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, . Pee Me careen* , ecii,nee may 'dictate as the...surest and best - , r standing our boatteditiotto, that Agile office
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; 3)1 . 8: betWeeLprO IrstioW Itletthisve euPpoee I shall be compelled, to confine my P'abo'ulil- Seek the! mare"- indeed., Sane, - Abe .
"L i ' ' tenet s s 'rios• Bntiref.ttiStfie : pall Cleat ' tendencies i mortl s think,of these fiteteAlieStforethSe'ciems
• - Itiesubsteetee- 0 --litteefiSja!uivilig, -deit h g n es- - Y", andWetirin - s o •Otti Order.' Ergosif One - of s'disguated with . the Order.. Therefe*St am.,
preen two IC. N'sSeitais ICW - etlietilti:np a t 4 Unlit tie deeigna cif tiSe tinter irtte break devise the Sdeterinined to leave,it as soon sae ! on übtabt
dredYears ego.- at eeSteet *:hi s sei es si, :qi ne ts from Deniocratie party I tualutaits it. has signally e an, honorable discharge ; and return t' tie u`Sis
ireMsysbueg, by ante wheat** Sitat*add.fitthL tailed , itesti a ts ae , a t ?' ! , ' , ~,, ~ •.. i•fetzt4ccrliolitieal world. Ilefeaftet s I:alien:fee
.be printed 'cot ` r '.l-sess , ,,!'s• eS sS. e •'.•"' e s ~,' s'-eltSh,y, Citarleye-Youse'SnnreVthinle so, if - you !snein-uty , own master, and never - agatriSsivilti ,
I. art'', Sam, ktlear I elielite earntiel" °Yee' iiie at all acquainted with the politics of the to obey the beheets of a few designk . men,
something one of these days that, i•eild harry
-country. Instance our own State _ !lave tee ' who care more for the offices...than
bassteeee-dotas,l__ .. _ _ . • . sot an -AinericenGoverrior ? And,. had was not
Awl ith" * lO O r7 l 44ann. ChaFicY , can a'" • alarge majoritteinehe.l s egislaturelast Seesion•?.
-`jiffs, we had, but how is it now I What
, Aii,f,;,kerise-theESAlnerierta eatirtyl . - , •
Yeiejton,,Will, Charley ! ;Ss , - '.': -- -.--, does - it ingnify:no. lie Se. the aseendericy for a
?• yeastir Sol It only lifts.es.the. higher.. ,O as
. --- Blit, 4 candid, " bit , be id, Sane; I hatielbreome- us - fall the harder. • Besid esTto s'e
cOrin
~ hat ition
fißtsSe6ri tte, bled with ar.ruoea oleohaereoceOrd e r • '• " LI '-^ f:
bale not- the brought our state-.
Our
onthe irib,jats . And Vserionsly feai the result • members have erected laws that are even diee
aril be,my, ivit liasawa I frniu the Order. ,_ ?Sheep__
_). am fairly-0111i it, and ‘ereird, nut" Of my old - regarded by thesneelves. as well =as etheiest,
of Mankind." . They repealed the litvi grant
" iit * CilrtssaSh I thrildWritaltf. - eniiidatentlYldtb- - -i ng li e SSee e re tee well conducted . hotel's;' ' atiCtiV '
414 7' 413 c(iiiiiciehc ''. • L .. 1 - ' : s'' :. bo t h, •X - lowed distilleries and groceries exclusive prive,
' ou strout*.beeturuing lout, oterasy.'or ilege of dealiug'out the poison, as they call:it,
eChailtit ts' 's' ..._: ' -• ' -: '•• v by the 4 girl/unit and jag. full. NeY, they
Neither', friend:ba rn s .On , the eottbrary. if 'Agee tut the rates so high, that but' very few
- esteiiiiigatrythingeiSie turning saner for- Ido grocerrea.even have availed therneelves of . the
' thiali - that.a man can scarcely be:considered of privilege-of taking out license,-while it is said
right ,-mind;" i while comfortably remaining a by some, that. the , use and, abuse of. ardent
: . member of an order such as ours hutiturned Out 1 spits, is not in the least- diminished by ,the '
to bet- , -s -2: . e,•l- ' , - r - • operatioas - ofsquissedogslawsl. l - So ,We have a
' , what is ours row, that• it eras not when your law on mil. - statute.:Books, so unpopular and
nanse:flrst, graced its sacred books-whey vou .stringent; ea to be disregarded and violated by
bunored -it by applying for tnemberahip, Char. t h e ma s s o f , the, people, with hnittanay ,and
le 3r.:1 :',‘ -'• .. S-- . - .' • - ~' without sample ; and at the saute time' the'
Ifitwaa then what it hi now.,sattl, all I have State is deprived of the. iiinnense, revenue, of
to ttaY-is this; I Was a clecteyed, a deceived mate -
which the repealed 'license 'Vat:erre was the
when I - joined:it. - • -• :,‘ = .-- source. - Our Governor,- seeing this sad state
e.Decoyed,"...deceivell man %." Are not these of affairs, and justly. fearing his popularity, prietty.iennesihr -a Ulan of your age,-education his -- eseeffspokete in his -last Message of- moth.'
and standing - in society to make use of at thiii ) tying the law-but, at: the same tune, was as
time of-dayst, Why,- Charley. you are really. careful to not coa:mit himself, by retro:amend.
enorenf a Know Nothing. than L'bad any idea of , ing anything tangible or special, as a Ore fur
yes,atid _wore, than I now desire, I assure the evils he hints at. , Do you -think all this
yOttS And;Sani, I fear, ini I told you before, w ill, not be observed and handled by the" La
• that Is - hall be - bound to leave the Order very I cateos, to our disadvantage and discredit.? - •
soon, peaceably, if I can, but forcibly 111 must. 1
i O. if we look to that, we may as well give
But since you talk so learnedly about being iup entirely, and go to-sleep on out. arms. Do
eeficityed" and "deceived" and so on, do teli ',you not know that the DemocratS, who are as
"me, Charley, in-what parlieu/ote yell have thus,/ good as sworn to disagree with their oppo
hew:Victimized. Do favor the with the-reve- nems. Are never so witch displeased es when.
fat on of these important and, to we, hidden they can find nothing in. our doutrines and ac ."
