THE BEDFOB!) GIZETTILj Bedford. I?rc. B, B. I- ::•.••: -rs, Editor. " THE EXECUTION OF MOWN. On Friday last, John Brown iff Ossawatomie expiated his crimes upon the scaffold. As our readers are well aware, he had been convicted, on a lair trial, by a jury of his countrymen, ot muider and treason. He stood before the count fctrv as doubly criminal ; as a murderer and a j r traitor. No lelon's carcass ever pulled hemp more justly than his. And yet, all over the; North, wherever the anti-slavery sentiment pre- j vails in its strength, there arose a howl of dis satisfaction at his condemnation, and the day of his execution was celebrated by the holding of public meetings, the firing of cannon and other demonstrations of sympathy for this most hide ous of criminals. We refer to this disgraceful business with deepest and it must be especially mortifying to all conservative and law-loving citizens ot the North, toobserve the contrast between the conduct of our own sec tion and that of the much abused South, in re gard to the punishment of Brown. While Northern fanaticism blasphemes in his name, whilst it canonizes his bones and declares the; gallows on which he hung, "glorious as the j cross,'' the South, the people whose country Brown had invaded, whose institutions he had assailed, whose very hearth-stones he had made red with Southern blood—these people, who are continually pictured to Northern eyes as fa natical, and cruel and vengeful, instead of fi ring guns, and holding public meetings, and shouting and clamoring, to exhibit their joy at the death of one ot their arch-enemies, simply treat bis execution as they would that of any other murderer convicted and sentenced to death under their laws. We are neither eulo gist nor apologist for the people of the South, but we do think that in this instance they have shown an example of forbearance truly chival rous and well.worthy of imitation by other sec- j ticns of the Union. "TWO FACES. ~ The Harper's Ferry business has put the i anti-shivery Opposition in a bad predicament, and they find it necessary to do a considerable amount of dodging and prevaricating in order to extricate themselves. For instance in their res olutions adopted in their recent meeting in this place, they try to repudiate old Brown and de- j ny having any sympathy with him. This was ] to be expected, lor they would have been fools, indeed, had they endorsed, or quietly passed o- \ ver, the crime of Brown and his co-adjutois. ; But the same number of their organ which pub- W 1 lishes their resolutions, also contains some ex- i tracts from a letter of MRS. CHILD to Governor WISE. Mrs. Child is a notorious Abolitionist, and says in her letter that she believes "that old hero (Brown) to be no criminal, but a mar tyr, &c." The abolition organ prefaces its ex tracts from Mrs. Child's letter, with a short ed- i itorial, in which it characterizes those extracts' as being "to the point " &c. Now, how do the sentiments of Mrs. Child, approved and com manded by the abolition organ, accord with the resolution which repudiates and condemns eld Brown? Here are two faces, Messrs. Organ grinders ! On one page of your paper you publish John Brown as a "hero" and a "mar tyr," and on the other condemn him as crazy and criminal. In which opinion are you sincere? Onio you believe in either, just as it suits your convenience 1 Meeting cf Congress. The first session of the 36th Congress opened on Monday last. Some difficulty was expected in effecting an organization. Thomas S. Bc cock, of Virginia, is the Democratic nominee for Speaker. The "Republicans" will support SHERMAN, of Ohio. The South Americans favoi BOTELER, of Virginia. The Anti-Le compton men have refused to coal-sce with the "Republicans," and, it is said, will support the Democratic nominee. We shall endeavor to keep our readers posted on Congressional matters. GREAT GAINS. —The majority for the "Re publican" candidate for Governor, in Wiscon sin, is less than 1000. This State usually gives from 7000 to SOOO "Republican" majority. In Illinois the Democracy have elected the county officers in some ten counties which formerly gave "Republican" majorities, some of them as high as 1200. Next year, with the Harper's Ferry load on its back, "Republicanism" will have to "yield up the ghost." Abolition organ w il please not to copy. KF*WE reler our readers to the article in another column, headed "The Piot o! Treason," from which they will learn that HORACE GREE LEY, EDWIN D. MORGAN (the Biark R"pubiican Governor of New York) W. B. THOMAS, Chair man of!he "Republican Central Committee of Philadelphia," and who IS ANO connected with the so-called "People's" State Co : MITIEE, cf; this State, TFILN.LOV. WEED ami 1. Republi cans, contributed mom y for th? circulation of the Abolition book recently written by H. fl Helper. What more is wanting to prove the! "Republicans" Abolitionists, ar.d t establish their guilty complicity with Brown, Stephens, - Cool, arid Company ? POOR HOUSE APPOINTMENT*.