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• iv CZ:ULU COUNTY.
.7rlllol ,Me dr eissan of the ffenoocratsc 4 - 7 h
of Mirch Conoentson.
.ItikELEEONTE, I'ENNA.
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walisnbarkw, WEIMIRUMIM 21, van
71 111,4k7) !and Corrospondests
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A wrz,b, rtitien. .commitriectginn, tisArned
" Equal Rieete, l :l' relating to the Baru" gh
• Blectioff, is OR fi le for fiturc crantsmi:
a. • tiOn, ilia!' if the tea/mut-Gong st r s e h fres to
idsuatiiinni by the r ester, all
up
• p*ie Gainer Sex( issue. We hare no dia.
r jpritiefifie *peso our cohunots for the did
wail.* of such n subject, and if our (lir
pndent convinces of the integrity
is nigh' ri it trill br unnecessary to
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- further notice of the (lees to
Wish en refers.
'will be- best benefitted by re
maining inn conAlion such as-your signa
ture mecum and the;efore we trill not pub
raiii ye* eirnyinin rats ; convineed thaea
oommlot-oisswty our renders, and disappoint
ypie. : .l4 , :rite to us on smite other, and a
Mere Im:elective subject.
Tilt NEWS.
.-Tin last evening's mails have brought
nuteuthiss.olLitaportanco from Washington.
--The Know-Nothing Convention which
contused in tie city of Philadelphia, on the
22sutfinst., for the purpose of nominating a
•eandidato for Prosi4lont, and ViCe.lbsaddirnt,
huh bade eery Milo progress in transacting
business. At our last dates, therhadnot
yak oCalionined billeting, and we are net able
to say how the qinvontion stands. Discord,
orsillosiok , Ind violent contention, seems tb
rel.bilmise in their midst—occasioned by
elisraselon of the 12th section of the
Kilse*sliothing platform of Mat June. Nig
-1-11111wroliisset to become the ruler of that
SPeeltalie body. inasmuch as the southern
rhalmslissris making humiliating cot/cession
Bheek.ltepublicen brothers of the
Nora: Ws trill be able to give the particu
lse la ore nett issuq. ,
Peb'y '24.—A freshet COM
madoeirsterdny in the Licking river, and,
„thillem-kmesiting_ up, immense quantities of
it wore 1111WWD into the Ohio river, breaking
up , ,tbs•ros opposite the city. mid causing
great' destruction imong the steamboats
steak qt! istee. The steamboats Albertine,
nse Rides City, Grapeshot, 3Lulonia, Se-
Witaind larktown, were all sunk. They
WM* alkitern-whetl aoSi probably
*row foot. There is. in addi . tioa,-• num
best of t ieiherhoats injured, and a considers
mallhosit But boats and barges sunk. The
taillike's' , so far, is estimated at 1200,000.
Theta*, miter has risen eight feet in the
laid twelve, hours, and as the waters are still
initaelesisifurtherr damage is anticipated.
bn . arbei Washineton Ilairia announces the
esedbmatiosi of Wllson Stimmirn, of Ohio, to
be Gyneeser of Kansas ; that Don Angel de
has been accredited as (large
d ad interim, from Mexico, General
allaying left Washington for Mexico;
jiremmtation of Senor Don hen Y do
Ora late Cluirge d'Artairs from Peru, of his
tigw credentials i.e minister residenAnear this
Gimmtient.
—lnelndipg the city orkhiladelphia, there
are lipporly, 13,041 Q public schools in the State
440 tosolhers, over 4,000 of whom are
fatiolei 481,992 scholars, • who have,
mkt of Philadelphia, been under instruction
for anaprogage periml of 5i - inonths, at aii
awyrs ,00at . of 5$ cents per scholar, per
•ip.W. Taylor, a native of Car-.
Xo Vs— a soldier of the &volution,
AM early pioonetro of Kentucky,
ult.. in St elby county, Ky.
was prescnT. Conn-
tr. 3
rrirbigbgttmen on the Sctuylkill canal
hare held a mooting at ,Schuylkill. Haven,
**cognised to fiat the rates of freight from
Poet barbon and Pottarille to New l'ink at
to All.sn a per . ton, which is ton cents higher
nktes•
.—Tits funded debt of tho State of Virginia
amounts to 144,489,400 42. Liabilities,49,-
911419,1,0„ The total of the State, funded
• 1 .0 4140:1404, $35,01.18,G39 39. The annual
the Treasury is $1,843,070 44.
• poudent of the 13emo
er the arriral Lawrett, -Kan
sal, ( 4 2 0 000 stand of rifles and twenty
brood-lo ading cannon. They were brought
seam* through lowa and Nelnaiika. _
tAiser. , ,itutua W. Griswold has sued the
N. Y. fiibune f,r libel, laying the damages
ammo. The articies complained of arc
a Walla 414 6 0' attack, and tho publics
_ tiap t gsaisbusiiii4 speech of Mrs. E. L. Rose.
damps WO 48 Commenced a proaccu
tittp,frna Itbol. against the Washington Union,
agilletingt of Fertsiin allegations inada in that
Pilig4;9ll o ll o ng Att. Mike's former rtmnec
,6 111110rii**Pirwitt (Moo Departmeet:
o r4nthapp- genne!ly was, on the 14th
the LeshglattarenfifaTyleaut
fileseeehiaterin-plakee'of lion.
a; I whgew term Aspires on the 4th
441110.P 5 i-
Atrifk/410aesibus B. Giddings, tba; Free
ant asfsinPere( coasress from Ohio, ion pub
t
itlidisest,gea s letter dist)*
Central Zellroad depot, in
•
.
was via/1y de4troyed by fire on
igiolit butt. '
. 112 41stiVatity Reprakess, Owned for wake
lbayiabarg, btu lam 'aspen
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'tralliiikil4infitiipii rivet it atiliel;Wed above
Ai* 4 114 1 1itaissigable to New (Mesas. The
41111010401" diesh to Smithtsral.
