ot r.'ob bed ve,T. vii'p!'cit <!! -'d j vtjo'.vs aldetiue siiim 01 N~ ■ j n"i | i.'| ) —t ■s'.) ur rf“"i'.,Tns-w* wK«fli 3r,LK ' c - * :,u r ‘ s •< ftJnf f th« play mike wmepopre atsH iM; puH tfiei/ flirmatlonaredirocl, ahijwebelieveftllable. ThS tolldlicral 0 ««<I evtdehce 1 htftdughlycd’iifir As ilsi truth.' >' -i '"', '• Ji 8 teßat 3 St^hert of fllihtjih i v ffifd* : Chtipmsir, ex-Spefial Mail A R fent;' 1 Ediior Washington Union andOlerU df House of Representative*; W. Gray. PoslmasierofCli»6lH.nd; Wnt; Often, or Elyria, Ohio, and one otWr party whose name wa forget. -' This company of political brethren and imrtnculale pafHots haVe secured the refusal of a $50,000 purchase of Indian Missionary Reservation lands in Nebraska Territory; 85,000 has been paid down, as forfeit money, in case the Company should not pay the rest', due at tho 'lime stipulated. Since t ho death of Gov, Burt, his Secretary, Cummins, is acting Governor pro tern., until the President fills the rtcency. The influence of the'land jobber* aforesaid'is-being concentrated on the President, to induce him to appoint Cummf/id permanent Governor of the Territory . The understanding, or bargain, is, (hat in case the Company aforesaid succeed in having him returned as Governor, he agrees to lo cate the Seat of Governmental the village of Belleville, on the lands purchased by the Com pany, which, ns a mailer of course, will vast- Iv enhance tlieir value, 10 the emolument of Ihe said Douglas, Gray & Co. The honesty and morality of the bargain and sale, is a matter wo will not stop here 10 review. It is enough 10 know that it is par excellence l)pmocraiic.' !l is understood that Chapman is to bo the Treasurer and financier of the scheme. Fur thermore, he will be brought out ns a candi date for delegate to Congress from the Terri tory I and will receive all the influence of Douglas to secure his election, It is consid fred°lhiit with him in Congress the lands and corner lots coul be sold lo better advantage, ns »e(l with an eye to further land specula tions. Chapman is sending a press over lo the Territory, which is to be a Douglas organ there, and 10 have beato«ed upon it all the public printing of the Territory. Whether the Company will advocate the introduction of slavery under the “ Popular Sovereignly” joggle, we are n»l advised. The Dealer re cently contained an editorial lauding Cum mins, and urging his appointment as Govern or of Nebraska, Chapman has resigned his special mail agency, and has spent considerable lime wjih Douglas in Illinois, making speeches in that Slnle before ihe election in favor of the vio lation of the Missouri Compromise. He hps also been in the Nebraska Territory for sev eral weeks, on some landspeculation, as was known. If the Company succeed with their scheme, our neighbor of The Dealtf will make his pile. It is n large operation, and a bold move, but the ropes, we are told, are well laid. A half million ofdolla& is the very least, we are informed, the Company expect to clear in the speculation. We have furthi r particulars which we withhold to-day. Indictment of Theodore Parker. Our Courl reporl this morning shows ihat Mr. Parker hns been induced in the Circuit Court, for obstructing the United Stales Mnr sHal in the service of process against Antho ny Burns, in May and June last. We re gard this prosecution, at ibis time, as need less and unfortunate, and we believe it will be regretted by every sincere lover of good or der and the public iquiet. At best, Mr. Par ker’s offence is a constructive one, and if our own recollection faithfully serves us, govern ment will find it hprd to proyc even that.— But without entering into the'merits of the case itself, we think it right to say that the prosecution is a political one, that it is dan gerous to free speech, and that it can only result in opening wounds which were already healing, and stirring up bad blood, which was already begining to cool. Political pros ecutions are almost always blunders, and this one will prove no exception to the rule.— What Government expects to gain by it, it is difficult to say. Private feeling may be grat ified, and private malice appeased; but the prosecution, whatever may be its result, will only make the execution of the Fugitive Slave Law more difficult than ever. The Circuit Courl cannot reasonably expect to •lop Mr. Parker’a mouth ; ho will probably continue to say what he thinks ; while his auditors and admirers will grow more numer ous and warmer with every successive indict ment. It is out of the power ofhis Honor or of Mr. Attorney, Ip slop preaching or pam phleteering, unless lhe Fugitive Slave Law is amended by (Tie introduction of a special clause against Fanucil Hall, and against the presses, and printing offices of Boston. A CcbTods Sobphisb—A Skves-Ykaus StEKp.