- iii,y,SterieS. , _ ' .- ,' , • • • , • • lions to make capital out of ,to their own ad-
They ore so numerous, Sam, that I fear time y ansege 1 _..
will, not ailotv rue to enumerate the half. lies , But, Sam, if we wish to effectually displease
. aides, the attempt might be attended with na and
,disappoint_thetn. should n a not, study . to
good- gestalts-it may serve to
_irrilaie rather cOuiport and conduct our Order so as to
,give
than Nuance you. - •,• : , ... . . them no plausible reason to complain ? This
'
Don't ,he vo scrupulous on: that Score, Char- should be our pulley; if we
,would "prospers
Sep, Just go on. and 4.1 , "Ned .Buntline." I you seem, to desire. By this means, and um;
Shell endeavor to meet and remove them, onlvScan.we reasonably expect to satisfy and ;
though they beens mountains in magnitude. , retain the -members we have ;or hope to make
- Wail; then, Saw, when your runners came any favorable impressions on, or acquisitione
to me, beseeching neetojoin thes•NetvOrder." from outsiders i as- well as secure the interests'
-as ' theY Oiled ne•theY - asSered me it was in" .of-the county and State. ,
etitsetaiforlhe)Sole. purpose-of breaking slow! Ifi ant not mistaken, this has been both our
- the s Demooretie;party. They were, well aware policy awl pritetice, ie general. You must not
thal-thad alwals been' an "uncompromising think that any party can lac , claims to infalli
-Whigs and ever ready and anxious to give hand be ity, or expect us to be ince petite of commit
' and heart to .qtly , &m o rale project by which ling errors--nor of always being right, on all
• the,inwrests of-Any party, could be better se- subjects and occasions. It were fully in us to
Corot. I.: -Therefore, they convinced me, 'for the saspire to this. Moreover, if-we -were even in
tit**. that
,the order tves-established - for the 1 capable of committing wrong, it would not stop
- perpotee named, and-n.. 901 act int concert with 1 the Mouths of our opponents, who are never
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thei. Whig , party-i-that by this - means only i n a more faultstinding mood, than when they
could we expect to cheek .the corrupting ten. have nothing with - which to find fault.
eletteieaut the Denmendie party--to estop .the . ; But,Sam, have . I not shown you - that our
••wild hunt after uthee" which has demoralized patty, whip; it had the ascendency in the Leslsis
ito.-sthate try,shie gioriousSeud navel device, ' lature, rendered itself. justly - Unpopular, by
. enough ofSignurant. end well-meaning; Desiree passing laws that our own members never in.
. ' crew , would-be pieuee u p . t , ) tweu f e th e defeat' tende d obse - eve ; and which they were among
sted.futur,e, downfall of that partyw-L i i
eii has 1 the tirst to disregard and violate ? Now, while
_ growst slat" , orisspoilseand saucy tin success, I
, it has thus made itself ridiculous in the State.
and Which has givereitselfoyer to the beeping
1 what has it been doing in the county ? if the
of gepists and Ivoteigners. , - , . principal 'object of the order was to break down
4.ze.e4i,o,,Unarley„ and. does the Order not the Democratic party, 'hue it not wrought the •
• tuttintein•the, sinne-,,grounds-.Still -does it not opposite evil in Admits County! And in do-
resSretettseltesatuneregututtitssup similar ocea• ing this, how has it treated some. oldie oldest
anitii4 se 1.'.. % 7 “' : , ':: 1 ,: - •'- ; - , , . - - -and best tried men of that party which our
ISTec(ige
,Oes . sti. on similar occasions !_ But , fathers taught us to reveres and which we
ssab
whenettieject, to be omitted upen happens hove been indueed, apparently. to abandon.
- to fseetneoSetteShermerate yeur
_recruiters •!tallt ( . for its own final benefit, and success?.
th flow
abuSO-se twin esnoratittig
thong well-meaning, I
has it dealt with Col. Neely, than whom a bet
, white ,eo c iee um asksyou, *their tune i Do ter Luau or Whig, resided not in the State ?
