thl'ti M directed by that instrument. Tit »c -cordsnco with the provisions of the Act of 12lh of Way, 1857; the proposed amendments were Submitted to the people for their ratification or rcjeotion.on the 2d Tuesday ot October last. The returns of snid eleolion have been received, and will be delivered to the Speaker of the Sen ate, as directed by law, when the fact of. their adoption by a largo majority, will be officially' ascertained and announced. The 4th section of the first article of the amended .Constitution, requires the Legislature at their first session, after the adoption of this amendment to divide the City of Philadelphia Onto Senatorial and Rep’resentaiive Districts, in the manner provided in that section. This du ty devolves,upon you, and should be performed yvith fidelity and due regard to the interests and rights of the people of that city. Relieved froth the imputation of selfishness, 1 cannon forbear, presenting for your consider ation, a subject that should claim your earliest attention. I refer to the erect ion of a house a t the scat of government, for the use of the Gov ernor of "the Commonwealth. The want of a public mansion, has been seriously felt bv all who have been called to occupy that,official sta tion. Whilst almost all our sister States have provided residences for tile accommodation of their Chief Magistrates. Pennsylvania, for rea sons riot creditable to her as “Keystone S ate.” has refused to incur the expense necessary for the erection of snob a buildingi The failure to provide, in this manner, for his accommodation, subjects the. Governor, '«s■ much inconvenience, oftentimes vexatious and annoying. A suitable house cannot always be obtained'here and in that event he is compelled to be shut np in die rooms of a hotel, or .crowded with .bis family into some small and obscure dwelling, alike un fitted for domestic coupon,- or the exhibition of the amenities and courtesies of social life. It should be remembered that the Governor of the Commonwealth: is regarded n 9 the representa tive of the people, socially, ns welt ns political ly, and therefore he should be.enabled, by eve-• ly proper appliance', to’.represent truly their so cial. virtues and character. This he cannot do. •to file extent desired, On’the very meagre salary he receives: and I do not hesitate to affirm that ho'one occupying this office can. withriiu draw ing largely on his private income, exercise, the hospitalities.or main niii die dignity .properl v associated with the position. I have aypided all useless expenditures, and yet ihe salary re ceived, has been' wholly'insufficient to’defray the expenses necessarily incurred. This should not be permit ed Every.’consideration of pub lic policy, every honorable impulse of proper Staie. pride rcqsiire that the Chief Executive Officer of iheCinnmnmvrnl h should he provided With a suitable residence, at ilie sent of Qov -crnmeni. and with a salary adequate to the ex penditure incident to his Ids high official posi tion. . lii mv. Inst annual communication to the General Assembly, my sentiments were fully expressed in reference to reform in th" natural ization laws, and the admission of applicants to the right of citizenship— ‘O the preservation of the priritv of elections, by the prevention and punishment of frr.dnlent and illegal voting, and the enactment of a judicious registry law — to freedom as >lie great centre troth of Ameri can.republicanism—the great.law of American nationality—to the rights of the States, as In dependent Sovereignties, and the power and duty of the Gennal Government to.prevent the .extension.of'the institution of slavery to the free (emtofies.of the Union—to the wrongs o( Kansas, as exhibited in the violation , of the doctrine of popular sovereignly by the General Government, in-its attempts, by the riiiliinry power of .the country, and otherwise, to defeat the will of the majority ;in that Territory ; wrongs still cxising and aggravated by recent outrages o,n the rights and privileges of that people, and approved by high National Execu tive authority. To the views then-presented, •you are respectfully referred- By the expiration of the constitutional term, my official .connection with the Government of the Gpmmnnwea'-th will soon cense. The powers' . under the Constitution, vested in me hy ihe peo ple, will ho transferred to another of their own selection; and with my warmest wishes for his success, I will, relieved from the -cares', and anx , Jeifesoroffloiol place, retire -i.o- private Ufa. ■ In the discharge of the duties devolved upon me I" have endeavored, to the extent of my ability, to promote the interests and honor of the Com monwealth, and the virtue, the happiness and prosperity of her citizens- If-not successful: I have at least labored to deserve success: and in surrendering the trust committed to ipe, by a generous people, mv only regret will be. that. T have not been able to serve .our 'noble Com monwealth with a zeal and ability equal to the .interest I'feel in her ' progress and welwafe ■Whatever of merit, or do merit may attach to . my administration,' whatever may he the opin ions entertained of my conduct of the affairs of State. T can at least claim from my fellow-1 citizens with a full consciousness of its right, the award of good intention and .will enjoy,' in mv retirement, the proud satisfaction of knowing that no act .of mine or of rny admin istration, in tendency or- fact, injured or cor rupted the public morals, retarled the prosperi ty, or tarnished the fair fame of my native Stale. I’will surrender to my, successor .the cares and responsibilities' of the office I now hold, with greater cheerfulness than I assiim cd them : and will re urn, without a murmur, the society and companionship ot those.who can approve without selfishness and censure only at the bidding of troth and friendship.