AcLebinicilithes Odifornle state Met there
Ofobilki,ierr644stheit'elf 4 V; ft.
Ali .-- usilistare , "
MO
iestip alllktilvali off die esgspeak Tae reprelepiPlowft.:
, , drat • • The. last steamer front i llfngbutd, the Can
,
Meet the 'eta., \befiteltliarlbototighp ads, bringilintelligenoe, Confirmatory of pre-
Illfished*lth the lirillianoy of along line of lions tohiors, that the preliminary moaatirea
locestors, and bilged Viiih hilt own success ) lbrpeae t e betWebn the Mlles' and Russia had
worded with firtilliaritY, he Was lit the b ee n agreed apon. 0 ,
ttit of replying, "Meet :me to-reoProtv," Queen' Victoria -opened the lititish-Parlia
- to-morroW never, came, because a re- nient'on the 31st of January. The Earl of
visit always was .termed "to day.' \ Marl- Derby "considered the royal speech as very
borough was a soldier of` ame—reaping his hare; cold, and meagre," that "it ought to
glory by sycophancy—succumbing to jr veer refer to the state of alfairs with America."
--and depending moro upon strategy than' fib, " lio conceived that the government
manly valor, yet ho aucceded by his ilceit had Violated a municipal law of the United
in plunging his country' iiitirilobt—his cotfu- States\ in 'the attempt to enlis t men, and
trymon into poverty- 7 4a the world hoTea•fiapelogy would . bo Oilfired, such as
abeam.. Ho heipetk-a burden on Ireland--,y could be 'received. Re' regretted, however.
conspired-against- the virtue of Scotland— , that there was not a conciliatory paragraph
until at last his only glory consisted in las- introdUctsfinto 'the speech referring to the
civions aseignatioas, and his only blush the subject. - The whole spec 4, ho said, was
fear of death ,So is it with the opponents ' redolent et water gruel. The Enrl of Clar
et' the Democratic party at the present day. t-andou replied. He said that the difference
With a mendacity rivalling the deceit of between England and the United States
'Alarlborough, they have not only become . arose from a misinterpretation of the Clay.
pensionersiipon the Past, blit they claim to ` - ton-Bulwer treaty—that he bad proposcd„to
be the owners of the present prosperity and refer the whole question to the arbitration
greatness of the country—and doubtless flat- I of a third -power, and expressed the hope
ter theinselves to become tbahatra of the fu- that the United• States Government would
two greatness of the nation. ,Tliti e plea of acquiesce. '
wad s'
the leaders of the clique who make this
assumption, is their numbers, - and the assu
rance of-its justice, is what they intend to
do in the future: Admitting that Week:
Republicanism embraces a large portion - of
the people north of Mascfn and Dixon's
line—there isa, past to remember and a his
torical lesson to be learned by on who so
thoughtlessly rush to the support of these
erratic, gitators. The opponents of Demo
cracy, to day, am only the descendants of
the foes of "letersrmi. Politically they have
hot changed—they have rather inioroved—
because the same hands" that were ready to
kindle; blue-lights in . R.)ston to cheer on a
hostile fleet, were bleeding to welcome
Arneaierm sold' - a to their graves in Mexico.
Qpposition to Democracy constitutes their
whole creed. A desire togitin power their
only motive--and . an_a,mbition for riotous re
bellion and ooeial.anarehy is beginning not
lil
only to startle the fea o true patriot,
t
but arrest the attentio oso half - seduced
in an adherence to Black epubliesnism. It
is the review of the past however, that. has
induced the peopliito disregard these special
pleadings, and expose, by the franchise
power, the utter imbicillity of Black-Re
publicanism. It is the the glorious memo
ries which crowd-around our history—the
sublime aspect of our present condition—
that thus cal/ out the sentiment of a people
Who have herettifore.hcen decolved,by Polit
ical chicanery allied to religious hypochrisy.
These .jire the pleas pleas of piety on
the one aide and patriotism on the other,
by which Black.Republicanistn
, Misintains
a position. , The moat casmal--obtrver of
political movements, will at once discover
that those who make an excuse for these
sgitatin, are the first to jpin and the last to
leave in an attack on the sovereignty of
State laws and the attend bonds of the
Union. The Democratic party for forty
years hasiken bitterly opposed by a senti
ment which has never, changed—and it will
never cease to be opposed, as long as the in
tolerant spirit of fanatiebon exists. From
Madison to Pierce, although our enemies as
sumed new namtssame ideas moved
them to virulence, and .the same motives
prompted them to falsehood. The opposi
tion which' sought the destructioti of Jack
son, emanated from Boston bankers—and
the rage which now labors •to trammel the
administration of Pierce, issues from the
aholitionists of the North, and is echoed by
the oath-bound recreants of all parties. We
haTi all become familiar with the actions
whn gave Pennsylvania a Black-Republican
Executive—the people knew by what a
system of chicanery this-Congressional dis
trict was induced to send a reverend politi
cal mountebank to Congress—And the hOn
est taxpayer has his consolation, by inspect-
ing empty treasuries,Ottohed facials,
and burdening debts. The candid reader
will not deny this ; nor need we make either
this county or district, or this State, the
referencb,to prove our assertions. The whole
Union is the witness, that by pleas of false- I
hood; Illsek-Repnbilessisen-bang fined pow—
er, and whenever once gained, the leaders of
that party were industrious to excel! the
conduct of the tories in tho revolution, tho
opponents of the war of 'l2, and the de-
nouncers of the Mexican x•ar. Yet these
same dlctimers and their descendants have
and are reaping the benefitei of ill these
struggles. All have been blAsied by the pri-i
vileges of independence so dearly bought bY
the revolution—the Atlantic coast and the
.orthem boundary were secured by Demo-,
ratio policypond the RAMC policy l‘rought
to the Union the territory which l groans
!with gold. The measures ,which ensured
us'ind pined tu4 theme bimefiia, were; liciw•
ever,aa we hate stated, oppomed,by a mdst
desperste set pf men—and the same ides,
opPosliton only to Democratic policy, now
animates and metro,' Mick-Republicanism.