- they s tess toll him in Seruts - the, blest eloquent Has it, not turnekliiin a n d his influence over
aniA , Sentiiinge'sthat , ',..ttie.- in" old parties nave •-to our opponents ? Our organ, toe, professed
. becoute Gefretipt," and that, the ; Upset men of -and proclahned to be his steadfast friend up
. ' hoikiiiive 4 een stile . necessity of - breaking - the - to "the very last issue before the election, for
seneeekles elf. perty,, a rul 'el funning. themselves the usleaeible purpose only, it is said. of hide
into en order prat- would retain and, maintain sing; him t o e sew e e a candidate ; in order" the -
a114,e great : national. and.conservative,princi• 'mere • effectually to secure the -election or . a
peesef the old partieesw net at the saline tithe, man who was not a Democrat only by the ac=
it Ititdd.e4reteilygnerd egainst their excesses
, cident of•not having been a favorite, with the,
ated etirreetions-f ,Al itot ssueh , the feet, an d Democratic Convention.
sue `
.o. mat *week of mconsieteecy and, deceit ? Sirice lam 'not: pettnitteA to dwell on the
is io true,:itanay eppearsas such in the eyes enormity of such treatment, in a religions tight,
of !SI swer nice, mud scrupulous, but when 'Fe, I Canna but think end view it as atonally cal.
talee intl.) I,4e ; aectittia„ 'Charley, the great :enu I cglated to bring the Order 'into disrepute, in
in y,ieVir,,wo stiould give ourselves uo uttneees- the eyes of all honeSt and honorable men.
sary,,ereuoie &t -thee 400. We Should -pay
, Anil nut right in. this, Sam, so sure as elfeci
mere attention matte utjecla to lat,attaine'il e aim f ol l ows cause /
Lit ):t4•: ivi:up,u4outt, as to the means, if we wish_ You do not seem to have entered into the
tteacianuptssa our euds., '• fAenes" illy send- spirit of our Order at all. : Charley, eb-e these
zuslets. CltarldYse s - • '-- • ' •• • 1 little stumbling. blocks would not now be in
ssAy,..ther s ee the ruler Seemly.. This is one I
i the way. You should bear in mind that' the
- ' off • i
Ile 'evils of so ti ch ,I complain :.and instead l i election alluded to, was our first balite. and
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rut meeting and rtuplaing4, as you have pro.n, i that much, perhaps the very fate of the Order.
ieet,t, you. oastlies contrary. aacitly admit,. its-1
depended on success. We were but partly
with, sand endeavor. to sti fl e conscience , by}
successful successful thensand perhapS to that we may
keelOtie, - itsemeiStlitY eat. ot mind , . This wil l s attribute the 'fact that we have never since
Hot )ttl„ist'y aahtnicst War. pay enure "than the ; been wholly successful. We :.new our ene
cul just : Mee, the meatte.". lei;
,all our trans- tines were disposed tO ..stoop to conquer," end
.441994 7 ,, ossetestic,: pelitical ' and religious„
necessity might have induced us to meet them
Wet' 'should ever hearken-. unto the "still- with similar weapons, in selfseeeettee. So, for
easinit tiotte",, 4- consetentx. Without we do i
louse and other good reasons, you should be
tbie se vve s cannto, be- good ciazens or christians. disposed to be more indulgent towards a well
:these ,arts- my , ecuuteents.• SS hat. say you, wean i as , thou g h sortie 't me. erring Order.
bettai : ' - . • , .
' But, Sam. when aparty professes to correct
&U s e strictly thee/vice/point of view, I must abuses, it must never justify retaliations. It
4 , 1414,5/icy secieurthudex and expedient, but ,
I should Amus; employ moral, honorable means.
tuy s word for it, Chat ley, if yeti wish to be a I If it dues nut aspire to this, the cure becomes
-4,,,rvccs#W politician, you must dell them', the i worse than the disease. Our Order was es •
saute:as-you, would pint fiial' or July's, on' ts I i
to
ta..;i.,ile re f orm,.. not to imitate and retell
tue:stwettth ot , CtiritstutilS. ,
.1 presuitityott ate. Its object was good, and it hhil no occa
hav,e lately joined : the- Church perhapsbe- sion to resort to duplicity and deceit in order
vutae a class,latler.-,Eb, Charley ? to elect good men. Do you not remember
syeither, Saul ; hut still. I
,profess to be a , what one of the greatest Fathers of our former
.Cluietiati. met...strive se w h o p e to b e an hottest p.trty said, while a candidate far the highest
luau . IL:member, Sins, all honest nen is the of .;e in the g ift of any people, and when the
'noblest work otitis Maker. and that -honesty chances of success, and the neeersity of strata
is the hest policy"-tliat.-gem. were hinted at by sonic overzealous
ifil
• til qu are determined C h arley, :o preach. 1 friend. ...Ito, na," he replied, "1 would sooner
you should - make an apeointment. and seek a I be rigfa Mon President." What was right
larger nottlieuee. I cannot take upon myself I th en is equally -so n o w ., A n d if w e w i sh t o
Aill.tlie responsibility of calling forth a sermon., i establish a solid, it ret•ntanent foundation, we
or of 'Composing the - whole coegregation. S Tine must study what is just and right, as well us
wonld be too, much glory for,une man. 5../ if what is pop:ilar.
you ale beta on giving me, a religious exhorta- Indeed. lain, when we examine the matter
Otto,. IS mu off . het sty, only say, you will con- 1 in. eat closely. I can slut See that we would have
-fitle,yoursea to polities amid to ,political CIA V.- ', Nail !noel' cause to rejoice in the election of
diems. and 1 suidl promise to hew,• you k.: t in ,... of our candidates at the time to which
the stnetest attention.; and also eudeaviii . , so t rsier ; sittce soine of theta were .publicly
see s you right in your emirs regarding -.4,1 :and solemnly pledged. as being opposed to the
-"
fe 1
**tuattnetit_4l , ethyler_w_w-444-,- , , * -,e, c i Oisier,while others had been unsuceessfitl and
0 . ---- proud to belong. I disappointed aspirants for the nominations at
I auk sorry to and you so hasty and e pe I L i re halide of the Deniocrt.ts. Now, does it not
- on .4te subject of religion. out of thei
Councils- seem a pity to sacrifice consistency and prnici-
I L o u sure you art ; lannliar with its name in pie. as well as such sterling men as Col.