—A loner from San Francisco to Mr. fl. R. Harris, of this city, from his brother, relates e curious incident that occurred there a short time since, which we do not recollect having seen in print. Her Britannic Majes ty's exploring ship PloVer arrived ut San' Francisctra short time since from the Polar’ Sea, where she had been ice-bound since 1847. When she left San Francisco, some years ago, it was a mere trading station, resbrted to by a few vessels in pursuit of hides, and the town‘dr place contained only a few adobe houses. The captain and crew of the Plover expected to find the same San Francisco in 1854 that't(jfey ; fen'.ip 1847. The captain,' therefore,'sailed irttb'the' bay without o pilot," and approached ln the evening. Hd was much amnSed at ! the rmmerbus lights he saw. Wheri heawoke' from his drdam' bf sfeven jfear6,ihe ilext morning, hi? found s noble Ciiy becupying the she of ihe‘ ; |i>feffcnf San Pranclsco.' ‘He; hnd knowri nothing faf the Mexican Hyar," aiid Cession of California to the DniieS 'S{ales',‘;ftnd the many other great events that, hafd lakeriplaceduring the time be had.hcen (ocKe'dup'ifr fK'eTrtizih re gions 6P the Nori ii.—Rocktytr ’ War is aoeratntree called (he wetping willow Mked a Schoolmaster, addressing odo of'nrt Becauae you take from it to »Wp-lb» boys with." the AGOTTfIy VVVAVWWWIV Tiinriday noming, Dec. 91,1854. > -f i*m in ■ —3—*■* Sammons, Subpmnas, Warrants, Constsbhfs Sales, casc»« gyWe-arcßmieTebUgatioawko’tfoO.fi. A.Gaow for an;«arlypyy of the Presidents ■ j An Apology.— Oar patrons did not receive a paper last cure (t from the papermtkerlri lime. lilThe'papefi upon which this number > is -printed was piqcurcd at ‘ Elmira, sod nearly, two weeks admit waa .ordered,- at thaL It-will bb scen lhal this failure, .wap uns-; roidablo-#ono of.thoak accidents that'huihanl faros, siglil, unless assisted, by a jfdar’a stock of; paper, on hand, cannot.prevent, Our;edflion absorbs nearly ~ a bundle of papef. with o B(eadylncte|ae weekly. Now, every bundle that wp purchase,costa, ua from of paper a thing .of capita). It is unnecessary to slate that advance payments on subscription (would r e pdor a good slock of. paper -a lhing of courso, (or tljal is evident. As this is iha first time that wo ev..- cr missed a paper since we embarked in tpe business of publishing, so, we hope It may be the last. (D* Mr. George Payne, has taken rooms in-Rub. inson’s Hotel, whore all who wish good pictures of themselves °nd friends, will do well to call.. Mr. Ps has just returned from the city with a .fine assort ment of stuck, which he will bo plessod to exhibit to all who favor him with a call. flic Political Present. It is questionable if the political world ever pre seated such a strange aspect as it.does to-day. In, Europe, ancient cnemlesaro become modern friends, and Franco and England, forgetting Fputenay and Waterloo, forgetting national caste and national creed, fight shoulder to shoulder with Mohammedan Turkey. The cross of St. George, the tri-color and the Crescent, wave aver a common battle-field, and together triumph, or together go down in the dust of defeat in a Common cause. The strife of Despotism with itself is begun. The kingdom of Oppression is divided against itself, and the world silently awaits the fulfilment of the prophecy thereon. When that shall have been consummated, a better day for na lions and for men will have dawned, aud the golden gales that open to Earth’a Harmnnial Future, shall be thronged with a mighty pilgrim nations. At homo, there is a strange jumble of the seasons of the political year. Its spring, iU summer, its au tamo and its winter, seem crowded into unnatural juinposillon. New parlies spring up, learning the lesson of Manhood in the rradlc, and springing into full life and vigor from their cradle bands. Old par lies, but how in the apparent xenith of power, and grown arrogant and haughty in long rule, go down like frail reeds before the impetuous onset of the New. , ' A mighty revolution is going on throoghout the length slid breadth of the entire North. Vet not a a sanguinary revolution, accompanied by the awful thunder of cannon and tho shrieks of dying men beaten down by the fearfbl tempest of battle.' It is s mighty moral revolution—a conflict of rights with wrongs in the council chamber of the North’s great heart. A nation is being arraigned at the bar of Conscience for lire commission of and persistence in a 'monstrous crime against God aod Humanity. 