— The B >ir 1 of j Directors of the Poor, met on Tuesday li->t and re-appointed William I. nry, Steward. Dr. F. C. He m r is retained as Physician arH Joins Nelson as Miller. DEATH OF WASHINGTON IRVING.— 7 lie cel-t ecrated and beloved author, WASHINGTON In- I VINO, died at his residence in Irvington, N. Y., : on Monday evening, th- 28 uir.,at th- advan-! eed age of seventy fix van Peace to his' fifties From Chariest©*!— Execution of Crown, j BALTIMORE, Dec. 2. The Baltimore Sun has a special dispatch from Charlestown, stating that Brown was exe cuted at Ifi o'clock, without any unusual ex citement. The express, with the dispatches for the associated press, has not yet arrived at Harper's Ferry, the nearest telegraphjstation. CiufiLESTOWN, Dec. 2 —Noon. Brown was taken from the jail about 11 o'clock, in a furniture wagon. He conversed freely with the soldiers around him. The ex ecution took place at 11 i o'clock. He died apparently very'easily, and his body was taken < down aftei being suspended thirty-five min utes. His body will tie sent to Harper's Ferry at 4 o'clock ttiis afternoon, and from thence will be conveyed north this evening.? [SECOND DISPATCH.] HARPER'S FERRV, Dec. 2. Brown was hung at 111. The military as- ! sembied at 9 o'clock, and were posted on the field leading to the execution, and also at va rious points, as laid down in the general orders. Everything was conducted under the strictest military discipline, as if the town was in state of siege. Mounted scouts were stationed in the woods to the left of the scaffold, and picket guards stationed along Shenandoah mountain in the rear. The military on the field formed two hollow squares. Within the inner one was the Scaffold, and between the inner lines and outer lines the citizens were admitted, no one being allowed outside the lines, except the 1 mounted guards. At 11 o'clock the prisoner was brought out of the jail, accompanied by Sheriff Campbell and assistants, and Capt. Avis, the jailor. A small wagon, containing a white pine coffin, was driven up, on which Brown j took a seat. Six companies of infantry and : | rifle, and one company of horse, and general j j and staff, numbering twenty-five officers, headed j i the procession, and moved towards the place of, ' execution. Brown was accompanied by no | ' minister, desiring no religious ceremonies either j |in jail or on the scaffold. He looked calmly j ' around on the people, duly possessed, and; ; mounted the scaffold with a firm step. His i j arins were pinioned by the sheriff. Hr bid ; farewell to Capt. Avis and Sheriff Campbell,' and at 1H the trap of the [scaffold was pulled . away, and with a few slight struggles John , Brown yielded up his spirit. His body was] placed in the coffin, and is now on its way to] Harper's Fern ,to be delivered to his wife, under a strong military escort. Llrs. Brown at Charlestown. CHARLESTOWN, Dec. 2. The reporters of the associated press tele graphed yesterday to Gov. Wise tor permission to atteud the execution. The reply was that the Governor declined to accede to the request, j No facility will be extended to reporteis. Yes- i terday was passed quietly, with the exception ! of a great military bustle on the reception of; Mrs. Brown. Mrs. B. was escorted over from j Harper's Ferry at 3 o'clock p. in., and the en tire military force was brought out to make a ; demonstration. She was received with lull ! military honors, but her companions were not j allowed to accompany h*r from Harper's Fer-j ry. After remaining four hours with her hus band, Mrs. Brown was escorted back to Har per's Ferry, at 6 o'clock last night, where she • will await the reception of her husband's bodv.; None will be allowed to be near enough to the j place of execution to hear any remarks j that may be made by Brown. A SUSPECTED INSURGE NTARR E ST £ D. j WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. A man answering Cook's description of Rich ard Realf, was recently arrested at Poolsviiie, l Maryland, but while a commitment wa being ' wriiten out, hp managed to escape. He was | yesterday re-arrested at Alexandria, and held i for a further examination. He had previously j visited Washington, and from his actions ex j cited the belief that he was a swindler. [From the Providence Posi, of Nov. 29.] Sympathy For John IBI*OVJSJ- John