— To the judgment nf impartial history T commit my administration.and,i a nets, without a -fear of the result; and when.time shall liave.snflen ■ed the asperity,of partizan fei-ling—healed the ’ bitterness of disappointment and corrected the crors of prejudice, truth a"ill sustain the judg ment. and justice approve the record. ■ Onr hqloved Comnio.nweabh rich in all the elements of material greatness, her broad anti ■fertile fields—her lofty mountains, filled wi-h inexhaustible mineral wealth—her rivers and her screams —her internal improvements —her furnaces,' rolling-mills and factories —iter colic ges—academies. and her noble system of.com mon schools —her churches and charitable in gtitutions—her population, enterprising., ener .g'etic. intelligent and prosperous—all these are justly the-pride of ■ every true hearted Pennsyl vanian. Onr mighty republic, “the free heart’s hope and home"—’he Constitution and thonninnof the Sta’es—the civil and .'religions. ' .privileges nf the people-lhe right of conscience and tVeedom l of wnrshin—the great and essen Hal principles of liberty and free government, here enjoyed, arid nor Ameriean Nationality, founded in a true'and single devotion to home and coiintrv, are objects i liar HU with patriot ic emotion, the hear' of every Ameriean citizen. May they be cherished and d-Ti-mled until pu triOn’sm erases to bo-a'ijiiTjlig "ind liberty be known only as a name. ■ The true glory and greatness of a nation Consist not in the number, privileges or intel lectual superiority of her people, her material wealth or physical strength. Iter political pnsi tion or form of government. “Righteousness cxaltcth a nation ” and “hanpy is that people whose God is the-Lord." Our fathers ■ trusted in Him, and were not disappointed. Recogni zing Him an the Sovereign,Ruler of nations and men : invoking a contiounnce of His watchful care over the'in*ereats nf the Commonwealth, and His blessing opnnyour official lalio'rs— ihav your acts and the acts of those'who may succeed us in the administration of the govern ment, in their character and results, hesnehns patriotism demands, and honor, trlith and con science can sanction and approve. JAMES POLLOCK. Exßctmrß Chamber. ) Harrisburg. January, 6. 1858. J (C7* A Boslon (Muss..) paper says a gentle man who has spent the last two months in the West, write from Illinois in terms by no means encouraging. He says that grain is plenty, bin in no demand Wheal at 4(1 cents, and corn at 20 cents a bushel, have no buyers. The cannot raise money enough to pay thair debts, and almost every day somebody's farm is pul under the sheriff's hammer, - lmeeicmtolunteer. JOHN B. BUJiTTON. Editor & Proprietor. CAHLTSLE, PA., JAN. 14. 1858. K 7” We return Mir thanks to President Bu chanan, Senator Bioier, and Hon. John A. Ant, for sending us Congressional documents. 1 Coun'tx Treasurer. —Moses Bricker, Esq., has assumed the duties of Treasurer of Cumber land county, ns the successor of Adam Sense mas, Esq. Mr Senseman has discharged the duties of Treasurer carefully, promptly, and with fidelity, and retires with the confidence of the community. Mr. Bricker', flip present in cumbent, is a good accountant, a man of integ. rity, and will make a careful and obliging offi cer. Accident on the Cumberland Valley Rail Road. —We copy from the Shippensburg New*, the particulars ol tho accident on the Cumber, land Valley Railroad on Wednesday last. It savs : “ Tho morning train eastward, oyer tho Cumberland Vnliey Railroad, met with a seri ous accident, resulting in the breaking up of tho (Pioneer) engine, and the smashing in ot tho baggage car, but providentially, we may say, no lives were, lost. .When near Good Hope or Greasnn’s Wjirebonsa, and going down grade at a rapid rate, a cow. standing in a fence corner unobserved., suddenly stepped upon tho track, and before the engineer could stop the progress of Ibo engine, tho cow-catcher struck her. Tho collision forced the whole, train from the track, and threw the engineer and fireman from their . posts. The engine by some means reversed it selfT'and the baggage car,’running on. catno in' direct collision with it, when both, badly broken np, turned over.iipnnf their sides. As soon as fire engineer saw’fbo cow, the steam was rever sed. and the whistle sounded “Down Brakes !” Tho conductor, Mr. J ; W. Deal, who was assiat ingtbe brakesman In his duties, was thrown be tween .the