1 It stands before a Judge who cannot bo approached with a'bribe, amT whose sense of justice flows out of the kindlier instincts of Humanity—from the fount of all Justice and Right. The day of reckoning b as been delayed full long. The South has pursued the wrong, until the wrong has become in Us view a sacred right In the la bor of challeliz'mg immortal souls, wrong Ims tem porarily pul off its bideousness—light baa become darkness and darkness light. It is no strange phe nomenon—this persistence in wrong until ils defor mity becomes pleasing. It is a natural result of self-degradation, and as such it must be treated. But for Northern men, living without the circle of the malign influence of Slavery, and In whom it appears always in the wrong, there is no longer an apology for silence and inaction. It is time to be Up-and doing, before that '‘nightconicth wherein no. man can work.” Every man who admits that hu man slavery is wrong, admits at the same lime that its further extension should bo prevented; and is bound by tbo decree of Conscience ns the great ex pounder of Iho Common Law of Humanity, to set about righting that wrong without delay, and with every means that lies in his power. A mo ment noic, is worth an ago, when it shall be 100 late. Shall we work singly—we men of the North—or as one man? If singly, we shall each lie down el last, conscious of having accomplished nothing. If as one harmonious Man, thirsting for Right and stirred with the holy leaven of Love and Huradnily, then may wo at no distant day stand up a redeemed nation, and celebrate the emancipation of this groan ing land from the bonds of its great iniquity. There is no hope of success while, to use a homely phraso, “ every man fights on his own hook.” There must be unity of action. How can this bo accomplished 7 Only by unity of thinking j for like thoughts pro duce liko actions. When men who have but just begun to think upon the enormity of slsvcry have progressed up la the point of absolute conviction, then, the South-may well take alarm fgr the safety of its pel institution. Slavery has an organization peculiar to itself; and its sustenance is nothing less than concurring public sentiment. Opposition is not the life of its' business. On the contrary, it cripples the system by starvation. So long as Nor thern freemen suffer themselves to’ he bullied by llrreats and frightened by the bugbear of dissolution —will Slavery' grow and fatten within out borders. All this blu»U>r about dissolving (he Union is sheer braggadadia. The South will never commit suioide by secession. It is not good policy to saori- Geo greater lot lessor interests, a fact ns well known at the South as anywhere. Draw the lino of sepa ration between the North and tho South-uni) a ref uge from oppression is forthwith afforded the slave, fame hundreds of miles nearer Umn Canads,,which isttlready too near for the health.;pf Slavery. Be. aides, them would bo Ulilp International comity be. dissevered portipnq—euch as lo promote the prosperity of the Southfor, with all boy. blaster 'about independence, it would tpiss Ihe luxuries Ihtnjshcd by free labpt,and which it.coaid hot under present circumstances produce at, hoqie. cannot compete’ft'ithi Free labor, and a •ejiarotiqp would resultdisastrously lo.thc South in Ibis yery,parllinjar ; r ‘since,"ip produce what it now. purchases ftoi^'llie be foiced lo emplby free whoWodld'sooael or" iuicr.i'oot buf, apd cjdstrby i»il : terly the sys Urn 8f nnrhqtilted labor? 'i 1 r < L ' '• ; *- " , ltie aspfcti: of politfca! dffiibs.ti'ihbro hopeful tlhtiHt has Ovtrbeco belbfhi ar fcdhcdrhs ; tlle'soltjcicf of American of'parly 1 tion.Waa never Weaker ;ihatf 'l("ifiioff, dmt‘ thVih. «r (tirSpor, The ipyjliof the sevaifl falluleclijifc go lo|Bow whit ipncikn do whSthey dareHk thintLWd. net fitiaHmiejw* on grfld public jgji|. lions j and, if we mistake not, are an earnest of r Wftiftfasy ■» Wt -<to,- urban . eonpletely-ewineipiud -wbafia gained.: IniUt«teww«uCMMj»MpecU ed otherwise T It ,js no less important that tbe Nortli should hold llflif ffifcW'hii’ l&nPgitoM'W TfKdoidlh'lhrtnWesfiW«7-^nrttT^nnoH>edoi»- 'heritage to ihe.enrißhingof,9bo,okMPi,whije another; gropon ■ under a borden ef i.ahdinii [Oml scourges. , .Qrgauiwtlpo-roust >ft.#ie>.,wjlh ..organization,’ turning Iheengmo of party,agaiuej .itself; ing tbe arch .enemyof.Freedom willv.its oym wcap pits. .Success not. neeeessarily ensue to pqtion, unless jUial option ip judgtnqlical, and systematic. Every woodsman, knows by- experience that if lie would, fella tree in the shortest space of time, be most begin apd go tbtuugb will), the operation sys tematically.. He tnitst sfrike no falsa 1 blows. Just so in everything else—system is indispensable; and the pnly practicable and proper altitude for the' Nort.li to, assume now fs. to rcsotro itself Into a great,Republican party, with free soil and free men os its great object. ‘ In many of the Northern Slates the work is al ready begun. Party names have been laid away along with tbs rubbish of a dead past, never, we hope, to w resumed.' It is time that Pennsylvania should do something ; or, shall wo worship at Whig and Democratic shrines, and sacrifice to Baal on Whig and Democratic altars J la it manly to stand thus upon technicalities, while the best interests of man ore hourly crushed by the iron heel of Op pression? Manly ?