--; and shout Theirservices Wife - stied,
they will over ho found ready'and active•in
preserving the pro . perty of our citizens,, 'We
may mention here, that the meinters aro ex
tremely grateful to those gentlemen Who con
tributed so liberall,y ,. ..l.9„their funds. Their
generous confidence will stimulate the "Em
pire" to renewed exertions.
WASHINGTON'S , BIRTH DAY,--The :
22d of February will soon be here, and, as
yet, we hear ienelreparfttion to celebrate,
in a becoming manner, the natal day of the c.
Father of his Country. In other towns, we
learn, they will have their Military and Fire-'
men's parades, orations, suppers, balls, &c.,
and Carlisle should dcrtainly do something to
commemorate a day, around which center so
many glorious associations. In oldett times,
the 22d of February was quite a gala-day, in
out. , b - drough, The streets were filled midi the
vo i l i t i i‘eer soldiery, anti the citizens of : both
to and country united in doing honor to
the maory of him who had done so much to
secure thuOnestimable lilessing4 of Liberty
and U11i0R. ,. ,..1101V is • lt now ? Shall it be said,
that the menio'ry ofi)Lashiogton, who was "first
in war, and first in peace," is to hela-st "in
the h9arts of his countrymen? This should
not be. Although we have forgotten, in past
years, the obligation's we owe to the Patriot
Sires Of the Revolution, now is an auspicious
time to brighten the chain 'of recollections,
which unites no with the past. Now, when
selfish, cold-hearted demagogues threaten to
destroy the pillars which support the temple
of our liberties, eat time to show our fidel
ity to the Union, by kindling anew the fires
of patriotism, in honoring the memory of
those who framed the glorious structure. Let
our - citizens, then, for one day, throw, aside
the cares of business, and forgett,ing'party‘a;
lines and party prejudices, unite 'tegeth'9 . , in
assisting to arrest the elotuls of disunion,
which now threaten to overwhelm the Union,
anittlins strive to caulate the illustrious ex
ample of George Washington.
Sr. VALENTIIieS DAY is rapidly ap
proaching,.and lite' young folks aro reminded
of the fact by the elegant displays in thu win
dows of the booksellers. On the 14th of the
present month—Tuesday next— . t he little birds
are said to choose their mates : and why_ may
not their good example he followed by he lads
and lasses. • And what better way to " break
the ice" of cold conventionalities, than by a
tasteful and appropriate "ValAtiqe ?" This
being jeep year, too, , the ladies are privileged,
if not 1,0 "pop tho question," at least to spur
on the backward swains by pretty strong
hints in thd shape of Valentines.
THE SCARLET FEVER continues to des•
elate the Itoknes of people in various sections_
of the State. Inane township of Jefferson
dounty, twenty-five children have dital_within
a period of two months, and the disease, in-'
steadgof abating, appears to be increasing ;
whole famine's. of children
, being prosteated
'with it. In the spaCe of two weeks, out of
.a
family of ten children, Boren have died. • •
Our own' county bits algo Mirrored severely,
front the viva ges of thisterriblesconrge ; and"
.we believe, in the borenglny.twb or three easeal
have terminated fatally.. Well has it bean,
Called the "red demon 'of the nureery„."
SALE OF REAL ESTATE POSTFONED.—'-
Wo.are requested to notice i ,that.lll9 real estate
of PeterlWeibly, dee'tid.: advertised to be sold
lin the 4th inat., has been,postponed until Sat
&dap' February ivhielt time the sale
pottitivelj , take place.
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