cars upon tho track, by tho concus sion, but the car—being off tho track—passed partly over him without.injuring him in the least! His thigh, however,/was fractured by the fall, and bis body somewhat scalded, but Ids injuries are not considered serious. The engineer, Mr. Joseph Miller, and the fireman, Mr. Henry Bow ers, were both precipitated, under the, engine, but escaped with little injury. There were ten passengers aboard, all of whom escaped without hurt; they all, fortunately, being in the passen. ger ear.” ■ . • ■ The 'Weather. —The weather yesterday was an astonishingly close imitation of one of Ihe finest May days, in the clearness of the at mosphere and warmth of the sun. It is, in all respects, a remarkable winter. By Compari son with the last several winters, this is by far the mildest. There is no snow, no ice.no piercing cold., biting and piping wind, nor have wc had dark, dreary, inclement and inhos pitable nights to chill and freeze, in spite of stoves. Even Old Boreas has lost his powers and flaps his wings upon our checks gently and lovingly. - We hjivo no Snowing and no sleighing, and we begin to think that the hells and belles will bo slightly neglected in conse quence. STATE.Cub'TBAL Committbe.— A meeting of the Demoßrntic State Committee will be held at Bnchler's Hotel. Harrisburg, on Tuesday eve ning the 19th instant 7 o’clock. By order of C. R. Bitokalcw, Chairman;" A Dead Lock in .Minnesota.-— The people of Minnesota have adopted a State Constitu tion and elected State Officers and a State Leg islature. The Government is, all ready to go into operation, and the Legislature has assem bled at St. Paul, but there matters come to a stand, for the reason tHat nothing can be done until Congress admits Minnesota as a State.— No laws can be passed, for there is no -Territo rial Legislature, and the State Legislature can not act. Should their admission be long de layed, the people of the Territory will be put 1 to serious inconvenience.' Quite a Difference. —The total of salaries, received by the British Cabinet Ministers is 5289.000 per annum ; the amount received hy the President, Vice President and Cabinet Ministers of Ihe United States is $89,000 —dif- ference $200,000 per annum. Death in a Giidkcu. —Considerable excite ment was caused in the Park street Presbyte rian church at Newark, on Sunday morning.— Soon after the services had commenced, an old gentleman .was observed to be sinking in his pew. Tho members rushed to hiaassistancc, but he had died from disease of the heart. His name was Joseph 11, Lynn, and ho, resided in Moudham, Morris county, being at Newark on. a visit. Snow tn Canada. —The-Montreal Pilot of the 2d inst.. says that there has been a heavier lull of.snow there, than has fallen for ten years. Tlte weather, however, was not so very cold. Q3f* General Taylor’s son, Richard Taylor, has been elected to the Senate of Louisiana. Lebanon Valeev Railroad.— The track on this road has been completed within three miles of Harrisburg. Should tho weather con tinue'favorable the entire road will be in .run ning order,by the,l9tji 'inst., when it will be formerly openeyl'fbrtrade, and. travel. The- Army op Qtah. —From advices receiv ed- at Washington,;it appears that’ the Mor mons will not rotfCat from Utah, ap was expec ted by the Government', but will fight it out where they are. This insures us a bloody war in the spring. ' ■ Rattier Spunky.— Tho lower house of the Maryland Legislature has refused, by a vole of 43 to 27, to receive the annual message of Ihe Governor, on account' o( the sentiments (al l ough true, every word of them.) contained in that document relative t,q the Baltimore elec tion The message having been published in advance of its .being sent tq-the Legislature, the members thus obtained a knowledge of its con tents, and the .majority decided;to vote against its reception. ' |£7” At the recent term of the Circuit Court of Tazewell, Tenh.. a fellow was arraigned for stealing a raw hide. He alleged that he had purchased it from a negro. The Attorney for the Commonwealth admitted his statement, and he was acquitted,-but was immediately indict ed for trading with a negro. Thereupon the two witnesses to prove that he bad stolen the hide, when he was of course discharged : and havlng already l been tried for stealing, he could not;Be tried a second time for the same offense, and was thus turned loose unpunished. Such is the perfection of human wisdom. • LET KSSSAS'DI Tho following short but pertinent article from tho Ashland (Ohio) Union, expresses’ our own sentiments. Tho great ejection to tho Lei cpmpton constitution is, not that its provisions aro not acceptable, with tho exception of tho slavery clause, but'that tho whole instrument has not boon submitted for popular ratification. We confess our disappointment and regret that the whole document was not submitted to a vote of tho people for approval or rejection. But neither the Kansas-Ncbraska act nor the plat form of fl® Cincinnati Convention required tho submission of anything more than the question of slavery. This question was presented clearly and alone, without any sido issues, and if the, black republicans failed to do their duty by absenting themselves from the polls and.refusing to vote, thereby permitting, the pro-slavery men to carry tho question, in tho affirmative, lot them be hold responsible. . When it is con. sidored that tho Topekaitcs publicly declared that they would vote down any constitution tho Lecomptqn Convention might submit, it affords some excuse for the action of,lhe convention in refusing to.submit. their work; condemned, as it was, unseen, by these wild agitators. 