seem: itiuliom. where- It would be inukeTupon i Neely. in order to gratify and elect such -office
as more_thatt presumptiou. for guy member to i hunters" as I have alluded to ? Are not these
think of s h.itauUmg the party then and there ; the stud ot men we kgcnerally noininaie and
CaticleutUed
,Avittiout ti p .11e
criminal fur . criminal '
elect -and is it to be won,iered at, that the
offence ,utspreseseig. or- p es t . , s,itte, A =Mill re- I 01-I,r, the Conntv, the Skate ism! the Union, ,
liginn.-,. Why *Josue nut us e .y,oir lugicot et- .; ar e m us 'educed t o t heir_prA,N t int condition ?,: A Loge Ring.-The sealing Gazelle men
forpt,ua .lat - c,; ,reli i i,ion sleep t).4 /la L 4,4 UeCit. I • •3 a . ' tifiliOn, Nl' 056 f a ct - that the f 19lINL! of Rep- : Cons the arriviil in that city of a gentleman
&ion*, satii I '. .. - i
i reseinatives of the C. - States, ColltriSed as it . (Mal Montreal, Canada, on- Thursday week.
Ittel#3,Cis tiseprupp place. Charley. to c li s ,... 'i i o:., great inajwity of .:Sitieric ins. members who drove the whole journey (five hundred
eniestbei. euejszte-eame utse ()flee gri:,,t otij e ,tk: s ' o h our - ,),•,1 er , n a , t now spe n t mor e th a n six . miles) in a sleigh. We presume there has not
of Ma Order s Ls us deirrsui me wmiat religious ;i : weeLs of preciou.s Little, atom than otle iniii.irvil. been nt winter :or many years daring' which
iinmai(*'l.4 ..141:: spina of ou e itisti to toms. .1 s'u , i I
a
. L , )“ . larl:1 dollars of the I.leople's pre.:i,;4.l loon. - thi; distance could have becu travelea comm
is. 151.1r4 Alan IN a dati, ; , : ruai
. cit l4 , ll . on 1.,,, ; eV. anal Is :tot yet iii all organized, in a le e k- tiously on runners.
*et! attA?ol4 1. vi . his -relitocs predt!ection, . lid , Lai Ye condi ti‘o,. Do not all these things prove, 1.. _ -----
a iiryjUlilt;esi. 10 1.11
lievond the Nisutv ol a nouta, dint our party,: . S WIMP. 1g Tee' t 3. -Ace 0 r!,.. an - s, Jan.
greet, ~Saill, since I atu not 'Jibes-gel Cti -lite O.). A:) 3:-. /.1.144-SI-111, 7 7ye1i 1 . :1;i7i - Oill iil -11 I IX:AM - 14 • 4?
- a - L - e - S - 1 1YOI I . CP .i 1% C.N, , 111 TC --- ) niiiidif V .- 1i ~. VO
- - e youssayesiii,Sult au tirAtrsacieit sulijeel.. or grad,' Sleepe,ll.l :1;1 'lie errors and follies whieh beenreceived. ',env col.l wai severe. * Oa the
so Paus.Alls lorl.inu-vm)tig..tr...4m everassoanauuutd it tx:l-111.bmpi to see and CollreCt. ill others f -‘,ll upper_ 131..4z0s th r
e therarueter reanhed J dr
• -ri4--ilb-of .44kirsnrpp-i-i-. 6 -_ , ,
tiara, tau, ttit7clw...,ll brougtit are . sut oil mesa tee g rue Oelow Zl.lrO,' aS3
At. Ala
...
.ur dioic eta iliwill: Aari.J.44.2./41 Zio zee- stsitpeos:Les eel crairridee for Olice, nuEssta- wit s 2b4 cold. .
U
MEM
Ei=1111:1=E
;hall also — study to be on good terns with ail
nun, notwithstanding swim toa,. ddYer with
. rue on the subject of politics amk rel l gion.
my inwerit con,litioi. I can not, tar 'the I ife . of
'4)140 look upon 'some of my dissenting bre*.
•ren without bloshin,- ,- ..„Not.elaafecf.tuvrardi
',them that hatred. wbich..iiitt.very oct/4 Of our .
Order inculcates,and, implies. hut, because they
tro taught tp. ; rtgard rue as this iftv.nin;,enefay
of their politics and' religion-.,, I a countir
like this, 'or inlthy'cauntry,' hotliinglidatct tie
,worse than such a state of things. ,We ere all
-born of a ,common father,- and created for a
common end; as 'well as coirimandecllo hire our
neighbors esi ourselves, yet these 4re, some of
the evil fruits that ,our'Orcler has, butte.' .Are.
nut these facts:Samiand, as siich, are they, nut
contrary to the luszintri of the-,Gdspel. - as well
asat . variiinco withilioJetter_and—Spiita_o
free Institutions
I told you in the beginning; Charley, that I
would not consent to hear to sertnor., or argue
ibis subject theologicallY, I ant neither dis
posed. for the one nor the ,other, yet you: have
attempted : to. afflict-rue-with both, Du you not
know that even some of our greatest , Divines
differ very materially on the more important
subject of gevelation, and vet our liberal in
stitutions, and the -•freedom of thought," allow
both parties to be right ? Why, then, Charley,
can we not both retnitin Members or the same
Order, and yet,differ on less important points
than those referred, to
Ah, friend S3lll, this remark brings to mind
another argument against the Order., ; You
say divines may differ on the most important
Stihject that could engross - our Attention, and
both be right in the eyes of our liberal institu
tions, yet yon seem to defend and endorse an
Order whose very inilialory oath -controverts
this liberal Peutiment—that decla-res, in the,
most solethn terms, that some divines, can not
dillyr from others,_ without, drawing itown . on .
themselves excommonication and aiisfranchise- -
meat—.that even eitelutles certain classes from
membership, on account of their particular
es
traction or religion ; and that thus practically
tramples iii the dust, the very b9mi that rea
-1 tiers this glorious Union desii able andlasting ;
because one of its fundamental Prerogatives is.
that all men are allowed and protected in wor
shipping their Maker according to the dictates
of their conscience.