—there- is not a spark of Man hood about it! ’ Nobio 7—it is ignoble, base and , cowardly ! We Cannot persist in it if wo are men, j and in‘earnest. The freemen Of Susquehanna County have already organized a- Republican pajty. They are wide awake, determined, and in-carncst that.the late vic tory aboil be proved the precursor of still mere brill iant ones yet-lo come. They have buried the hatch et of partisan warfare and are arming in the spirt l of ’76, Tho Whigs and Democrats had just as milch to lose, and- no more to gain there, than they have hero in Tioga. They did not elop to inquire whether the rotten creeds of old parties might be re suscitated ; or whether, their chances for public plunder were belter under the patronage of the Old, or tbe New. They wore not, as a body, impelled by mercenary motives. They .acted as became men as became men ip earnest in the work of freedom to oppressed humanity. Wo are in favor of sectional warfare iu the cause of human rights, The North must fight if it is in earnest. We do not deplore that there is, and mutt br a Nortli and a South, for so long as there is such a South, let there be a North as distinct from it as light from darkness. If the South arrays itself against the interests of Freedom, let the North ar ray itself against llic South. This is hut doty. If those who acted a prominent part in the last campaign hero in Tiara were in earnest, let them prove it by organizing without delay. Or shall the next campaign find ns unprepared for its trials and emergencies 7 > 4h« Lectures. The second of the proposed course of Lectures be fore the Institute, was given by Mr. C. C. Burleigh, on the evening of the 6th instant,' at the Court House, and, wc are happy to say, to a targe audience. The lecturer handled his subject in his usual able man ner, and to the profit of all who are willing to ac. cept truth in whatever guise, and by whomsoever presented. We have henrd It objected to by one or two ortly, who, we think are It was full of promise to human nature, which tho lecturer thought capable of a much better approxi mation to the Divine than it has yet attained, It had far its basis tile law of Progression—a law which has come to be pretty generally acknowledg ed by intelligent men in oil parts of tho civilized world. Contrary to the predictions of the faint-hearted, \ the lectures have paid their way so far; and there is encouragement in the fact that the receipts of the second lecture exceeded those of the first by a hand some sum. Wc have all along believed that this community would yield a living patronage to an enterprise of this kind, because its standard of lit erary taste is far above the ordinary average in vil- | luges of its size and advantages. If tho interest already awakened continues to increase as wc think ! it musl, the foundation of a more extended course of lectures next winder, will he laid. Tiiis is certainly ! a very desirable thing; for it not only opens wide 1 the way to knowledge and improvement to all, but evidences to the people of other places the intclli. gence and progressive spirit in our midst. And this one consideration is worth double tho actual expenditure of the whole course, to tins, and ! neighboring villages in any view taken of the mat- ■ ter. Many who crowd into the large cities to spend I the long, cold winter months, do so because of the J soperior advantages afforded in such neighborhoods 1 for mental culture. But since tho Lecturing system ! has gone into operation, n great many families and '■ people of leisure, to escape tho extravagance of oily I life, have picked out a retired country village, where the chief Intellectual attractions of-city life could be enjoyed at a less expense. Although the lectures have paid their way so far, it will require a sli|l more liberal patronage to sus lain them successfully and payingly through the en tire course. We have little fear but that this in. creased patronage will be realized. The Jecture of Mrs. Smith on Monday evening was exceedingly well attended, J ahd we believe gave very general satisfaction. She handled her subject skillfully, ond, urged tho rights and duties of Wo man, earnestly and fearlessly. We were sorry that an effort to elect a lady president failed, because it would have been gratifying to the speaker, and more appropriate to tho oebasion. One thing is certain —when Wertian approximate* to Mrs. Smith’s. ideal of a true womanhood, the world will bo measurably better. , ' t Her lecture to-night (Tuesday) will be Unusually interesting—embracing the history of thp’ woman ol the French Revolution. Gooev.