Brown is to be bung ; he lias been found guiiiy of crimes punishable with death after a trial which he himself pronounces fair. He does not deny that he committed treason ; he does not deny that he committed murder ; he does not ask to be pardoned or to have his sentence commuted. It is notorious that John Brown was a mur derer before he went to Virginia. He butcher ed three menjaud two boys in Kansas. Not one of them had ever lifted Ft is hand against John ; Brown or his family ; not one of them had been j identified with any of the persecutions which the free-state party had suffered. They were dragged from their quiet homes at midnight— horiibly tortured and butchered. The boys had their hands cut off, and their faces mutilated Fiie men had their faces and bodies hacked to pieces. More brutal murders were never com mitted on our soil, even by the savages from whom we wrested it. One man (and one only) has been found to deny that Brown committed these inhuman atrocities. lirown himself, murderer though he is, will not deny it, and never has denied it. But there is sympathy for this murderer.— We are to'd that he died in a good cause, lie was trying to liberate slaves. Is that a good cause which involves anarchy and [bloodshed which places instruments of death in the hands of ignorant slaves ? I; that a good cause which hurls destruction at a peaceful community ? Is that a good cause which t-amples in the dust all law for the protection of life ? Is that a good cause which under, a government recog nising the* liberty of speech and the press, and the right ot the people to institute any reforms ! they may deem proper, is obliged to skulk'into the darkness of midnight, assume all manner of disguises, adopt oaths w hicii the laws of all the. ] governments of the world denounce as treason-! able, and then deal death to men who have I been guilty of no crime ? We an* told that John Brown did not want ;to kill, and only did it in self-defence. The villain who enters your house at midnight to lavish your daughters or steai your money, does not want to kill. He only wants to gratify his passions or open your coffers. Butjhe goes well aimed, and if you detect and resist him, he si loots you down. Is he a murderer ? It is not true that John Brown is a gooff but misguided man. There is no goodness in Ihp men who resort to the measures he is guiltv of. His life for the las', four years gives the lie to every such [ph a in his behalf. He lias not! wielded the weapons which good men use.— ' lie has not regarded human or divine laws.— , llis life, during these five years, ha.s been made ; up ,ol thefts, robberies and butcheries. Corti ii3s himseif might ciaim saint ship sooner than lie could claim what the world calls gooduess. He is plainly a man of brutal passions and in-' stincts and deeds ; and the God he worships, il he worships any God with sincerity, is not the Christian's God. It is the purpose of some of our abolitionists to go through with the forms of mourning for Brown next Friday. They have engaged Pratt's Hall, which seems to be open for anything, and are to have a meeting in the afternoon y and another in the evening. Wm. Wells Brown, a colored man, and a hater of such men as George Washington and such governments as we live under, is to lecture in the evening. We are told two Fiovidence clergymen have engaged to speak in the afternoon. We cannot believe it. But, in addition, it is proposed to toll the bells, and we hear that the owners of several churches have been applied to, to allow this to be done ! We will not believe that the senti ment of our community is to be outraged by the success of a proposition so disgraceful. We regret this sympathy for an unrepentant murderer ; and we say to the people ol Provi dence whobeiieve in law—who relv upon the government to protect their livesjand their prop i ertv—it is for you to rebuke it. You are dis graced already. See to it that this plague does r.ot return to you when it is too late to avert its terrors^ [From the Pennsylvania!!.] The riot of Treason. Were other evidence wanting of the compli city and active co-operation of Black Republi canism in the attempt to foment servile insur ; rection at the South, it may be found in over whelming minuteness in the book of HINTON HOWARD HELFER, an apostate Southern Aboli | tionist, who lias been taken to the bosoms of the j Black Republicans. His book is entitled f A i Compendium of the Impending Crisis at tie | South," and on its appearance in March last, it met the warmest commendation and endorse ment of nearly every Republican member of Congress, and large sums were contributed by the Republican leaders