Vol are again becoming sericresand
gious, charley. and unfittiog_yourself.to look'
upon and discuss this subject in a strictly po
litical light. This thing of mixing up religion
with politics, in Olio way and place, does not
suit my tastes at :Mat all, and 1 shall conclude
by referring you for answers to your yeli,, , Piotis
interrogatories, and tests, to the address of the
Executive Committee-dour Order,, which you
can lay your hands upon by searching the files
of the Star or Sentinel. In that - precious &en
-Inca you. will disco Ker that the
,ruins cited
above, in regard to the generol right, of divines
to differ, like those of Murray's Grammar,.are
not without exceptions. You will also -find
charges there against a certain Ptiestbood—
such as -holding back" and -casting" a cer
tain '•vote" at will, anti for the party that
promises most and pays best—that you or. I
have never dreamed of before. Yet. it is the
product of one, and signed. sealed and deliv
ered by suildry "honorable men." A the
time these startling imputations were brought
to light, by Else pouadiuon rf onr liberty, the
Press, some over-scrupulous souls, like your ,
' self, thought it would have sounded more .pro
fessional and lawyer-like, to haVe substantil:ea7
the declarations by drew/LI/insets anti facts
and, in the meantime, allow the public the lib
erty to consider the party accused, as being
iunorCut of the charges set - forth. until proved
4ujily. They dins seemed to forget that
among the Plaintiff:4,in this case, were several
learned in Me law, and "honorable melt," and,
as stich, their tiwriiiina should pass,fur prima
.. facie 'acts, until a nrgalive was established by
' the thfendanis in the, indictment. —This would
seem now to be the requirements of the New
Law, according to the revelations of new
Propliets. G.
Jan. 19th,
KEEP THE Mourn .JHUT DURING COLD WEA
TIILUL—In the Journal. of health Dr. Fall. ad•
vises every pinsou who goes into the open air
[tom a warm apartment to keep the mouth
shut while wAlking ur riding.. He s .
•‘Before you leave the room bundle up well
-- , -gloves, cloak, comforter—shut Your mouth
before you open the street door, and keep it,
resolutelrelosed until .you have walked - brisk-
Iy for some 'ten minutes ; then if you .keep on
walking,. or have reached home, you may
talk as much as you please:. Not so doing,
many a heart once happy and young.now hes
in the church-yard that might have been young
and happy Still. But how 4 If you can keep
your mouth closed and walk rapidly, the air
can only reach the lungs by-a . circuit, or the
nose and head, and becomes warmed before
reaching the lungs. thus causing no derange
ment ; but, if you converse,,large drafts of cold
air dash directly in upon the lungs. chilling
the whole frame almost instantly. The brisk
walking throws the blood to the surface Otithe
body. thus keeping up a vigorous
. circulation,
making a cold impossible if you don't get into
a cold bed too quick after you get home. Ne
glect of these brings sickness and premature
death to multitudes every year."
SCENES ON TUE leo AT ST. LOUIS. --The Mis
souri river is frozen over to the depth of three
and a half feet at St. Louis. The Illirror:of
that says :
"On the Illinois side, but some considera
ble distance from the shore. were pitched sev
eral canvass tents, at the entrance of which
were placed boys, hallooing out. 'hot colree,'
•hot whisky punches,' 'Tom andZerry,' 'whis
ky slings,' &c. Some of the 'fancy: too, and
sporting characters had their faro and roulette
tables in tull blast. At the end of the ice road
at the other side is placed a large board, with
the inscription, in monster letters, 'Mississip
pi avenue.' This was the great centre of at
traction, as in this immediate locality every
thing was to be found to stimulate and heat
be seen gliding in every direction over the icj
surface. Ploys and girls, younr , ladies and
their loving, swains, old men and their better
halves, negioes of all variety of shade, from
the pure African jet to the light brown, swelled
the immense gatnering, and completely covered
the river opposite the city. Sets were termed
on the ice. and dancing kept up until a late
hour at night." -
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REPUBLICAN COMPILER
GETTYSBURci, PA.
MONDAY 31 - 011,NING, FEB.
pr..Mgr,r of the Senate,. and Mr. I
itoingso*, of thellonsO.have our * thanks 'for
Legii . hitOo fsFors.
CongregL
The Houe,e of RepresentatiVes; at Washing
ton, carne very near.adopting the plUrality rule
on Wednesday, and it was then thought that
it would..#l3eceed on Friday or Saturday. It is
, .
chosen.,4:consummation most devirutly wished
by all clusges of business people at the nation
al capital, who are sadly ••put out," becanse
the usual "circulating medium" is not allowed
to cireulale until the organization of the House.
The sessions are characterized .by sufficient
good humor, but the lobbies occasionally evince
some excitement.
Legislative.
On Friday week, Mr. Robinson presented two
petitions from citizens of Adams county,' fur
the repeal of the'restraining liquor law.