'Whether Kansas will be, admitted under the Lecbmpton constitution remains to bo seen.— Tho matter is in the hands of a democratic ad. ministration, supported, by a democratic Con gress) and that they will give it duo considera tion, and soact as to give general satisfaction, we have not tho least doubt. Should Congress see proper to admit Kansas into the Union.under the Locompton constitu tion, and the instrument should prove objection able to ti majority of the citizens of Kansas, they will have-tho undoubted rigjit to change it at their pleasure,.. It is expressly prpvided in tho bill of, rights (hat the people, have at all times an inalienable right to alter, reform, or abolish their form of government in such manner as (hoy ra'ay’think proper. But to the article from'the Ashland Union : . All, then, who arc in furor of-quieting sec tional agitation—who have at heart thepeace of tho country and the welfare of the democratic party—will say admit Kansas into (lie Union without delay. Release her from congressional pupilage—release her from (he politics d( the country, which tho questions that belong solely to her interests and tile arbitrament of iter own people have literally poisoned—adopt the policy of tho President, and confine-tho agitation with in her own limits by admitting her into tho Un ion, Then, if her own people prove incapable of self-government—if they are resolved to con tinue the excitement, and, under the advice of Greeley, -Chase & Co,, involve their State in civil war, and . “ Give her to the god of storms, The lightning arid the gale”— Wliy, upon the heads of themselves, and their outside advisers he tho responsibility.. There will bo.no blood—no “damn’d spot”—upon the hands of the democratic administration or hf the democratic jjipiTy. Let ns all do our duty and '“leave the consequences to God-and tho people*” . . Confessing TJie True Citnser Inin's message .to'the late special session'of. tho Kansas legislature, the true, cause of the re cent excitement in that Territory is thus stated by Acting Governor Stanton : , “At the election for delegates to the conven tion, on tho JSili June last, the great body of tho people refrained front voting. That refusal of the majority to go to the polls was too unfor tunate to be no\ydenied. It .has produced ail the evils arid' daggers of the present critical hour. It has created the present profound ex citement.” . .. . The Kansas Herald of Freedom unites in this admission, and does riofc'even lay any stress up on the disfranchisement pf- fifteen counties, the; now fact dwelt, upon at length hy.Gov. Walber. 'On tho 'conffriry,' lit admf ts/'whli ML Stan'tori;.- that the disfranchised counties contained, very few inhabitants, and claims that the abolition ists could have elected their own delegates to the convention in every district. It says : “Had tho free State party consulted their best interest, instead of standing on etiquctti, as they did in June last, they would have ‘pitch ed in’ anoeleoted every delegate to tho consti tutional convention. Then, if they had wanted the Topeka constitution as their fundamental law, they could have clothed it with legal sanc tion, so tar as appearances are concerned; arid now we could have been half way out of tho woods, instead of being surrounded with diffi culties .which at times seem Insurmountable,— We have a long chapter to writft on this subject some day that will put a different face on'this statement, front,that now, seen by many of oUr readers,” . ■ . When can it be Amended ? This question is sometimes asked in reference to the Locompton Kansas Constitution. We answer by saying, at any time after the admis sion of the Territory into the Union . The very doctrine on which Gov. Walker builds up his theory of Popular Sovereignty, sustains this declaration. He says that sovreignty cannot be delegated; hence the people aro not bound by the action of their delegates; hence tho Le comptori'Constitution can he altered, amended; or abolished by tho people whenever they see proper. ' The Bill of Bights attached to this much .abused Constitution, expressly declares, in the most emphatically Democratic language, that .“Ail political power is is inherent inthepeople, and all free governments are framed on'their au thority and instituted for their benefit, and there-, fore ', they have at alt times an inalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform, or abolish their form of government, as they may thinlc prop er.” • ■ What more do men want ? If this will riot satisfy people that Locompton Constitution can bo amended, or abolished, at any time, then they would not-believe “though one had risen from the dead-’-’ - The Mania tor Office.