This subject is prolific, but we will purr
4.,
Rue it no longer. Let our readers. examine
the pest to which we hare referred—let them
scan the 4resent, and they will be careful
that the future for which they art responsi
ble, will be blessed with the prosperity by
which we am now eurmuneled: The man
who hesitates; to preveq► sio Work is almost
as tut be who - commits it—so that the
Berneerst;wl4-faltera4w-hiltwbote arty is as
worthy of scorn as the Black Republican le
of condemnation. We all have a linty to.
perform. Let us commence—and with the
aid of Democratic principles, the country can
be iciieued not only from political heresy, but
political (kitM4lMahlUl.
rN as or to the statement of the Washing
ton ecirrespondent aftho Philadelphia
In si
ren, that the president's health was so shut
tered and his looks so ghastly and corpse-like
the Vicksburg Sentinel nays: "From the
stir his late message WI made among some
of tie dry hotice of fanaticism in the North,
it would seem that President Pierce is about
the float cotpic that has mtartled abolition
ism for a long time. It would not require
many tucb,'corpses' to put to Iti . ght a whole
thtitort anrorftere,6
AngryWo!ils are said to have passed . fr'-
tvreen Mr. Buchanan and the Earl of Claw
endon. We' trust that the difficulty may be
peaceably adjusted. But if the worst must
come, our government will be prepared for
the emergency. It is highly gratifying to
kriow, that as long siMr. Buchanan repre
sents us, no improper concession will be
made, and wo are glad to say that the ante
cedents of Mr. Dallas justify a similar • be
lief as to his ministerial course.
Since the above was in. type the steam
ships Atlantic and Asia arriAil at New York,
with &tined from Europe to the oth
Nothing. had been heard of the steamship
Pacific, now thirty-one days out ; but we
learn that her owners, in New York, still
express confidence that she has..put back to
Liverpool or Cork, in distress, under sail,
and they expect to hear of her safety by the
Baltic, which was to 44Ave Liverpool oh
Wednesday, 20tit Inst: An extraordiniry
• state of excitement seems to have pervaded
the public mind of Englanif, previous to the
Atlantic's departure, on the subject of the,
difficultiert..eo 6 ith this country, growing out of
'the Central American* question and the en
!
batmen' sail. The London anti Provincial
1 1 papers are full of spirited articles on the
subject, and horror is expressof at the bare
possibibtvoraTir . mIE - it:notion tlie friendly
relations of England and the trriited Stites:
1 There had been meetings ofthe Chambers of
Commerce of Manchester and Liverpool,an
which the subject mess discussed and resolu
tions passed &Tenting the war. The eX
eitement does not appear to have grown out
of any officialdevelopments that had been
made by the English Government, or from
any messages of an unfriendly nature be
tween Lord Clarendon and Mr. Buchanan,
.as had been reported by the Morrung
Adver
e;,ei:.llloo- Mtittatet iiiii-not-preaEntna;s
soiree given by Lord Pilmemtin, which ap-'
pears to be the extent of - the - actual mini-'
festations of angry feelings, if any were en-
tertained by him. During the three days
prior to the sailing of the Asia, state of pub
lic.feeling appearii to have undergone a de
cided change, and a muc h More moderate
tone was apparent.
The peace negotiations were considered to
be In a favorable, state, and the war was
looked upon as virtually at an end, but - stilt
reintbreementsrirai going forward to the
Allies in the Grimes as actively as ever. The
protocol was signed by the Plenipotentiaries
of the high contracting Powers at Vienna on
the lit of February. The Congresk was to
assemble in Paris on the .10th inst. The ac
couctunent of the French Empress is ex
pected at an early day. An alliancektwoem
France and Russia fs, spoken of so sure to
follow the peace. In Austrian It4ly a com
plete amnesty has been proclajmed for the
ciente of 1848, -The market aemitunta, both
from England and France, are discouraging
for grain and flour, while for the cotton trade
they oontinue to manifest decided flrmuesa;
sod en ropwatd tendency at Manehmter Ibr
goods and yarns.
PtIRACII AND 81111CLTOR BALL-
A story has been going the rounds of the
press that Senator lisle; of Newlfampshise,
who accompanied two billies to the Preisi-,
dcsit'sleree recently, wale insulted by Gen.
Pierce. The insult col/Slated, it is alleged,
in the President turning - his back on the
Senator after politely bowing to the ladies.
The Washington correspondent. of thf New
Tones, at the special request of the
patties, pronounces the story wholly untrue,
and adds
Mr. Hale and the ladies of his family did
attend the levee on the evening referred to,
but did not make any familiar advances to
wards the Pi-cadent, were subjleted. to no
insult at his hands, but were treated with
all the courtesy which it is the habit of Gen.
Pie"o'e'fa extend towards_ friends and foes
alike, who call upon him as the (lief F2x
ecutive of the Nation.