— Punctuality is'ono 'of Qodey’a chief fit. tnos. The Jdnuary No. i* already before ns, rich as a California gold mine. It contains 100 pages, upwards of satyengravings, icn oliitom full pqg c- It has two fine line engravings*—"John proclaiming the Messiah,V: ■ and f‘The ; Floral, 1 Gffijrlng j” IjoUi splendid pictures, bat we incline'fo foe latter., It is a splendid -number. , 43 a year, or two. copies lor Yearns' C/isftrjAh flluslrafcd Magazine for Iho 'Youngi; Buffalo, 1 N; Y'.y E.Y. 11 Beadle, jmblisher.' Yhis illustrated hiontlily is dipecihiiy designed for yobhg'ppbripldin their’tee'rin, "'Blit itia An ercellctit sn'i'ihle*- ‘ IcenU'a yebrii Jfrt- itions in' WOOL, , 'aclukflj suffering for a'loaaiof wowl lir-diy. ' C) lt<~Th ly eoDToned at - the dm (low ling or ttance bat been done ji It lei , that' \ ihcreoM the pot lag* < j lettei y_come before Congjg this winter. P. M. General Campbell, following 11 Ul»»pJ»,ofb])L JO**)”, Jh«PBp8 r witWlpcripj tha means of diffusing intelligence amonglhomaas . li ia oM-ot.thß. matt JlliWaL»sJ)e)Tig?-tf!»t-liM. concocted In Washington for the last six. months, W-lhWts iWdiit in the rto made m; H •U'ffjf 8 *! 1 ntn^ 6ier,\o ih'ftct, that the jFfee^Vtddisf allvging.nmqng jtlicr .Iff 8 :?0. ? 0 . t l , D^edi for or two aparfd'lo mnkp.'. up ,tho'. deficit, in, postal revenue. 1 it wpuid go ab; mufji put ‘of of Woodatjbkirp' who cup Uncle to rCdlice 'ituni- pleth. ora. Ttien again! it might djssbWiifo tfrililri, dr aboliet) Slaveryi'or credit the Cuban egg, make Kan. soa free, or I'dke the'atariti out of the Nebraska bill, or dim the farne of the herd of the bottibardmenl Of Grey town, or— ’’ (Make s Wan of Franklin Pierce.) ' Far the Agitator. Tlic Common ScliooliQf Tioga Col: Having ■ recently made, the - circuit of I ,this county fur. the purpose of examining teachers, it may bo pf public interest to give,, a brief' report. EJvety. township.and borpugh'.pf.lhe county-has been visited nu,d generally the nfiernoon of the day has been spent in ex-, anoing teacherj3,.pnd the evening in lecturing, to the , people, ‘oh.llja, subject of TcacKin s ,' Our School] Em, Universal Education, or kindred topics. The work has-been done in, four weeks,.find a more laborious rqbnlh it has rarely been our lot to experience., But lliirf hard and ,often,. very difficult .labor has been much lightened by the consciousness of having dona sqme good, awakened some in terest, kindled a little zeni-hn,the'subject'of general education, and often much cheered also by the grateful appreciation and hearty co-operation of the friends ofCommon Schools in different, parts pf the county. All those whose hospitality we have enjoyed, phd en couraging counsels »e have received, will plen-e accept opr, cordial thanks. There are, in this county onehundred and j eighty-five schopis, formerly called sub-dis i trjets. Nearly that numben.of teachers have j been examined, though there will, probably,, j be no more than one hundred and twenty five schools in operation this winter. Of the teachers.examined, fifty have received first class certificates. It has been a severe lax j upon our fuliihlo judgment (o decide in many : cases what kind pf certificate should be given, i The department had decided upon but two ! grades. To make all the (enebers of So j large a county as Tioga in two classes, and I put each one on the right side of the line, ac cording to his merits and adap'tcdness and i promise as a teacher, especially when so ' many elements and qualifications enter into that promise,.of which a siratiger, after the closest scrutiny .must remain ignorant, to do this with equal justice "to all is more than should be expected of any human being— “ Hutnanum esl erare." Hence it is nllo- I gelher likely that injustice has been done I some teachers whose modest worth failed to I receive the proper consideration of the Su- I pertendenl. But ho is more sensible that , some may have received a permanent | tificatp, w|)o3e other qualifications than • a knowledge of the branches lo he be taught, viz: “In the art of leaching,” would place them by all good judgment as second class teachers. It may be a grief lo revoke or change any permanent certificate to a lempo | rary one, but it will always bo a great plea sure to change a second class or temporary certificate to, a firs) grade or permanent one, j whenever by visiting a s.qhool, or re'-exami-. ; nation we shall become satisfied that a leacb- Icr deserves such promotion, Indeed this is | the very design of the arrangement for tern , pornry certificates. It initiates those in'o | the teachers’r.ank who could not have been ■ fully introduced into the honorable profes j sion “ by authority of law,” and thus educate j them practically for the