— Tho Washington correspondent of the South says ; The insatiate office begging has got to.ho one of tho most im mense public nuisances ol the day. The extent to which it is parried on i,n the precincts of the Capitol by.whining old men, and jaunty little boys whom their, anxious manias have scrubbed up and sent them to beg for pageships,, is ab solutely disgusting. The. persons applying f6r those places about the Capitol are nearly all from tho District of Columbia, and there is scarcely a man or boy in this pensionary Dis trict who is not an .office beggar at every session of Congress.. Every-woman who keeps a board ing'hoiisijip Washington, rimkes it a practice of beseigirig IfonorablornOmbers'wUlf all sorts of attention to secure their influence for Tommy, and to pension tho lazy whelps on tho Govern, meat. Deepest Well in the Would. —Tho Louis ville (Ky.) Courier says,.that the artesian well of tho Messrs. Dupont, of that city, has now reached tho depth of 1900 feet. It adds:— “ This is tho deepest well now known to us in tho world. Tho next depth is tho well at Gro nello, near Palis, which is' 1800 foot; Louis ville has therefore the deepest well in the world, and tho tallest steeple in tho United States, the cross on tho St. Louis Cathedral being 280. foot high, while the summikof Trinity, New Tork, Is only 201 foot.” iEiIDMITTEI In to day’s Foluhtedtvwe publish the third arid last annual message Of .Gov. Pollock.— Tho Pciyisi//vanidn,;in,spcaki,ng of tho message, says : “ The Governor states the financial con dition of tly Commonwealth, fpr the flscalycar ending November 30th, 1857: notes the amount how in th«;bands of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund; nljudes to the reduction ‘of the pubhb debt of the Stale: presents a statement of the receipts on- the several divisions of the Public Works of the State; recommends the abolition of the tonnage,tax on the nia Railroad Company, and in this manner presents a view of. the several subjects treated in his own wav.. On the Banking system, the Governor is un usually soft and velvety, even for James Pol lock. The Banking system is,not perfect, still it is so interwoven-with the business and com merce of the country, that it must bo touched with fatherly and paternal care. Mr. Pollock can congratulate, himself on having pursued this course during his'whole administration, during which 'we cari'scarccly remember of the veto being used .lo.ktcp perfect a system which, in his dying confession, the Governor confesses “is not perfect.” But as'the reins of govern ment are soon id pass out of Mr. Pollock’s hnnds,- w,e : will.bu6 bring this matter to his me mory ns a refresher. ' ' The .next subject on which the mind of his Excellency is agitated, is that of the tariff.— Liko mnst men when'near their dissolution, Mr. Pollock's memory, wanders back to the day s of his poli trail he prattles of .the tariff of 1842,' thS-perniciou's effects of low du ties, the stoppage of manufactories and such ; eminently original and never, before heard of ideas. v But when the Governor is brought face to face factk, hi) is obliged to confess i that ‘fan .inflated paper .currency, byhheapen ing the prike of money, increases in this cOun try the.Cpst of productiorii" and thus of a ne cessity'opens the door for the cheap labor of other countries to flow, in upon us. This is a true picture of the evil.- But how does the Governor propose to remedy it ? ' By a reform in our currency, so that it would have a real not nominal value.?. No, but .by putting the cart before the'horse, or in other words, by a protective tariff; which would; shut out foreign goods only so-long as it Would lake the Banks to put lit .circulation an amount of paper money equal to the difference between the cost of arti cles before and after the passage of a tariff act, This is.Mr, Pollock’s theory. It has been an swered by arguments a hundred times, and ex ploded by fgets and experience of which he is cognizant, and yet we have the Governor of i Pennsylvania persisting in such stale ideas as if they were'of great moment to the community at; this crisis. But upon the question of a tariff', Mr. Pollock has been particularly' unfor tunate at all times. Pending the discussion of the Tariff Act of 1840, this gentleman, in his :seat ih. the National House of .Representatives, made.a solemn, pledge, that if on trial that act produced more revenue than the Act of 1842, which ft was proposed to repeal, he would ab jure his protective principles, and become a free trader; The trial was made. The Act of 1846, produced far more revenue than that of 1842, yet Jlr.T’ullock still is a protectionist, and for the same old reasons. But the age of Governmental, interference with the laws regu lating trade and Commerce has passed. ft'Mr. I Pollock wid noticed,.that, fact,, the world will, and so bis labo’rwj,lftJA r ldst, as ic'Js Jn the pie- 1 sent instance. "The paragraph devoted to. National matters is brief, but crowded with the usual Black Re publican misstatements. Wc are refuting