The bill, for the repeal of the. Liquor Law of
last session, passed the House finally on 'the
24th ult.; by tt - vote of 69 to 25. Mr. Robin
son voted . for the repeal.
. Mr. Beck read in
,place a bill, to repeal so
much of the act of the general appropriation
bill of 1855, as_ relates to the compensation of
'officers and members of the
_Legislature.
The bill to increase the pay of jurors, and
witnesses, was taken up in the House, in Com
mittee of the Whole, on'second reading. The
bill increases the pay of jurors to $1 50 per
day,,and witnesses to' $1 per day. Mr. Han
cock moved to. amend Ly striking out the'
words-"excepting where the witness or ju
ror resides within one wile of the court-house,
in which case the pay is to remain as now."
On motipn the bill was postponed for the
prtesent.
A bill passed the House - final], hich pro
vides - that the County mmiSsioners of the
several counties of this Commonwealth, who
have the power to appoint collectors 'of State
and county tans, may do so without being
confined in their selection to the persons whose
names may be returned by.the assessors, any
thing in the act passed April 15,1834, relating '
to-county rates and levies. and township rates
and levies, to the contrary notwithstanding.
In the Senate, on motion of Mr. Price. the
bill supplementary to the act relative to In
solvent: Debtors, was taken up and passed fi
nally. '
The supplement to the charter of the Gettys
burg Railroad company, which had previously
passed the Iloose, passed the Senate on third
reading on Saturday last, with au unimportant
amendment in its title,
The House has rejected the proposed resolu
tions requesting the tnterfetence of Congress to
secure additional . privileges •to Americans
in foreign countries. on the ground that the
matter is purely Congressional, with which
State Legislatures have nothing to do:
SHOCK or AN 'EARTHQUAKE.-- The Frederick
(Md.) Examiner states that many persons in
that city Mt what they supposed to be the
shock of an -earthquake about four o'clock on
Saturday morning week. It. appears to, have
been experienced in a line from S. W. to N. E.,
or parallel with the Blue Ridge. The sensa
tion was distinctly felt twice at a short inter
val, but the shocks were not violent enough
to do any.da tune;
COLLISION AND LOSS or LET AT SEA.--The
New Orleans papers record the loss of the brig
Samitel S. Peters, of that port, but built at
Baltimore, by coining in collision during a fog,
pith the ship James Hovey. She was' bound
for Havana, with a cargo of lard and provisions,
and sunk in three t►iinutes after the collision.
Alex. Hanson, the mate, and five seamen were
drowned. She was valued at 614,000, and
insured. The James Hovey sustained a dam
age of $4,000.
SERIOUS FIRE IN' YORK CouYrr..—On the
22d - ult. a fire broke out in the barn of Jacob
Nailor, in Fairview township, York county,
consuming the barn, with its contents—three
horses. twelve head of. horned cattle, and a
large quantity of grain, his corn crib and other
adjoining out-buildings. -
PROHIBITION IN MARYLAND.—The Legisla
ture of Maryland appears indisposed to agitate
the State with a prohibitory liquor law move
ment.—A majority of the committee of the
Ilouse of Delegates, to whom the subject was
committed, on Tuesday reported against the
expediency of referring the question of such a
law to the people for their action. and express
the opinion that a modification of the license
law would be more effectual for good. The
report was concurred in by the House.
Dios* IlorsEs.--The consumption of iron for
building purposes has now grown to be im
mense. In each of our cities, founderies are
in full operation solely engaged on building
casting s, and the universal favor with_vrhlch
- l - ci:mtrary to law, in other currency than that
G:7 ~ iron.buildings are regarded betokens an-YU-ail=
Pheasants, in severe seasons like the I
1 which the law makes obligatory. I culable increase in the amount of pi , * ° iron that
present, when they are cut off from their usual I I will be required for them after a few more
j" --
food, by heavy falls of snow, feed upon the i, The statement that the ladies of the first years. .
,
leaves of the laurel and other poisonous leaves, 'families in New York employ a cooper to hoop ; 1 'lnn IlEn3trrAGE.—The bill to purchase for
them, on great occasions, proves unfounded.
and also upon bergs. which impart to their 1 t the Suite live hundred acres of the ground, in
i
• eluding the tomb of Jackson and the buildings
flesh a disagreeable flavor, and indeed render- I :7 - ''The legislature of
_Maine has repealed of the Hermitage, has. paSsed one blanch of
ins, it not only deleterious to health, but, in 1 the lay of the last - session prohibiting the State the Tennessee legislature.
many instances destructive of life to those par- courts_froin-naturalizing aliens. •
taking of it. The caution, therefore, should
Ex-Sheriff Yates, of Kane county, lowa,
be particularly observed now when so many ,
recently took a five days' hunt on horseback,
of these birds are to be foam' for sale, from with a single rifle, and returned with fifteen
the facility, by the scarcity of food, of catching
elk and nine deer, weighing 6.000 lbs.
them._l _ ---,,-- ----- " ---- ;.. r. -- ---
Daniel B.
..,.11 CATTLR.—u
. 'Horace Greeley received a tap from Mr. C ALE OF uritnA
Sounder, of WyLin: county, Vu., a few days
Rust. a, Washington, on Tuesday last, but since so ld d m ., p„rh,,„ calves f or $.175
• s in the-l-louse - ne - st - day - as - u - stral; -- ha - v - ing — They averaga - fi ve - iiii - inifis - OIT
received but slight injury.