to give it the largest possible circulation. The book openly advo cates revolution, servile insurrection and trea son; and it cannot be doubted that its circula tion, under the official trank of Black Republi can members of Congress, has in no small de gree contributed to trie alarming insurrection ary movements scarcely yet effectually repress ed. The whole purpose of the work, endorsed as it is by sixty-eight Black Republican members ! of Congress, and some twenty others, including HORACE GRBELY, THURLOW WEED and WM. C. BRYANT, is to incite hatred against the South, and to encourage servile insurrection among non-slaveholders and slaves at the South by ttie j most incendiary appeals. The subjoined ex tracts show to some extent the character of the book and the contributors to the fund in aid of its circulation : "What we want and must have, as the only : sure means of attaining to a position worthy of, sovereign States in this eminently progressive, an 1 utilitarian age, is an energ-tic, intelligent, | enterprising, virtuous and un-nackled popula- j tion, an untrammelled press, and the freedom of speech. For ourselves, as white people, and j tor the negroes and other persons of whatever j color or condition, we demand ail the iighfs, ; interests and prerogatives that are guaranteed J to corresponding classes of mankind in the j North, in England, in France, in Germany, or in any otimr civilized and enlightened country. Anv proposition that may be offered conceding less" than this demand will be promptly and dis dainfully rejected." THE NON-SLAVEHOLDERS TO STRIKE FOR TREASON. Non-slaveholders of the South, farmers, me chanics and working men, we take this occa i Gon to assure you that the siaveholding palii i ciar.s whom you have elected to otSces ot hon j or and profit have hoodwinked you, trifled with j you, and used you asp: ere t >o!s to the consum* j mation of their wicked designs. • # # * * * Now, as one of your own number, we ap j peal to you to join us in oui earnest and timely I efforts to rescue the generous soil of the South : from the usurped and desolating control ol these i political vampires. Once and forever, at least j so far as this country is concerned, the infernal ' question of slavery must he disposed ot: a spee j dy and absolute abolishment of the whole sys- I tern is the true policy of the South—and this is ; the policy which we propose to pursue. Will j you aid us/ will you assist us? will you be free j men? or will you be slaves? J REVOLUTION—PEACEFULLY IF WE CAN, VIOLENTLY IF WE MUST. I Now, sirs, we ask you in all seriousnesss, is j it not apparent that you have filched from us j nearly five times the amount of the assessed j value of your slaves? Why then do you still ; clamor for more? Is it your purpose to make ' the game perpetual' Think you that wo will j ever continue to bowattiie wave of your wan;!, I that we will bring humanity into everlasting j disgrace by licking the hand that smites us, and i that with us there is no point beyond which tor j bearance ceases to be a virtue? Sirs, if these be your thoughts you are laboring under a most la tal delusion. You can goad us no further; you shall oppress us no longer; heretofore, earnest ly but submissively, we have asked you to re dress the more atrocious outrages which you have perpetrated against us; but what has been ! the invariable fate of our petitions? With j scarcely a perusal, with a degree of contempt j that added insult to injury, you have laid them j on the table, and from thence they have been | swept into the furnace ofoblivion. Henceforth, j sirs, we are demandants, not suppliants. We I demand our rights, nothing more, nothing less, fl is for you to decide whether we are to have justice peaceably or by violence, lor whatever consequences may follow, we are determined to have it one way or the other. THE BANNER TO STAND OR DIE BY. Inscribed on the banner which we herewith unfurl to the world, with the full and fixed de termination to stand bv it or die by it, unless j one of more virtuous efficacy shall be presented, are the mottoes which, in subs'ance, embody the principles, as we conceive, that should gov ern us in our patriotic warfare against the most subtle and insidious foe that v e r menaced the inalienable rights and liberties and dearest in terests of America : 1. Thorough organization and independent political action on the part of the non-slavebol ding whites of the South. 2. Ineligibility of pro-slavery slave-holders; never another vote to any one who advocates .the retention and perpetuation of human slave ' }'• „ . . , 3. No co-operation with pro-slavery politi cians; no fellowship with them in religion; no affiliation with them in society. 