these each day, and as Governor Pollock’s fan cy is hot so Fresh ip this department as in that of the tariff, we'eannot pause to gibbit his off spring as they deserve. Pity for the father in duces us tp spare the children. • The repomiijendation that an Executiveman sion be erected at the seat of Government, and also that a Monunient he erected by the Com monwealth to the memory of those citizen sol diers', who died'in the service of their country during the war with Mexico, are both proper and just, and we hope'they will be carried out by this Legislature. ; ; ; The President's Nicaragua Message, sent to the Senate op Thursday, jand which will be found in to-day'S-paper,) caused a warm debate in that -body. The document is just what might have been expected from Mr. Buchanan. The President says that Commodore Paulding committed a jgrave error in arresting the filli buster Walkrii. but yet he believes that gallant officer was actuated by the best and most pa triotic motives. Tiie President, it is well known, is in full earnest when he says he is de termined to put a stop to this (filibustering spirit. Notwithstanding the opposition of a few Southern hot-heads,'he cannot be moved from the position he has taken. lie is right, and the people honor him for his efforts to sus tain the good name orbur-common country. When it was read In the Senate Messrs. Davis and Brown, of Miss., and Mr. Pugh, of Ohio, took exception to the doctrines of the message while Messrs. Seward, of N. Y., Mason, of Va.’ and Pearce, oi Md f j to accord with them. of the differ ence of Domocrntib Senators with the President bn the subject, took occasiop to rally certain gentlemen who-were-disßpsed to read him out of the party because' he differed with Mr. Buch anan on .■UlOthcr'excifipg,point. Ho thought it would bo found after a while that they were all in the parly, and were not to.bo accused offac. tion because they happen to differ from tho President in some of theirvjows. Mr. Douglas was in favor of giving the neutrality laws afair, faithful and rigorous execution. This is a gov ernment of law, and lotus stand by tho laws and execute them,.whether we like or dislike them, so long as they stand oh.fhe statute book. Mr. Douglas added that ho ,had ho sympathy for fill .fibujstcring." lia. tendency ts to defeat the very "object;wg ■;have jij ;vs.e\y*-namcly,.expansion, of tho area oD freedom. -110 was in favor of the expansion of this country, bht in a lawful and regular manner. He was not willing to send out naval officers with vague instructions, (filibuster, ing all over tho high seas under tho ptfelenco of putting down flllibustorlng. Ho hadl opposed the Clayton Bblwer treaty, because heNdid not wish to bind tho country not to do that\hich it might be necessary for its safety to do—tuirt-isj to annex those territories only half the distance to California and ok the directroad. Execution op Jaßes P. Donnelly —James P. Donnelly, the murderer of Albert s. Moses, was executed"#! l&cphojd, JJpnjnouth county, New Jersey, on Friday at 2 P. M. 'HE GOVERNOR'S MESSiG MR. BUCHANAN'S KICARAGLA MESSAGE, A-Century-01(HVontanr" A woman dicjl tho other day in the neigh borhood of N. P. Willis’ residence, at Idlewild, who was one hundred and three years old. She was a young woman grown when General Washington was quartered in the neighbor hood at West Point. Her - recollections, if gathered, together, would interesting volume to historians, thal V ls, supposing shh was a, person of ordinary observation and mem ory. Willis gives a remark once made by her, showing how comparative age is, and what ju veniles we may be at sixty. . A daughter of the-old woman died at the age of sixty-three, when the mother was eighty-five. The daugh ter, who,-herself, had children and grand-chil dren, was laid out in a room of the cottage where half a dozen of this fourth generation were playing around the door. But, to the great grandmother, (who had still almost twen ty years to live,) this woman of only three score years seemed to have died very prematurely. — “Ah," said she', as she stood and looked at the corpse, lying in its shroud, "I always told husband wo should never rear her —she was such a delicate child !” O" The Supreme Court of Mexico has just decided a case which has been pending before the.tribunals ot that country for several years, in which a number of Americans imprisoned in Mexico were concerned. The Americans, it will he remembered, were engaged in what was known as the La Puz expedition, but were cap tured by the Mexican authorities ns fillibus ters, and throws into prison, from which they were, after a long‘detention,;released, through the efforts of Mr,,Forsyth, the American min ister. This gentleman, believing the arrest to be illegal, carried the matter before the Su preme Court of Mexico, and'that tribunal has lately unanimously decided that the expedition was not piraticah as the Mexican authorities alleged,-and therefore the men will bo entitled to indemnity for their imprisonment. , DSf - A Tunnel under the Straits of I)ovor, to connect France and England, has, for some time, been discussed,by engmcois and capital ists in those countries. The estimated cost is about 534,000,00°, and the time necessary for 'tbo completion of the work six yrs. .Unfounded. —The last report by nows agents, sent by telegraph from Kansas, of a, battle be tween United States troops) and Free Soil par tisans, is believed, to be entirely unfounded. No information has been received from any quarter, fending to confirm the report, which is) undoubtedly from the same mint which has coined so many similar “Kansas stories.” Short Awowanoe in the Northwest.