calling, and invites ! them thoroughly to prepare themselves for I this responsible post, with a view of berom ■ ing finished teachers ; first in demand and I highest in wages. It is hoped that all who bold a temporary certificate will perfect themselves both in the art and science of teaching, with a view of attaining a diploma of their profession, if they design to follow it i any considerable length of time. And if | one who has received a first-class certificate, j concludes that he has nothing (more lo learn j in the business of teaching the young, he j ivill thewby afford the most convincing evi ! dence not only of. (hat misjudgmenl which 1 granted the certificate, but nlso of'marked i incapacity to teach'a good school at all. Teachers have very justly complained much of tardiness of Directors lo pay their wages. This is very wrong, fof no-class of laborers more richly deserve prompt pay than‘the good school teacher. This delay of pay, is no fault of the law, but father of its bad execution. The, lasV was executed ‘ 1 as it should he, the teacher would receive his pay at the end of every mbnlh'whfcn ha iVtarfe his report, and at that time' alia, would be' discharged;, or continued according to his failure or success as a teacher,, ' ; In our intercourse with (he'friertdd'df-edu cation, wa 'are' becoming acquainted with some things which block the wheels of our public school system, and sqme things.alsn which bid us look hopefully to thefufure; If the jtave patience to "read and hear, they [shall, ha ve our views freely bn this from time to'lime. ! Enough at present'. More arionj, jf. ,F. CauTiks, y o'. Sup't: ’ PREsEni'ijyG-Apk’bfes.—‘Somo ono haring slated 'that ißebaetw'dy to-preserve "appfrs from' roiimg Is lb paek-iheifi in salt, the-.edi tor-of fi’mcderbocfeer tried 'the experiment.;''He soys that -they) havo’ kept! for three'years, Ittid they would keep to.oM eternity, ifj they waitdd forhiPrto eat them. The 'shlihej particle's so mix -Nvilh- the apples ihafyoUedn’t eat btfb of 1 ihem,i without' font eying' you jare;tliewinj» k 'piece. bf' ! Loi’s. wife I A youns man of-gnad standing recently; proposed Ihbqordblc tnahriage, id b ty dungy |ai| of the wesLivben b»;ffefceived ifori answer: •‘•Get o(itJ : you: felteril ijODo,.yo,u,j-tfiiog;l’d.‘ sleep with la man 7 I’ll tall your molheri” ITATO J^QfifiuHfiflcejyhlol). look place a lew miles from Osborne, on the on Thursday evening last. It appears that about years since a'jarmer, named 'William Ricketts, left bis f^^i^ : '4efe r 'fiftTorl6ne' in AbouKoeve o;«wOrMtaMH>rrlH»»baßd-had-die(l-4>f«iKotHa~ , diwhqo. i-r'X'M viifoi Jbelieved,,jhf and bianifesietj .much; distress,of tpind,upofi.the receipt; of the,intelligence., Her.informam, ! whaie.namp ia Win,. T. Gaylord, manifested been finish sympathy, for. Mrs, R.; in her.bereave mep(jand ii;equemjy yipiled her house to con dole*.with her iq hprj, afflict ion. The: unstis-, pecling wirf),.appreflial,ed the kindness of Gay lord, tendered him/the hospitalities of,her house and home. (jioylord, with pp apparent. indifTerence, declined the offer, .hot, finally proposed, tq.opcopi the same on condition of marriage. The astonished Mrs. R. m first declined, but afterward agreed to let the mat ier stand over until Gaylord should call again, In the inter|ni, : Gaylord abstracted from the post office all letiers.directed to,Mrs. Ricketts, and one from her husband he opened, perused, and then destroyed. The letter plated that he did not intend to return hpme for three years, but was very anxipus to see his wife, Gay lord agpip called upon IVJrs Ricketts, and in sisted, upon ap answer to his proposition,— Mrs. R.,after n few moment’s reflection,.eon sented to the union, and the time for. their marriage wan ?el. The day come, and they were married, and by their marriage Mr, Gaylord came into possession of a farm val- House, Dec.. 13.—The Judiciary Commit tee were insirucltd to inquire inio expediency of repealing ihe Usury Laws. The Public Lands Committee reported in favor of ex tending ihe Cal Torn la Lind Commission. The Houses voted to print 15000 copies of the Abstract of tjie Census for Ihe use of the members. The House then went into Com mittee on Ihe Indian Appropriation bill, when Mr. Mace rose to offer a bill restoring the Missouri Compromise line, and of course prohibiting slave y in Nebraska and Kansas. Mr. Mace supplied his plan in a brief speech, saying that he meant the‘measure to bring the cbuutr| back to the quiet produced by the act of 1820, His bill is an exact copy of the eighth section of that act. Mr. Oliver, of Missouri, replied, charging Mr. Mace with desiring to throw into Congress an afiple of discord. He denied that the people of -Missouri had Interfered in the re cent Kansas election. Mr. English sugges ted that Mr. Mace wasrone af the originators of a Kansas Emigration Society, which Mr. M. admitted. ! Mr. Oliver thought the bill wos introduced because the Emigration So ciety hud'failed to elect an Anti-Slavery Del egate to Congress. Mr.' Washburn, of Maine, thought the Pro-Slavery members ought not to bd tfurptisfed- at an effort to re store the Missouri Restriction. Dud notice was given last session that such would be (he case, and if not done this session, the next Congress would do it. Mr. Stephens,-of Gboigitt, {jdt the floor; itndi'jhe House Sd l -*' jour ribd.