4-. No patronage to pro-slavery merchants; no gues'ship in slave waiting hotels; no fee 3 to pro-slavery lawyers; no employment of pro slavery physicians; no audience to pro-slavery parsons. 5. No more hiring of slaves by non-slave- j holders. G. Abrupt discontinuance of subscription to pro-slavery newspapers. 7. The greatest possible encouragement to free white labor. THE FRIENDS OF TREASON AND REVOLUTION. In aid of the general, fund for circulating one hundred thousand copies of the work in hand,subscriptions upto the 15th of June, 1559, amount to about §3,700, of which the follow ing, as will respectively appear, have been re ceived in sums from $lO to $250 : Beers, Abner, New York City, - - - $lO Bonney. B. W., New York City, - - 100 Brown, Nicholas, Warwick, R. 1., - - 100 Burdick, Asher 8., Brooklin, N. Y., - 100 Clarke, James Freeman, Jamaica Plains, Mass., - -- -- -- -- - 10 Clay, Cassius M, Whitehall, Ky., - - - 25 Clay, Cassius M., for a Kentucky clergy man, --------- - 250 Clay, Cassius M., for several persons; - 10 Darrah, Robert L., New York City, - - 10 Dudley, E. G., Boston, Mass., - - - 50 Emlicott, William, Jr., Boston, Mass, - 100 Farnum, Jonathan, Millville, Mass., - - 10 Fiske Edwards W., Brooklyn, N. Y., - 100 Fosdick, Samuel, Cincinnati, Ohio, - - 10 French, Siiles, New Haven, Conn., - - 10 Frisbie, M. J., New York City. - - - 100 Frothingham, O. 8., Jersey City, N. J., - 100 Goodioe, D. R.. and friend, Washington, D. C., - - 16 Greeiy, Horace, New York city, - - - 100 Greenleaf, R. C., Boston, Mass., - - 50 Harris, Edward, Woonsocket R. 1., - - 100 Hedrick, Benjamin S., New York city, - 50 Helper, Hilton R., New York city, - - 100 Hurlbut, N., Brooklyn, N. Y., - - - - 25 Jay, John, New York city, . - - - 100 Ketchem, Edgar, New York city, - - 25 Mc.Caulley, William, Wilmington, Del - 10 Maible, Nathan, Port Byron, j\ T . Y., , - 10 May, Samuel, Boston, Mass., - - - - 100 Morgan,, Edwin D., Albany, N. Y., - - 100 Xesmith, John, Lowell, Mass., - 100 Norton, John T., Farmington, Conn., - 100 Parsons, J. C., New York, - - - - - 10 j Pinner, M., Kansas City, Mo., - - - 10 Plumiy, Benjamin Rush, Pniladelphia, Pa., 100 Randolph, Evan, Philadelphia, Pa., - - 20 Republicans ol Pottsville and N Coventry, Pa., $10: Ciown Point, N. ¥., sll, - 51 Republicans of Shawnee Mound, S2O, South Bend, Indiana $lO ------ .30 Roberts, W. S., New York city, - - - 10 Robison, Hanson, New Castle county, Del. 20 Ryerson, David, Newton, N. J., - - 61 Sherman, S. N., Ogdensburg, N. Y., - - 32 Smith, Gerrif, Peterboro, N. Y., - - - 20 Spring, Marcu<, Eagles wood, N. J., - - 100 Stober, John A., Smyrna, N. Y., - - - 10 Stranahan, J. S. T., Brooklyn, N. Y., - 100 Tappan, Lewis. Brooklyn, N. Y., - - 10) Thomas, Wm. 8., Philadelphia, Pa., - 100 Tweedy, Edmund, Newport, R. 1., - - 10 Wadsworth, James S; New York city, - 100 Wakeman, Abram, New Y'ork city., - 100 Weed, Thurlovv, Albany, N. Y., - - 100 White, Aaron, Thompson, Conn., - - 10 Wright, E. N. and James A., Philadelphia, Pa -- - - 39 Wood] Bradford R., Albany, N. Y., - - 100 A. A., SSO; B. 8., SSO C. C., D. D., $10; E. E., S2O; F. F., $25, North Carolina - -- -- -- -- 165 S. F. M,, Wilmington, Del., - - - - 10 A frind, by S. E. Sewell, Boston, Mass, $lO E. 8., Brooklyn; X. Y., $25 - - 35 Total, - - - - - - - $3,518 [From the Sunday Mercury.] Jadgs Kimmsll and tlis J Qui'llal. .Ifessrs Editors : Mv attention was a short ; tirrw since called to an article in the State Journal, of our city, in which the Hon. F. Kimmell, President Judge of the Somerset, Fulton and Franklin Judicial District, was at tacked in the most unfair and malicious man ner. Un a recent visit to the interior of the State I wrote a correspondence from Bedford for the Mercwi/, in which I took occasion to speak of Judge Kimmell in a complimentary manner, not more so, however, than 1 feel he deserved. The paper above alluded to abuses Judge K* for rendering up to the authorities of \ irgmia Captain Cook, and denounces him as tool of the slave power, os.c. Now I happen to know all about this affair, and know that Judga, K. did no more than his duty. I was iu Chambers | burg at the time of look's arrest. He had a fair and impartial hearing, and was represented by able counsel, among whom was my frien Colonel A. K. McCiure. It was conclusively proven that he was a fugitive from the laws of j Virginia, and Judge K. did no more than he i was compelled to, in delivering him upto the I authorities thereof. The case having been fully made out, what more or less could have been done than to send him back to be tried bv the authorities ol the Stale