SMALL Noma.—Col: J. R. Snowden', Dl
meter of the Mint at PhilOulphia, in a re
cent report makes the following remarks re
lative to the circulating medium of the coun
try; WhickcdoserveXhenerious oonsideration
of army reflectingman
"In the Prmet L ireport, some reasons were
suggested tending to show that the largo
amoinit of,gold from California and Aus
tralis, need- eito- no- appiiehens io n s in--se
gard to any tutrevial disturbasitto In the val.
ue of the precious dietalei yet it cannot but
be apparent that this increase renders it
hiithliy.iMportant that States and Nations
shoo d ettend the use of gold,and drive out
of existence that which circulates in placket
it."
FAUGRATION to rows.—The Chicago Frei
Press calls lowa the, ilanaan to the emigrant
It says that the strife at Fort Dodge and
Decorah Land Offices_ is very great. The
seats in stages from Dubuque have been in
some cams taken ten days in advance. A
gendeniarrat Davenport states that during
the early spring the' desirable lands in the
Decorah district will be entitely absorbed
Land Warrants are pouring intothe offices of
the prominent land agents of that section
from parties all over tin? Ilgion, to be located
, . ••
on speculation.
• 4
The peesentoaspect qoura £ ~ 'rrs with Eng•
land; is becoming daily morp importadt, and
any-faCt connected with the dellartniont Con
trolling qpr intereotirtie with that nation is
both interesting Sind instructive. The East
ern (Mo .) 4rgils , in alluding to the appoint
ment of the Don. George M. Dallas as Minis-'
ter to England, presents some interesting re
mineseences relative to this important mis
sion. The following record will show that
Mr. Dallas has, been . preceded in the mission
by d long line of Oh men :
Gouvornaur Mortis, J.,) oorinniashrmor, 178 D
Thomas Pinckney, (8.0. x) full minister, 171)2
John Jay, (W J., 1714
Rufus King, (N. Y.) ',' • 1796
James Monroe, (Va..) ads
James Monroe and , William Pinckney,
(Md.,) jointly mid sevemllv unniSters 18011
William Pinckney, full mtlißter, 1808
John Q. Adams, (Mas , ‘,) " . 1815
Richard Dusli, ( l'a., ) , 1817
Rufus King, (N. V..) , 1825
Albert Gallatin, (N. V.,) “, • 1826
James Barbour, (Vic.,) 1828
Louis Mel ane, 4. 1829 .
Martin Val" Bump ) (N. V.,) 1831
(Mr.- Vawlturtirs nomination was rejected
in the Senate by the casting-.ttote of Mr. Cal
houn, and. in March, 1832, he' left the mis
sion in charge of Aaron Vail, Secretary of
Legation. who continued in charge till 1061
Andrew Stvversion, (Va.,) full minister, 1.836
Edward Everett, (Miss..) " 1841
Louis McLane, (Md.,) A: 1845
George Bancroft, (Mass.,) tin
Abbott Lawrence, (Mots. ; ) 1, 1819
J. R. Ingersoll, {Pa..} - ,‘• 1852
James Buchanan, (Pa.) 41.1
.1853
It is singular that three ministers to Eng
land filiotild have been taken in succession
from Pennsylvania. Of the older of the ap
pointees in the preceding list, Mr. Rush still
survives, and is also a Pennsylvanian. ' Al
bert Oallatnr - wair appointed frein the Key
stone State, but inn° longer among the !ly
ing. Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Dallas are not
far from the eam . age, •the foxruer, we be
lieve, being two years the senior. They are
both in thaeficalth.
The Salary °roar Minister, to England is
1:110,W $17,600, and there is no outfit - or Wit
It was formerly $9,000, with an outfit of th ,
same amount, and an unfit of a quarlei r i;
salary. To one who remains two years or,
more abroad, the present pito is the
profitable. For a year only, the old rate
Would make the fitter
A 11.2 Oi r Id r aTJPISINO Aurouttems.—A
the huit, gesvion of the Academy of Sciences
in Paris, M. Sego ermiade a report that M.
Lachard has inveatcd-a process, simple, cer
tain and rapid, by which he can reproduce
Writing; transfer i.-to stone, and Conmeiment
lynrltiply antographs to any exient; M.
Lacirard having teen invited to repeat his ex
periments before a eon:matte of the
_Academy
asked M. Segulet ant! coL6nanen fora few,
lines writtenand Jived by the4oklves. Ths,
piece of paper beiire the ink witri. yet dry was
applied to blotting paper, and this blotting
'_paper Dr. lAchard took home with him. The
twat day M. Seginer received two copies,-one
on pr rehment and the ether on ordinary pit •
per' ; else Pal&
own possession, and which the copies so ex
'wetly resembled that it was impossibh; to tell
which of the papers was written 1104. This
would lie a dangerous discovery in the hands
odkcounterfeiter.
YiN CAN ADD NOTIMNO, in the way of o aim
ing, to the following, which we find in a late
nulififer,of the Philadelphia Arent
“ The downward course of Mr. Wanted.
AM a politician should Lea, warning to all
'who consult expedieney rust( ad of princi
ple. Ten years ago he was the inoht pmin•
ising and formidable man of his age in the
democratic party in l'ennsyll alibi. Since
then he has boxed the compitss until we now
flint him a Kimw-tiothing Abolitionist, play
ing secorM fiddle to the very men he form
erly despistil. Th. Montrose Drni,,rrot for
several months pail' considerable attention
to Mr. Wilmot's Witten' inainciivering, and
prowl very conelitsively that lie was not
governed hy honed impulses in his various
political tlodms. fo Oa - Mr:Wilmot took
exceptiom, and a.pctaled to d crawl jury for
damages, asking the snug Klllll of ten thou
sand dollars; but we perceive the gland jury
ignored his bill, thus leaving him to reflect,
at his leisure, on the folly of a political moun
tebank proseenthran'hulependent editor for
publiidung the houestiruth.”