—iV. Y. TriSuiie; ' • • ' ' Governor op New York.—The official vote, , as published in the Albany Argus , gives iße result; . For Myron H. Clark,.. 156,779- Horaiio;Seyiriour, 156,46.5; Daniel Oilman,'... ... ./. , 1-29.154 iQreen Qj.Bronson, .'34,003 Me. Clark’s-pluralily-oyßr Gov.,Seymour is .315, and- he is, elected.;. ./The-united vole of .Messrs, Ullmnh aud'Bronson.jt will be seen,)-rnlls< several! hundred [votes below the poll of either of the.lesding candidates. Stilt, the cry is wood, or. wo freeze. aM ncd . .jf Djiylo? ion," of The following ufsd nt several thousand dollars. Soon after iheir marriage, Mr, Gaylord proposed to his wife to sell out pnd move fo Kansass, and there locale lor life, The wife consented, and the farm vvas ad verlised for sale at a sacrifice. The adver tisement appeared |in ihe Daylon and’Cin cinnati papers, qnd much was said in regard to ihe sale of ihe| “Ricketts’ estate.” The advertisement, as it appeared in ope pf our Dollar Weeklies, was seen by Mr. Riekelis inSan Francisco. Enraged and chagrined, Mr. R. look the first steamer, and arrived in Osborne on Wednesday evening last. Mr. R, made diligent inquires, and learned the feels as above slated. Arming himself with a knife and a brace of pistols, he went lo his house rapped at ilje door several times. It was finally opened by Mrs. Gaylord, and Ricketts entered. ■ Mrs. G. ihrew on her dress, and lighting Ihe candle, turned to look upon ihe stranger who had come at such an unseasonable hour of the nigbi. A shriek, mid ihe expression of 11 Great God ! Ricketts, is that you !” followed, and the astoished, uf. flighted wife, fell insensible to the floor.— Gaylord, who was in bed in an adjoining morn, rushed out lo sec what had happened. Ricketts immediately seized him hy ihe throat and plunged the knife into his side, and then went to where his unforlunale wife was lying, eui her shoulder and neck, then left Ihe prem ises, and Ins not since been heard from.— The wife, recovering, informed the neighbors of what had transpired, and immediate search was made for Riekelis. Gaylord was lying very low when Mr. Fosdick last heard from him, and the probability is that be must die. Riekelis has undoubtedly made a successful escape. 1 f ICI Congress. Senate, Dec. 13. — A proposition to en tertain at the politic expense the Convention of Soldiers of 18x2, to meet doring the win ter at Washington, was referred. The Inva lid Pension hill came in from the House. Mr. Badger’s bill increasing the salaries of Judges of the Supreme Court, and raising the pay of Members df Congress from §8 to $l2 per day, was introduced, and for the present' laid on the tabid. The bill to improve St. Clair Plats was reported to the Senate. A bill was introduced and referred- to the Fi nance Commiitee, granting railroad compa nies three years time in which to pay dunes on iron imported for railroad purposes. The Sctiaie then wdnt into Executive Sessions. i ~ i . England. ! <TSbdeei tUdt at 'CSmbridtge ffniifertity, | ’‘X : gtentldmaft 'rashtys&ayted-qn Friday pighi,' W’"lecture in The Wo Pi urns terdiflifjw I<jd‘|( bbftrre“he‘ cbmtnen bdd' With pipes' eiid * digal%J'«‘dW!»Vifri3 l 'cjfftliferB’j;'Bhd- the lecture had ; fsFWiien it Was intfefrupWd T^ : fcnea'' : *^l^ffe u pTiee« 'fcr Sir ■Wiilieirßarei&K; ,i Lfeiuffo,;fbeconi irig'ahgeWtf'witff' disorder Wide'air oWdrVittidft tijipeciea .oncommgfoa 'UnW'drshyi'(tfW"’t6 "address gentlemen, and’ npt 'n'lbf'bf blackguards.” This wki'lhe 1 signal Tor J hicreased noise and during tvhlchplpes and cigar* vvere aet alight Ip 1 aU directions, and a number of persons Who had entered the gallery (which had been Closed to the under-graduates) were saluted with a' showed of squibs and crack* era. ! rritce-Prob ler. Inquirer, Nov. sth., ’eningby Mr. Hen- The riot continuing, the Mayor and Mr. E. C. Browne, one of the borough magis. (rales, appeared upon the platform, but were not listened to, and retired, the under-gradu ates following up their retreiat by storming the platform and “ proposing an amendment —That tobacco is anything but pernicious.” Amidst the confusion, a policeman collared an under-graduate who was Kecking up one of the forms; whereupon'ihe tedder-graduate immediately struck out with his fists,' and, shouting out “Gown,” a rush of nil gowns man was made, a'nd'the silly fellow was borne off in triumph, amid the crash of steal a and loud'hurrahs. : The whole of the police force had by (hie lime attired, antf a desperate fight ensued, the corisfables using' their slaves freely and making Sundry prisoners, whom they lodged in the old sessions just as the. senior proctor, the Rev. M. Edleslon, of Trinity College, arrived. 