whose laws he had violatad. During my stay in Chambers burg I conversed with people of all parties, and ' 1 heard noon-' sav a word against tiie action of j Judge K. and since the attack of the State Journal above alluded to, I have taken the j pains to inquire into the matter, and I find that in every portion of the large district ovei | which Judge K. presides, that, by men of all parties he is universally esteemed and respec -1 ted, and that in Somerset, his residence, he is ! honored and beloved byall cla-sesof his fellow men. Thus it will be seen that the attack upon Judge K. was altogether malicious, and entirelv uncalled for. I ain not a member of Ihe partv to which Judge Kimmell belongs. I have all mv life been an uncompromising opponent of the Democratic party. I cannot however sanction such principles as are enunciated through the columns of the Slate Journal. I can unite myself to no party that would set at defiance or violate the laws of the land. I believe that the perpetuity of this Union, and the liberties we enjoy depend on the faithful execution of the laws. These be ing my sentiments, I would not see any man, nrTmatt, r what party he might belong, abused for faithfully discharging a duty he owed to his God, his country, and himself. Yours tiuly, L. PHILADELPHIA, NOV. 39, 1859. [iyHon. Joshua R.Gildings is one of the two members "at large' of the Republican St ate Central Committee of Ohio. It is impor tant to stale this, as since tfie attempted servile insurrection at Harper's Ferry, the Republicans have attempted to deny his connection with their party, just as they have attempted to re pudiate Ossawalomi" Brown. Public sentiment on the fate of Brown. BOSTON, Dec. 2. In the State Legislature to-day, both houses refused to adjourn in consequence of theexecu- ; tion of Blown. The resolutions offered were! voted down with much unanimity. M ANCHESTEB, N. H., Dec. 3. An attempt was made to 101 l the City Hall ; bell to-day, in commemmoration of the execu- j tion of Brown. The bell was only struck a few j times, when Mayor Harrington appeared in the belfry, and ordered the Brown sympathizers to desist. One of them refused, when the Mayor dropped him down through the scuttle as the most convenient mode of enforcing his exit. ALBANY, Dec. 2. A hundred guns were fired to-day in com- i memmoration of John Brown's execution. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2. There was an overflowing meeting in Nation al Hail this morning, for the purpose of praying for Brown. Numerous letters trom Brown, not hitherto published, were read by- Rev. Mr. Forness. Addresses were delivered by Lucretia Mott, Miss Alary Grew and others. A REGULAR REPUBLICAN CONVEN TION DECLARES IN FAVOR OF NEGRO SUFFRAGE. At the Regular Republican County Conven tion ol Lorain County, Ohio, the following res olutions were adopted : "Unsolved, That it is not only the DUTY, BUT THE INTEREST OP THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN TFLIS State to do all in its power to extend to COL ORED CITIZENS THE ELECTIVE FRAN CHISE ; and we do most earnestly call upon that party to make this subject a part of their State policy. "Resolved , That should the Republicans give the colored people of Ohio the elective fran chise, it would thereby SECURE to itselia perma nent and unchanging majority in this Stale, which would always insure to it the ascen dancy." The Repu 1 lican party cannot avoid i's respon sibility for the views here expressed, tor they are the voice of a convention as much entitled to speak lor the party as anv olhei in the Uni ted States. Our readers will observe that tne ; motive forth in the second resolution for i giving negroes the light to vote, is that named | bv us some lime ago as the one which would j eventually bring the whole Republican party i to support the measure. Give them the nght, j and the negroes would pour upon u; like black j clouds from the frozen and inhospitable fields j of Canada and the cotton plantations.of the ; r-juib, and t!. y would all vote the Republican | tick-t. The Republican party looks upon the question in this light, and it will yet act unan- j unously, impelled by this motive. Another Steamboat Accident. From the „V. \ . II:ralu. As the steamer City of Hartford, which runs j between this city and Hartlord, Conn., was ; coming down the Connecticut River, on I Friday evening, near East Haddam, she was run into by the schooner David Russell, a coas ting vessel engaged in the brick trade. Fortu nately no lives were lost, but the escape of Lie passengers, under the circumstances, was ; I little less loin a miracle. The City of H in ford left Haitford at the usual