HINEY CLAY ox FITSION.—The following
is iil'itts.'rart fronca — specch—deliverrd -by
Henry. Clay, in the, 'louse of Representa
tives, in Kentucky, Nov. 19, 1850, and now
applicable to the doings in Congress ; and
should, as a piece of infonmation, be kept
before the country as a beacon-light, that
the people may see and avoid the quiCksands
of the Black-Republicans: '
"But if it Stile Whig party) is to be
merged into a contemptible abolition party,
and of
_abolitionism is to be enßyafted upon
the Wm; creed, from that moment I rc•
nounce the party and erase to be a Whig. I
go a stop further ; if I am alive, Owill give
my humble support to that man for the Pres.
idtinevho, to whatever party he .tflay . be.
long, not contaminated by fanaticism,
rather than to ono who, crying out all the
tin te that he is a Whig, maintains doctrines
utterly subversive of the Coristittithm and
the Union."
We COP" thefollowing, without the slight.'
ost expectation that it will over find its. Way
into the columns of,an Abolition journal :
The Louisville Courier No that the slaves
in the region.of Todd county in that State,
and at Clarksville, Tenn., on.the Cumber
land river, bad so tu& r• money Or
the Christmas holidayM, t tat they could not
be hired to work by their masters, or any
one els°, irot lea than two dollars a day, and
but few of them would work for that.
'ri . suinomma pertinent palaginth ap
peared in the. Philadelphia Ledger :
A petition was presented in the Ohio Ikaso
ofilepresentatires, recently, in behalf of the
"Western Anti• Slivery fieciety," praying a
,withdrawal of the State of Ohio from the
Union. The individuals who are dissatisfied
with the Union can easily withdraw from it ;
they . need not want 'to take their - nolfthborti
with them, who ivy better sypreciate ita
benefits."
Tns OFFICIO!! of.gle Catawissa Railroad
have made a report of the oppratious of the
road. 'rho groan earnings for 1856, ire
$219,253.01; disbursements, $66,803.17 ;
leaving at net Profits; $02,440.84. The
length of this road is 33{ miles; and is reit
'anted assn imitation of a tape-worm.
—A sew Democratic paper is about to be
istabbialuxl at Brie. '
lieerige 1. D'Uns.
- A largenumbermf the friends and fellow'
citieens of non. ileolgeM. Dallas , in Phila :
delphia hate united in tendering to him the
complimentof a publib dinner. Mr. Dallas
has been compelled to decline the honor in
tended to ho conferred, and for the 'reasons
stated in the s'iihjoined letter:
GENTLInfIOt : Your very kind letter has
been rcceived,-eoVering an -invitation from a
large nuthher of 'my distinguished and much
esteemed; fellow townsmen, with a request
that I will name a day foirathe dinner by
'which they impose to honor me before my
departure.
'4 I-cannot tgo forcibly express my high
appreciation of this rompliment, and my
warm reciprooationof the feeling by which It
was prompted. No more real gratification
could lie experienced, and no purer pridein.
dulged, than would spring from a cordial
association with all the gentlemen who have
thus addressed mo.
" But a strong impression of public duty,
and the necessity of dei , otlng every 'hour-of
a shoit Period to hurried preparations, oblige
me, most. 'reluctantly to. forego the enjoy
ment.
"I beg yen, therefore, to convey to those
whom, as a committee, you represent my
sincere acknowledgments fin. their generoud
proposal:with - an expression of my regret
that I am minble to avail myself of it; and
be good enough yourselves to accept the as
surance-that I remain, with great regard,
most truly and reapectfully, your Mond
and, obedient servant,
FinintrAnv 18,185 G. (1. M. DALLAS."
INAUGURATION AT NEW ORLEANS OF rim
JACKSON EQUESTRIAN STATUE,'—CrairkHS'
great equestrian statue.oraekson, Was.inttu.
pirated at New Orleans'en the 9th instant.
'rho New Orleans papers of the following
day are tilled with glowing descriptions of
the imposing ceremonies in honor of one
'whose name and deeds are imper'shalle.
The Courier mays : -
Thu. streets were thronged from , dewy
morn to dusky eye. All classes, sexes, and
colors occupied the sidewalks, whilst the
street poured an endless procession of mill
ery, of civic, and philanthropic societies.
With quite as much order and merit as the
impatient enthusiasm of our people will hear,
tho.procesmit4yas well marshalled by Brig.
Urn. Tracy, grand manslotind his aids.
Forming on Canal strent, the column filed
down Chartres street ; the legion tender Brig.
Gen. Palfrey leading the van ; with the bright
and various uniforms of sonic dozen volun
teer companies, each with its fine band of
music ; then came Governor Wickliffe, with
Maj.-Gum Lewis, Adj. Gun. (irivot. Payouts
ter General Lacoste, and numerous staffs.
The Governor bore himself on horseback like
a true Kentuckian, Mel looked the soldier as
well as he acts the Governor. Next came
the great feature of the' procession, the ve
terans of 1814-15, bearing the scant frag
ment of the old standard of the Battalion
(POrleans, which had -waved in the storm of
every battle fought on the soil of Louisiana
against the British intakr— , A thrill of joy- ,
fun-gratitude throbbed in the bosoms of all
beholder,t as this shattered band slowly and
!Neely wended their way through the very
street along which, with youthful ardor, they
had hastened forty-two years ago, to meet
and repel the insolent foe."
S.LLF. OF THE NB LIG WORKS. - 7 1110 bill intro
ducetLinko the State Senate. t few_ days Hinee,
by Mr. Jambion, for the 11!kie of the public
works of the State, divides the line into five'
sectiong, na
and Colombia Railroad
51—Canal from Columbia to the Junction.
ild—Canal from Junction to I lollidaysburg.