'On the arrival of the proctor, the prisoners capitulated, and, having given their names and colleges, were allowed to proceed home. On Saturday night ttgain, notwith standing that the proctors, assisted by a num ber of master of arts paraded the town, sev eral skirmishes look place With the towns men. A subsequent attempt on Sunday the sth, on the part of ■ some 200 students to get up another tobacco row, was defeated by the college officers, when' the town magistrates determined to imprison the participants, an operation which was effected by locking the chapel doors while the young men were at evening prayers. On Wednesday, at the Town Hall, Richard Cayley and Thomas Charles Wood, both un der-gradunips of St. John’s Cnlleye, were plnred in the dock to answer a charge pre ferred by Superintendent Jaguard, of assaul ting the police in the execution of their duty. Great excitement prevailed, and the bench was thronged with magistrates, mid the body of the court desely crowded with under-grad uates and townsman. Both of the young men, who appear to have acted with great violence, were fined £5 each, and expenses, or in default of payment, one month’s im prisonment. It is almost unnecessary to state that the fines were immediately paid, and we are in formed were soon made up to the defendants by a ‘whip’ among sympathising under graduates. A from the British Army, Betrayed by a woman—his throat cut—sup posed to have attempted suicide. This morning about 8 o’clock, an English man, supposed to be James Tenue, was oro'l lo the City Hospiml wiih his throat horribly rut, and in a dying condiiion. As Tar as we could ascerlamli appears ihnt Iw had just ar rived from England in the ship North Amer • ica on Saturday lust, and during the passage he.became acquainted with an Irishwoman, who was also a passenger. Just before ihe ship got into port he gave her a box, contain ing SoO and a quantity of clothing, all he had in the world, which he desired her to lake care of for him uniil he arrived in N. York as he had no place to keep it. On iheir arrival, and as they were about to leave the ship, she requested him lo lei her retain the box until he could obtain a board ing house, and at the same time giving him her address, where he might call and gel it. Supposing all things right, he left the ship. He soon succeeded in obtaining hoard in No 88 Olive street, kept by.a Mrs. Rion, and on Sunday wem in search of his fair trustee. — Not being able to find her, he again renewed his search yesterday, but with no belter suc cess, and he was compelled to return without his money or clmhing. The landlady, finding ho had no money, and was not likely to obtain it, requested hint lo leave the house. Ho begged her not lo do so, but to let him sleep on the floor. .She at hist agreed lo let him remein, and pul him in a bed with a man named Marlin Calahan. — This morning, as Mrs. Rion went to call him lo breakfast, she found him weltering in his .blood, and his throat cut from ear to ear. — She immediately sent word la the Fount! Ward station house, when several officers came and removed him lo the City Hospital, and pul him under the care of Dr. Wright, who says that he cannot live twenly-four hours. The only thing that was found upon him was a passage ticket with- the above namo and ship. Calahan says that he knows noth ing about the affair, that he was not aware his throat was cut; until Mrs. Rion discov ered him. The officer, thinking this rather a strange story, thought' best to lock him up until (he affair is further investigated. Cal* ahnn is how in prison. It is said that Tenue' had desferted from the British army and sought fefltge in this coun try. His throat was supposed to have been fcUt with a dirk knife, which was found iu the bed.— N. Y. Post . The Slave Trade. —Nearly 1300 Af rican Sloves are said to have been, hadfd lately, at Cienluegos, only 70 or 80 of iwbony were captured, .by the authorities. Theta are hints, also, that the . Captain General la not acting out his profession of hostility to theinfamous,traffic. The paptnip.,C!eneral, like, Cassius, is suspected qf having an “ itching palm.” Nevertheless he has is sued fresh orders fop ,|he suppression of the trade, . The .whole;, number of negroes landed during the yept is represented to be about 0,393. .3 is v trt fate i: -i
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