— The Chicago (lih) Tribune learns frbni Messi-s Mor rison & Cook, traders from St. Paul, Minneso ta, that; in '‘Northern Wisconsin, deer meat is about the only food tlio people have, and that at this time there is nq t a supply of any kind Of provisions to last them a month. Provisions, however, aro now being purchased by traders for that section). OC?” A desperate aflray look place at West , Dtibuke, lowa, on New Year’s night, at a place . called the Western'Bi'cw'ery Hall, occupied as . a lager beer saloon. ' fbe'Express and Herald says that everything in and around the build . ing gave evidence that a most desperate and bloody smuggle'had taken place. A large pool of blood, trampled in with mire, pointed out the spot where 'the- poor' mifoirfWnato young .Xboraes Gpmer hndjfollcnrrlns face..liead. and. neck horribly ‘ mutilated' with fortyeight shots—and had died weltering in his blood, and where.his brother, weeping over his corpse, was shot down beside him. The; face' of the. deceased was completely riddled with shot, and he must have died al most instantly. Dr. Asa Horr.held and exam ination over his body in presence of the coroner and jury. While'so doing, his old father fill ed in, and the scene over the dead body of his son was truly heart-rending. Up stairs-lay another son, John Gainer, very dangerously wounded in the head, by a cut received in the "house, arid otherwise injured; Iri an adjoin ing house jay another son, dangerously woun ded in the breast arid throat by a charge of shot. Dr. Horr entertains strong hopes of. his recovery. Patrick Melady, quite On elderly man, lay in the same house horribly out in the 'face and bruised, brit probably not dangerous, ly. Many others were hurt, but not danger ously. No arrests had been made. Me. Ailibone’s Estate in tue Hands of Teustees.— ln the case of the President, Direc tors arid Company of the Bank of Pennsylvania vs, Thomas Allibono, the Court of Common Pleas of Phila. have appointed Wm. W. Keen, Charles Macalester and John C. Mitchell trus tees under thedomesticattachmcnt issued in this case. The appointment is made under the net of Assembly of 1830,- which provides that, on the return of the writ of domestic attachment, the Court shall appoint three honest and dis creet men; not being creditors to'the defendant, to be trustees of the estate of the defendant. The writ of domestic attachment, it will bo re membered, was issued at the suit of the plain tiffs, some time alter the defendant loft Phila delphia for Europe, upon the allegation, as set' forth in the affidavit, that the defendant was indebted to the Bank oyer $200,000. The real estate and personal property of the defen dant will; >n accordance with the law regulating domestic attachments, coine into the possession of the trustees for-the liquidation of the legal claims under the attachment. Mr. Allibono’s real estate is very extensive, and said to be very valuable. ■ ■" ■ O” A lady named Catharine Gray,"residing in Newark, fell dead on Tuesday morning while at prayer. Her death is attributed to grief and depression of spirits by the . death of her husband, who was lost by the wreck of the Central America, on which ho was, a passen ger. ■ iO" There are now frozen up in the harbor oT Chicago, Illinois, no less than 217 vessels. Viz: 85 steamers and propellers, 21 barques, 38 brigs, and 123 schooners. A proportionate number of vessels have gone into winter quar ters at other lake ports. The ice at Chicago, on Friday, was only about an inch in thick ness, yet sufficient to put n stop to navigation. Anti-Rentisu —Two hundred and fifty farm ers in Albany and Rensslaor counties, New "fork, bavo organized an association to defend against all suits brought by the Ronssaloars Auxiliary associations avo to bo formed in each town, and anti-rontism is to bo carried to the courts ot last resort. Wm. Kunkle, Treasurer elect of Berks county, Pa., died in Reading on Thursday last Mcssflge^of-llie-PrcB[(l6tvl-iiwclntion=to-lli& • late arrest of. General In response lb a cMI of the Seriate, the Presi dent, on the 7th hist., traiisinitt.ed to that body the correspondence in his possession, in relation to the late arrest of General- Walkctvand ac companied it with the following message: Message. In submitting to the Senate the papers for which they have called, I deem it proper to make a few observations. In capturing General Walker and his com: mand after they.had landed on the soil of Nic aragua, Commodore Paulding has, in my opin ion, committed a grave error. It is quite evi dent, however from the communications here with transmitted that this was done from pure and patriotic motives, and in the sincere con viction that lie was promoting the interests and vindicating the honor of his country. 