lime, (five o'clock, P. M.,) the wind blowing j freshly from the South. Some ,1 wo hours after, when the steamer was off East Haddam, the wind had reached a furious gale, and it was: intensely dark. The pilot of the steamer saw j tin- approaching schooner, and gave the signal for it to keep on its course, >ailing vessels,. under the rules for the regulation of pilots, having the preference, of coarse, over steam- j boats ; hut the signal was -unheeded. Tiiej schooner either not understanding the move- j merit of the sb-amer or misinterpreting the sig nal, put her helm up, apparently to go ahead ! of the steamer, but there seas no room to clear her, she struct: the later while under full . ■ iwac, am;.'.ship-, jibloom penetrating the ~Mer. About fifty emigrant passengers were, gathered about the boiler to keep themselves | warm. The suddenness of the crash, flying of the fragm-'Dis ol the boiler, escaj ing ot the siearr ami hot water, caused immense consterna- ; tion. it vvas 4 with much difficulty that many were prevented from jumping overboard, in 'he ladies' and gentlemen's cabin there was an ; intense panic for awhile, and screaming and j fainting of ladies, and gentlemen rushing with j their carpet bags*for the deck in search of life- | pr servers. The belief was that the steamer; had sprung a leak from the collision and that ! she would soon sink. Captain Simpson, quickly perceiving that j no disastrous results were likely to follow from j the collision, assured the passengers of their ; safety, and it vvas not long before the extent ; of damage was ascertained. The steamer had I larboard boiler stove, and surrounding wood work destroyed. The schooner lost her jib boom, bowsprit, and cutwater. Following the accident the steamer lay to till morning. — With one boiler she succeeded in reaching this city late Sunday night. She was yester day taken to the Morgan Iron Works lor re pair, and will doubtless be ab'e to lesume her trips in two or three days. OVERLAND CALIFORNIA MAIL. THE SURVIVORS OF THE MOUNTAIN MEADOW MASSACRE — THE MISSOURI 'GOLD FIELD. St. Louis, Dec. I.— The Overland mail from San Francisco on the 11th nJt., passed Warsaw, 2IS miles west of ST. Louis last evening, but there being no key to the express or mail bags at thai point, the summary of California news for the associated press could not be obtained and telegraphed as vvas intended. Dr. Forney, Superintendent of Indian affairs in Utah, has arrived with the remaining two survivors of the Mountain Meadow massacre, who served as witnesses in the investigation made into the affair. Further inteUigence with reference to the discoveries of gold in the South East part confirms the. previous reports. Republican party, says the Boston Courier, denies any knowledge ot Brown's con | spiracv, or. having aided it in any way. A j trumpetev, says AFop, being taken prisoner in a battle, begged hard for quarters. "Spare me, good sirs, I beseech you," said he, "and put ine not to death without cause, for I have killed no one, nor have I any arms save only this poor trumpet." "For that very reason," said ; his captors, "shall you the sooner die: for with j out the spirit to fight yourself, you stir up oth j ers to bdoodshed." THIRTi-SIXTH CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION*- WASHINGTON, DEC. s—l p. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Long before noon, llie hour of meeting the galleries were .densely filled, numbers 'beinir unable fo obtain admittance. The customary salutations among mem bers and others were exchanged, and a pleasant ex citement prevailed. At noon, Mr. Allen, the clerk, called the House to order. The din of voices immediately ceased, the spectators were excluded from the floor, and the members took their seats. The roll was then called—23l members an swered to their names. On motion of Mr. Phelps, of Mo., the House agreed to the election of a Speaker, viva voce. The clerk appointed Messrs. Houstin, Corwin Adrian and Briggs, tellers. FIRST BALLOT FOR SPEAKER. Sherman, Ohio, 66 Bocock, Virginia, 86 Grow, Pennsylvania, 43 Boteler, Virginia, 14. Davis, Indiana, 2 Phelps, Missouri, 1 Gilmer, N. C., 3 Wilson, Tennessee, 5 Corwin, Ohio, 1 Hill, Georgia, 1 Hickman, Pennsylvania, 1 Adrian, New Jersey, 1 Pennington, do. 1 Haskin, New York, 2 McQueen, South Carolina, 1 H. 1 . Clark, New York, J Mr. Grow withdrew his name. Mr Burnett (Ky.) moved an adjournment, on which a vote by yeas and nay 9 was order ed. IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON. Washington, Dec. 5, 1859. The programme for organization of the House is greatly mixed, and there is no prospect of electing a Speaker