4th—Allegheny Portage 'Railroad.
fitli--Canal from Johnstown to Pittsburgh.
The price fur the several divisions is fixed
as follows :
-Rrritsioni4st ) ttetritwis than - 45,300,0)0
t Division 2(1 '
, " 1,6110,40i1
I)iiiision 3tl, " ' 5751100
Division 4th, 575A0
Division sth, " 375,000
For the wh9le Ihie,
To TRIC NOM. -WO find the following
amongst other resolutions that were recently
adopted at the metig of the Illinois Democ
racy : ' - -
• "Rlinfrof, That we will not preteen's . / an
expression of opinion as to the power of Con
gress to establish or prohibit slavery in the
Territories of the United Stakes ; but we ex
primly (teclare that Congress ham no conati.
tutional power to do either."
I What a withering rebuke (says the Ric/i
mond Eitguireri to the southern doughfacce
who, in the Philadelphia council, refutied fi;
express an epintorfaa to the power of Con
re., en opinion-te-to-the of -4:ietigrees
over Assfri in the Territorces. •Let them
learn a lesson on the subject of their own _
;iglits from the northern Democracy.
Tus Outo ltivss,—The navigation of the
Ohio river closed, earlier last winter than it
did the prerient season, the time being, in the
former case, the 6th of December, and in the
latter the 2d of January. But last winter
navigation reopened on the 18th of February,
though it closed again orille 27th, and so
remained until the 6th of March. This year
the ice is so thick that there is but little‘hope
of its yielding lbr sometime/keno°. • AccOrd
ing to the Pittaburg Daily . Commercial Jour
nal, the Monongahela river is frozen thick
near its continence with the Allegheny that
it would-probably sustain upon its surface a
good-sized steamer without yielding.
BAGGAGE 'ILL —ln the last kliX months of
1855, 58 ieces of baggage wero trans
po on the New., York Central railroad ;
85,899 cti; theie Were ebetked to Albany;
$75 only. has been paid for baggage. lost;
$299 28 for baggage, known to have been
stolen. In the stray baggage-room et Albany
there are at this moment 2,045 piacee of bag-
to Valley Railroad Ir nearly completed to the
terminus pf th4i first , section, a distance of
2207111e5. It is theonly railroad in Califoil
nil. The receipts thus fir are entirely satis
factory to the iminpany, and they confidently
anticipate monthly dividends of 2 to 8 per
cent.
$v THlR,cid l 9 l ,74ainea Mahon, Esq.,
District Attorney for Jefferson county: sal i
youngman of ability, renounced the davit
lantetn party, at a democratic meeting in
Binokville, on the 11th inst. * lie expronaied
a determination to act with the Demooratib
party hereafter.
A Svani Convention of the Whigs of Net►
Hampshire, was held st, Concord last week.
—The Portsmouth Chronicle 848 illl4 it was
wet very irynetously attaaded,
iffintanumvslii • I
• „ • Fialutuw 23, Iss9‘. • '
The accession to our population
orthoso who come hero to attend
the Fourth of March Convention. A' grpt
many delegates are here, and * lug* 3100 -
her of the friends of those who arc promi
nently before the • State are also' hero,
: urging the claims 4 - (heir faviwites.
However the beat of feeling prevails—and be
fore the Convention meets, there will he not
only a harmonious action, but a Democratic
tiequiesconcilid its decisional hie few days
you will know who are to lead the Democ
racy
,t 4 ,the defeat of laii;W:Rothiugitun in
Pennsylvania.' , •
Brown's License bill has finally passed the
-Senate, and gone to the house. Tho volu
minous ohmmeter of the bill, with the means
-which were used to have it passed arm too
well known over the Slate to deserve. a no
tice at my hands. The whale arrangoulsilt
in the Sonata was to please the Governor,
who•would rathur'sign mm incorporation bill
thkayeto a license law. Trio fact is that the
liquor question is fast becoming a source
profit to those who 'we engaged is its agita
tion—end it is time that the people tak o To;
gislation on this subject into their own hands.
Morality and, justice would both be promo
ted by such a proceeding—end if judiciously,
carried out, Cho precedent would' be estab
lished that " thereis a power behind' and be
fore find around the throne; mightier than
the throne• or its oecupant.7
THE 9rAlll* CONf,'. STEW 01Vic Aurerilean
party of Tennessee met at Nashville, on the
12th inet. lion. Wm. M. Cooke presided:
Hon. N. Ek Brown reported a eerie of re •
lutions, whicle were adopted, reaffirming the
Philadelphia platform, deprecating all action
ou the subject of shirt, denying the right
of &ingress to legislate upon the question,
but pledging acquiescence in any action ta
ken, instrniking tire delegates to the Nile
tional Council to prom the repeal of th
scoresy in the Order advocating education;
and declaring the Protestant iibto a proper
text book, expressing hoggnation at. the
misrepritientation opponents,, and, con
dunning the administfation.
Tits Iliarnin.Ars oR Wssmibassins.—A
communication from Gov. Wise was read be
fore the Virginia Legislature, on Monday,
vitaining a proposition from Mr. Lewis. W.
Washington to pretient, in perpetuity, to that
Statiiorrirginia, t ie sites of the birth -place
of George Washington, and of the homes
arid the graves of his progenitors in Amertca,
provided the State shalt cause these places
to be permanently enclosed, and shall mark
the same by aid table taltitli i to commemo
rate those notable spots d , The. romtu?nica
tient was referred to a sefect comitiftlee.
RP - MT.—The Hon. Isaac E. theater, lato
the Whig-member of Congress from Lances- '.
ter county, has formally joined)and announ
ced himselfs Demand timl lumber of the
Ditmleratio ptityl --- The tetreytil and dkor
ganization of the Whig party, and his antip
athy to the f4inoiplom and practices of Know-
Nothingistn and Black Republicanism (shot—
I tiOnism) ere the causes of the step' he has
taken. IVe welcome him to our ranks.