--- i --- --. 0 7 ..i,,- , -;. Arrve - ofrirealcers - was - pitt - yed - by .--- tele ..---
I
graph, between Boston and Provincetovyn, the
'Commodore Slittbrieli bocomei. n} -the_ other evening, Cape Cod winning.
The entire length of the Illaissippi Riv- i •c
death of Commodore Morris, ,ulor offwer of -- -- - --•-
__. . . .
er - i5 closed withioe. ; the United States Navy.
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vr,e'in the
. .ennsytviulisti. I . WASHISGVOIir NEws
• Pollock and Pardon" • '
--We hail- holia; for die - aVe4it - or: our St 3 te,
that Gov: POLLocK had coritin4 the fiPculiari.
tiesof his pardoning System tilinadelpbia
atone. ; It appears not ; bin that in other sec
tionscf chit Commonwealth, hitt, conduct in ye
lation, to, the pardon of convicts, exceeds that
of - whicli'we - hay . e - previously - complained asaf
fecting this locality, and may be called nefari
ous. The Erie Obse)ver has very sensibly ar
rived. at ithe conclusion, that the Governor oc
cupiesrather an unenviable position, consider
'ng-the-hi-gli- pretensions to official rectitude
claimed fur hini by his supporters. In order
that its readers may not think that the Ob
server-has-hastily .furmed-this opinionrit gives
certain "Rules" in reference to pardons,
which were promulgated on the 19th day of
Match last, by Gov. Pou.oco., through the
Secretary of the Commonwealth. and, directed
"to all future applicants for pardons:" flow
stultified must the conscience of the man have
become who could frame and publish such
"Rules." and then almost iMmediately-after
warda deiart . from both their spirit and letter.
But read the "Rules," .and then decide upon
the conduct Of theßovernor :
First --Saiistrctory 'evidence vrill . be requir
(ll, that at _least, dais' Previoos "'notice of'
the intended applieation. 'for the pardon was
given- to the District Attorney of the city or
county in which the 'conviction took - place..
- ---Seeon"d t at feast- ten—days', previous - ;
notice of the intended application be given in
at least one
,newspaper, published in ..the city
or county in which the conviction tool':, place.
To show how these. "rules" are:adhered to,
the flarristtirg Patriot and Union details the
following case:—On the -10th of March,•abont
11 o'clock at night, in the Borough of Birin•
ingham, in Huntingdon coo nty.five
named James C. Clark, A. M. Graffins, James
McCahari, D. - G. Owens and Samuel T. Martin,
disguised, with false faces, and otherwise,
brekeintua grocery oft - licensod dealer, knock
ed him down and wounded him; went into his
cellar, broke in the heads of his whiskey bar
rels, and poured out his liquor. The defen
dants—all young men—were -brought to trial
for this flagrant outrage -and breach of The.
peace, at 'the last August session of the Court,
and were-all convicted of the crimes charged
against them in the indictment. The verdict
of the jury was rendered on Friday evening of
the first week of the Court, and the young men
were' permitted to go home on the condition of
their returning on Monday morning to receive
sentence and have the judgment-of the Court
passed - upon them. On Monday morning they
appeared, and "were called up for sentence,
when their counsel 'produced and-read, in arrest
If Judgment, a pardon from James Pollock,' un•
der. the broad seal of the Commonwealth, and
the defendants were discharged. This case
we present to the friends and apologists of flis
Excellency for approval or. condemnation.--
Bear in mind that the defendants -were con
victed on FrOay. and on Monday following the
pardon was read in Court, so that it must have
been made out on Saturday or Sunday. Now,
as only two days elapsed, between the render
ing of the verdict and the reading of the pardon
in Court, it is impossible 'that - either of the
rules in the above' proclamation could have
teen complied with and, unless the Governor
or his 'friends can Show . such -"peculiar cir
cumstances" as would "justify their suspen
sion," he must - he content to stand before the
community as a-man utterly destitute of veraci
ty, undesefving the . respect or confidence of,
any portion of the people.
Add this case to those of the pardoned Po
licemen who were convicted of stabbing a
citizen with a :knife, and those other Police
men of whose pardon we complained yester
day, witheut the least, notice to the District
Attorney, and even in the absence of a copy
of the record of their conviction, and then tell
us whether the- Governor has not uttered an
. .
Al MISTER TO ENGLAND.-It is stated that the
lion. George M. Dallas, of Philadelphia, has
been tendered the mission to England, about
to be made vacaut by the resignation of Mr.
Buchanan. No doubt is said to be entertained
that the offer will be accepted.
LoulsiAxA.—Col. B. Hairison, dem., is
elected to the Senate of Louisiana, by 30 ma
jority, in place. of Hon.. B. Wickliffe, elected
Governor of that State. This gives the Demo
crats a majority of two in the Louisiana Senate.
CUMBERLAND FOR BUCIIANAN.—The county
convention, of Cumberland county, which met
On Tuesday last, ununimous?y instructed the
delegates to the 4th of 'March Convention to
support James Buchanan for the Presidency.
So TIM COME. —At a DCmocratic meeting
held in Brownsville, Texas, a few days ago,
Hon. R. K INGSBURY. an old-line Whig from the
beginmng, made an able address in opposition
to the Know Nothing movement, and announced
his adhesion to the Democracy.
n'''The Democrats of Maine have elected
delegates favorable, it is said, to Buchanan, to
the National Convention.
A SHARP GRAND JtHLY.—The postmaster at
Milwaukie, Wis., has been indicted by the
Grand Jury fur having paid a mail contractor,
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, _
, 20, 1856.
Conespendenee of gie yepabliasa Co!npfrr.