to-d3y. There are several plans upon which to proceed. The Republi cans being about equally divided upon Grow and Sherman, will ballot for these two candi dates until one or the other yields, unless (he Democrats, South Americans and Anli-Lecomp ton Democrats, attempt to secure the plurality rule. IN such an event the Republicans will concentrate upon the oneol their two men who HAS the largest number of votes. There are two extreme opinions prevailing is to the organization of the House, founded on the sentiments and wishes -of contesting parties one, that the republicans can bring in or buy up at once a sufficient number of votes to organize immediately: the other, that the contest will ba prolonged some weeks, in consequence of rival ries and political animosities. There is a. report that the Democrats have made overtures to the South Americans, to the effect that if the latter will nominate Alexander R. Boteler, the opposition member trora the Harper's Ferrv district, that the former, after giving Bocock a complimentary vote, will con centrate upon Mr. Boteler, who, since lbs Brown invasion, is considered sound. Should the Democrats discover there is no chance of electing their nominee, and fall back on Mr. Boteler, of Virginia, as the least of e vils, the Southern Americans as a bodv, except perhaps Winter Davis, would go with them, and he would be elected. Boteler, though elected as an American against Faulkner, Democrat, is a conservative Virginian on the question of sla very. He is from the Harper's Ferry District, has lately expressed himself favorable to acting with the Democratic party, as the only hope of preserving the Union. Trie Southern Ameri cans may yield, however, on a compromise for the printing and some offices. The Anti-Lecomplon Democrats insist upon the nomination of a separate ticket and declare that they will stick to it. Should they do so, and tt. ■ Democrats unite with the South Amer icans upon Boteler he will be elected. Hum phrey Marshall is here, working for this pro gramme. Contrary to the expectation of the Black RE pir>: icans. the anti-L-xomtonites have absolute ly deciir.et! to accept the overture of their oppo sition confreres, the Black Republicans. THIS are the Republicans against at sea, without rud der or compass, and, it is generally conceded the chances lor anorganizationare remote. — The South Americans have laid down their platform, and nominated their candidates, for whose election they will fight to thp last. — The anti-Lecomptonites have resolved to stand together, come what may, until they force the R Black Republicans to accepttheir chosen leader. The Message will not be sent on! of this city : until the President knows what the House does, 1 provided the organization of that body is a spee ; dy our; and no copies of the reports of the Sec i retaries are to be given out, except as accompa niments to the President's Message. Mr. Allen, Clerk of the House, has made an I extraordinary financial reform in the expendi- I ture of the contingent fund of the House, the estimates having been reduced from $850,000 to $350,000. Mr Sherman is undoubtedly the favorite of the Republicans for Speaker. It is understood Joy Morris, Mihvard, Veree, Wood, McPherson | and Killir.ger, of Pennsylvania, though reckon | ED in the Republican opposition, are cnnserva | tive men, and might go for an anti-Republican T conservative compromise candidate. The same ! may be said of Griggs and Carter, of New York. DEATH OF AN AGED LADY. —Mrs. Sarah Tay ! tor, widow of Charles Taylor, ag-d 9t> years, j died in Chester, Pa-, on the 2lst nit., alter a ; short illness. The Chester Republican says : At ttie time of the battle of Brandywine, Mrs. Taylor resided in the family of Gideon Gilpin, a member of the society of Friends, who lived near ChadJ's Ford, at that peiiod. Alter the engagement,Gilpin's house was entered and pillaged by the British soldiers. The owner, bring a non-combatant, the .outrages upon his property were submitted to without resistance. ! His dwelling afterwards became the headquar ters of some of the British officers. Mrs. Tay ! lor took an active part in the stirring events of ! that memorable day—furnished food to the A mericans, and assisted in dresssing the wounds \ of those who were disabled in the contest, had two brothers in the American array —John and Francis—the latter of whom was woundec. She distinctly recollected many of the incidents of the battle, and ued to relate them with great minuteness to those who visited her. "Don't fail to see Sixth Annual Announce ment." and brilliant offers, in another column.
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