Tem Ih.we-Itseust.tosms.—The Black-Re
publicans, in-session . at- Pittsburgh, ad :
journey sine die on Saturday "per adopting
lengthy iddress and resolutions condemn
ing the Kansas bill mulltho administration,
and 'promising to aid their friends in.-Kansan
in case of conflict with the Federal' author
ities. Tho National Convention of all the
isms, called by this Conmition,, le to' meet
in Philadelphia gn the 17th of June.
$8,425,W0
SUNBURY AND Ems Itstratosn.—At a meet
ing of the new Board of Directorsof the
Sunbury and Erie Railroad, held at Phila
delphia on Thursday last, Mr. Samuel V.
Merrick was elected' President. 14-hr-un
derstaxl, says the Daily New, that mast
of the members of the Board will resign 'to
giro place to °Uteri to be selected by Mr.
Merrick.
The New York EzpTess says that Garrison
and other "Mende of freedom" have hauled
se call for a covention in that ci_ty,_toAet
in May next, "to dispute the divine authori
4y - of the 3fety - lierrptum. 4 ' Whatlitxt'wilt
these - fanatics sock to abolish I
DINNICR TO TIM 110 N. lINSAY M. FULI.f R.-
Thu friends and neighbors of the lion. Henry
M. Fuller gave him a public dinner on Tues
day last, which was.particiltated in by Whigs,
Americans and Democrats.
Loot Our !—The Ghia-Jury of Monroe
co:unity returned an inquest lately, repediti2ll
that nearly every person lei Oho county is
passing and receiving small notes of Banks
of other States, and ire liable to indictment.
rats.—We learn trap tbaideadville papeFa
that the large flouring mill and saw mill,
belonging to Dr. Remus, two miles shop
that 'placF . ,
were entirely consumed by 11-re on
Saturday' teeming last. • -
%UM PannuN.l., Hsu for the great clock of
the English Houses of Parliament, is to 13e
nine feet in diameter, and to weight fourteen
tons and will be the largest bell, they say,
over eilit In England. • •
&dor - PCP+TiR; Or Pennsylvania, wary at
New Orleans on the 15th, and intended to
proceed to Ihw►n► for The benefit his
Tarr for "lEtiun's" i 8 metal Sermon. Job.
B th chap , Oth • verse—" For W7rire but of
yesterday, and 'linow4Tothing, bemuso our
days-upon squib aro a shadow."
Tins Demoorsey of Bradford and Brio coun
ties bays inetrooted their delegates for James
illichanan-toe President'.
treo3llllD t WALTON,. 11/110101111111 (balm to
outleriher, Ia Philadelphia, Invite*.
litt•ntboact pirobwen is ibis nolghSorhood.
Join
B. Flllllllll, wiehu to pUrldllllo6 7110.
4.04, ac., whtotk b rillpgthoblibplLprloe
In
orDr. RIK;Apo will attend to all patient/
noadlog bityrerylvea.. /10-la also a good dentist,‘,
trA. Pc ifesirea ae sell a valuable
law mill, aivb lb aurae of laud.
•
it7sl Est GlitVestAtt, ittititat:
cost-orlo the State-hinisWitt &litho
huu,k)hio, ie 141,383,886.
I;7l l heickaapenses of ithvanti,ceuts,...
are sarcrtii antount to 840400 per innuin.
Write itarrimbing Patriot says tb't this
horrible disease prevhils to soma indent in
that borough.
o:7lVhen.a woman is In love oho kitty be
said to lie profoundly learned, bacillus slur
understands the: tires and sigh-eneeth,
_.1121 1 1 13 /rOnriPttaturtlitqetn_Bleir ontlntt;
after being idle a •year or more vvas put in
blast last week.
.
G. W. Dunlop, df the Portilited
died at. llagerstawn, Md., a.
few days since.. • „
0:7 - They itro packing ice thirteeh c
thick at Cairo—tho thickest aten these af
twentylihm years. 1 „ ,
1 -- `•jA apititpar hanti,f l in New to 4c Ilas•
been found to ho a stuffed glove, fastenerto,
the too of one of the boy mediums. •
p"Ellen J. Tobin, a girl of eighteen yelp.
of ':age, is on trial before the Suprean
Comrt. at Boston, on a charge err lutrifig mur
dered her new born infant in July last:
trrptAin arrival at New Orlemisfrton Tantt
pa Bay reports every thing in Sonth Florida
08 quiet, nd merit outrages hoeing been per
petrated by the Indiania
=Mr. lieraingtvay, of Chicago,
was robbed on last Saturday, 16th, while
going by railroad -from -Schenteotadt to Alo.•
bany, N. Y., of the sum of $B,OOO.
11:7The Das works in the new town of'
Catasaugua aro in rapid 'lngress, xe town
in 'Pennsylvania of the titre of Catasauquo
has a more energetic popriTatien.
V - Sorne of the Boston- Ithert-Nothings•
have petitioned the I'legisfattint lot the for
mation of a colored military company
that city% .
2 - 1 t is announced in iseVenxlmf trifretx
chtinges trutl,llon. W. C. FliVetrinWritingllnr
life of James Madison. CC will' be publiklit%l l
by the Virginia DistoricalSioriety.
07 - The Boston Courier, of the 11th
contains an elaborate article, written by a
demon in St. Petcrsburgii, on " a per
pelt alliance," emimitirrial and defenalve„
betwee ie United States and Ittissia.