That Corf,TesaimialSebeitopolaheiSpeaker's
Chair, is-not : Yet takeo, a,04-thedianlis men am
beginning 'to think ~se riOttily or;iraising the
siege. All their • - calCulationi have come -to
naught; a nal tortvictionthara - rfeW - Ciiiiiht na.
pon is essential to success, is working itS way
heir hearts. Mr. Banks - hti ad • thetn - to
his support thus long by repeated- a d positive
assurances that the Administration would be
.'starred out" before the cloSe of January, and
that the President would influence the Demo
cratic members of the Rouse to •aisisi in pass.
ing the plurality rule, under which Mr. Banks
Might be 'elected. — This ealcitlation has failed'"
for two reasons, s First—the President does
not desire the adoption of the plurality rule.
Secondly—the. Democratic members of - tho
House would not. as matters stand, adopt that
tule if the. President did desire it.. The ides
a t r - of -
aak Ire course of the Democrats in Congress
is shaped at the White douse; is absurd. The
Democratic members have great 'respect for the
President; bu s t they are freemen, and "would
scornfully repel dictation, no matter how high
the quarter from which it might come.. They:
act. upon their own responsibility and .hove of,
their own volition, and the President is neither
to be censured nor praised for 'what 'they do._
1n no Shape or forru will they:contribute to-the:
election of Mr. banks.. I 'am ; satisfied of that ;
and if the friends, of that gentletnan:deSire
presiding officer of their -own 'political creed;
the'seoner they drop Mr and select a condi=
date who can command their 101°16'1;04Y vote,
in the House, the sooner their desires will. be
gratified. - • - -
The delay in organizing is very trying to the,
office hunters. Most of them, having,rtm out r
of funds, have gone home.' Those who - remain'
remind me
. of the 'sick man °who, after
'his 4ccinstitution" was gone, lived several.
weeks on the "by.laws." They haven care-.
worn, halt-fed, hungry look, that shows plain
ly enough that their financial "constitution"'
is gone, and that they are subsisting on. the,'
"by-laws - " . All this:is fun to me and a few
More who, like myself,-are in the lappy con
dition of the blesSed,who expect nothing, but
it,is death to the poor expectants.
• The Senate was the centre of attraction yes
terday, it being. understood that . Gen. Cass .
would speak on the Central American ques
tion.. He did speak on that question, and J..
think it worilehave done. John Bull- good to
have heard him, though John's blood would
undoubtedly have been stirred by some of the
General's hard knocks. Mr. Cass paid a very.
high compliment to Mr. Buchanan, our Minis-,
ter to England, , Whose notes to the Earl of
Clarendon he' styled “models of diplomatic .
correspondence.". This great:speech is being.
Written out, and will shortly be published.—
It was a master vindication of our rights, and.
a searching exposure *of the bad faith of the,
British government. -
- Hon. William' Bigler, -the new Senator front
Pennsylvania; appeared ii his seat yesterday'
and was duly sworn in.
Commodore Morris - died in this city on Sun
day, at the age of 72. Notwithstanding his
advanced age, the National Intelligencer as
serts, "On the unvarying testimony of his
brother officers," that he was "the ablest naval
commander in the world." He entered the
service in 1799, and fought in many glorious
A DA3I3.
Actions.
Assault upon Tar. Greeley.
WAstriNG:roN, Jan. 29.—As Mr. Greeley, of
the New York Tribitne, was coming from the
Capitol this afternoon. he was attacked by Mr.
Rust, of Arkansas. who with his fist inflicted
several blows on Mr. Greeley's 'head : and af
terwards, as he was approaching the National'
Hotel, Mr. Rust struck him severely with a,
stick. The - assault, it is presumed, was in
consequence of certain strictures in 'a Wash
ington letter in the Tribune of Monday, orb
Mr. Rust's propositions in the Rouse, request-.
irtgrtbe candidate for the Speakership to with-'
draw from the contest.
The Erie Railroad Dispute.
PIIILADELPIIIA, Jan. 28.—1 n the Pennsylva
nia Supreme Court to-day Judge Black deliver.
ed the unanimous opinion of the court; in thek
ease of the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashta
bula Railroad vs. the City:of Erie, that the said
railroad company have a right to extend their
road through the town of Erie to its easten
boundary to connect with the North-east road.
That the resistance to and obstruction of the.
road by the Mayor and Council of Erie is ow
lawful and must be, restrained.
AFRAID OF TILE ABOLITIONISTS.--TT Nat:-
chez Free Trader, ut the bth, has the follow
ing paragraph.:'
"Isaac, a servant of General Quitman, ar—
rived home a few days since. Shortly alter
the General reached 'Washington city, isarte.
expreqsed a great desire to return home to-
Mississippi. Upon being pressed for his yea—
sons for so sudden a wish. he told his master
that he had beet repeatedly beset by Iwo white
men from Boston, who urged him to- accept
their gold to run from his master. He stared
that he was afraid . that lie wout6 he killiippkl.
into treed um, as he believed the two men were ,
capable of any atrocity. The General gave
Isaac a pass, v hit which he safely reached
home, tc his infinite satisfaction."
. -- "The Aldermen of Chicago, 111.. have vo
ted themselves gold-headed canes. Their con
stituents should cane every one of theta.
WILD CATS.—The Detroit Free Press warns
the public of Michigan and other States against
I the Bank of Macomb county and the Bank of Te
cutr:vh, denominating both as _wi!d cats of the
worst son.
17-Ex-Gov. Walk.er. of Louisiana, died at
New 0 :klub, on Tharaday