I.CF - The ihhew, committee of the Mine
Colonization._ 'sty harp advertiseati.forpro.
posails - for furnish materials and bujkling,
the colon nation pas ship. The shipla to•
be built at Bath.
(1 The llbuae Comm itt4 on Elections has
Sabre it three cases of contested. ekctions.
Rom Illinois, and one each frorliteuisiana,
Maryland, lows, Knfilloss, and New Mexico.
.Those of Nebraska and Maine will 404011 be
submitted..
[U - A despatch from St. Alban% Vermont,
dated the Elth; says : 'rho Hey. Worthing
ton titaith, U. 1.),, the /ate pritreinst orthe
University of Vet-mold, egtftetiseltualr and
eloquent preaclum, died in flat town-this
afternoon.
l.:llorti4 , were 'arts , at 1,1, Lim* on
the 7th Witt., to blow up the ice in the ?dim
siasippi rirtr et that plate, to Dreveut great
injury to the nutuerous boats which were at
that port. Se far as the engineer had pro
ceeded the blasting proved succesacht.
(f . 7 . A hack-driver in Rochester limos teen
prosecuted for abducting a girl who was re
cently before the police court for whipping
'her father while he was too ill to help- pint.
self. It is thought the: father woukl - bo glad
to hop) her atiductvAL
11 -- The Not:folk News Btatsu thl4 t 18: ;.
Ceipinodore's Lace, at the Ciosport navy
ye4TlMPnentern4 the sindlifll9o' ah
? Untitled therefrom. The usimey
to Mr. E. F. Olmstead, the' Cemanstslore'g
' secretary.
fl - Y'Acconling fir the (7 rthieston News Elio
Texas Debt 1411 passed with the proviisrlhat
its see:epladse should bar the fitate of Texas,
hut not its citizens, from Any claims against
the IT. S. On account of Indian *vitiations.
(17-The Ilinnber of passengerstransported
during the past year oil the seven railroads
hpduigfront Boston w as 8,111,040 ; or '25,-
900 for each working day. The unnsber
1851 was 3,701,700, the diminution king ,
050,780.
Jonesville, bee county, Virginia,
last week, the keeper of a giemery store
broached barrel uf whisker, to serve out
to customers, but, on attempting to draw
some of the . liquitt it was found to have fro
zen into a barrel bf solid ice:
[7Tho lit. Lawrence river was frozen
'over at the foot of .State street, Ogdensburg,
also from the railroad depot to the islands,
about three miles below. This is the first
time within the memory of the oldest inhab
itant that the river has bent frozen et-the
latter place.
The act to increase the salaries of the
Judges of the Supreme Court of Massachu
setts has passed both briumhes..of the Le
gislature, and received the signature of the
Uovernor. It went into operation Jan. 1,
185(. The Chief .linstieol receives 14,10)
per 11111111 M, and the ASsociate Judgeß,
g 4,1100.
([7Two expelled members of the /tune , .
Nothing party of Lattoaster county, have
recently issued a pft.llloll,4t of sow, ity
pages, giving a " IlistAikry of
.ti nt 'Thies, •
, ownfill of - Knerw; - Nothttiglian in
Ancluder county." olntintry• notices' of
this kind afllnd an instructive lesson.
10 - Leahey, the Monklef La Trappe, who,
it will be recollected. ligureil in this ciui
trir, in certain " awful disclosures," and who
Was afterwards imprisoned for life in Wis.
consi» for murdering the paramour of his
wife, has repented, recanted and confessed
his imposture. w,
irjl'he reference of the Presidenlist tacit
sage on Tbuniday last, to thki Conufultee df:
the whole Douse, instead of to the Cortunit
in Teii• L itiiirelf, after a warm contest be
' tWeen the Befitififti•iiiiii - iind Netriu — We men, - '
is considered a great triumph of the later.
ir j -A. ellen:lt building eflOrt is in progress
in London, with the view, of toilet Ling the
huge sum of £500,000 to build 100 churches,
Lord 'Robert Grinmener being the -Eatsfing ,
spirit. The list of subscriptions commeneek
with the Crown ' t:10,0140; the Duke of Red
ford, £lOOOO ; the, Marquis of Westnainia
ter, £lO l lOO.
11 - A young-man Mr. S. R. Taylor:, iir
Ravenna, Ohio, committed suicide last Mon
day' by taking Jaudanum, •••,' in conaoquopcee
of a disappointinunt in not being able to go on,
a sleigh-ride upon which his heart was very
Mush set." So . says the Democrat of that.
place. ,
irj'A meeting of the Missouri and Cali
-fortiiirOverlentt-Transporta tin n Company was
held at St. Louis on the Bth inst. A mom-. -
riot. to Congress_pn betta/f..0(4k0 emSerPohitt•r:
was adopted. Books of subserrptiditiAtiff -
been opened, and lalgLOOCritillifi Twos thii --
books were still open, and a much larger
amount expected. i --
1 frj•lt is a curious scientific fact that.
storms advance in a contrary direction from
the Wind. By: swims of the telegraph, it
has been noticed that north-east storms
makda regular progress from ammo reroute
southwestern quarter, their arrival it the
diffiirent cities along the line being thle
graped at intervals as if they were unites er•
railway' trains,. until, • alter several hours,
they reach Now 'Bogland, and sweep wind
ward towards Halifax.
• Rifyrln the Democratic City- Convention,
in Philadelphia on Wednesday het, a series
of 'resolutions were adopted, after consider
able exciting discussion, Strop - y &noun
eing Know-liothingisin and it k-Retubli
i
canism, endorsing (len. Pierce, an indlerfting '
James Bnchanan as the first choice of Penn,
Sylvania for the Presidency:: - A-reperter.
was °veiled upOn t h e
.; 0 4 4 #11. 0 p 1 behatf a
,r.