11l re gard to Nicaragua, she has sustained no injury by the act of Commodore Paulding. This has inured to her benefit, and relieved, her from a dreadful invasion. She alone would have itnpr right to complain of the violation of her terri tory ; and it is quite certain she will never ex-, excise this right. It unquestionably docs not lie in the mouth of her invaders to complain in her name that she lias been rescued by Com modore Paulding from Ihcir'assaults. The er ror of this gallant'ollicer consists in exceeding his instructions, aiid landing his sailors and marines in Nicaragua, whether with or without' her consent, for the purpose of making war upon any military force whatever which lie might find in the country, nO matter from: whence they came. This power certainly did not belong to him. Obedience to law and con formity to instructions aid thebest and safest guides for. all officers, civil and military, and when they transcend those limits, and act upon their own personal responsibility, evil conse quences almost mevi'ably follow. Under, these circumstances, when Marshal Rynders preaetityd Himself at the Slate Depart ment on the 29th.ultimo, with General Walker in custody, the Secretary informed him that the executive department pf the Government, did npfrrecognize. General Walker as a prisoner; that it had no directions to. give 'concerning him ; and,ihat it is only through the action of the judiciary that ho could be lawfully held in custody to answer any charges that .might bo brought against him.. • In ,thus far disapproving the conduct of Com modore Paulding, ho inference must be drawn that I aril less determined than 1 ever have been to execute ihe' neutrality laws of the United Slates. This is my imperative duty ; and I shall continue to perform it by all the means which the Constitution and the laws have plac ed in my power. kly opinion of the value and importance of these laws corresponds entirely, with that ex pressed! by Mr. Monroe, in bis message to Con gress of December 7.1819. That wise, pru dent, and patriotic statesman says: “If’is of the. highest importance to onr national charac ter and indispensable to the morality,of ourcit-. izens that ail violations of our neutrality should be prevented. No door should be Icff open for tlie evasion of onr laws, no opportunity afford ed to any one who may be disposed to take ad vantage of it to compipmit the interest or the honor of the notion.” , . The crime of setting on foot or providing the means for a military expedition within the United Stales to make, war against a foreign Slate with which we are at peace, is one of an aggravated arid dangerous character, and early engaged the attention of Congress. Whether the executive Government possesses any, or what power, under the Constitution, independ ently ol Congress, Ip prevent or punish this and similar offences against the law of nations, was a subject which engaged the attention of our most eminent statesmen in the time. of. the Administration pf General Washington, and on the occasion of the. French revolution. The act of Congress dl tbo'dth of June, 1794, fortunate ly removed all the difficulties on this question which had heretofore existed. The fifth and seventh sections of this act, which re-laid to ihe present question, are the, same in substance with the sixth and eigth sections of the Act of AprU.SQ, 181.8, and, have now been in force Ibr af period of more - than sixty years. ' The.military expedition rendered criminal by j the act must have its origin, must “begin, ” or bo.--set on foot,” in the United Stales : but the great object of the law was to save foreign Stales with whom we are at peace, from the rav ages of these lawless expeditions proceeding from our shores. The seventh section alone, therefore, which simply defines -the crime and its punishment'would have been inadequate to accomplish this purpose and enforce our in:er nalional duties. In order to render the law|ef fectual, it was necessary to prevent “the carry ing oh of such expeditions to their consutna lion after they bad succeeded in leaving our shores.” 'This has been done effectually, in clear and explicit language, by the authority given to the President under the eighth notion of the act to employ the land and-'naval forces of the United States “for the' purpose of preventing the carrying on of any such expedition, or en terprise from the territories or jurisdiction of the United Slates against the territories or do main of any foreign prince or Slate, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the Uni ted States are at peace.” ’ , For these reasons, had Commodore Paulding Intercepted the steamer “Fashion,” with Gen al Walker and his command oh board, at any period before they entered the port of San Juari de Nicaragua, and conducted them., back to Mobile, this would have prevented them from “carrying on” the expedition, and have been not only a justifable but'a praiswortby aet. The crime well deserves the severe punish ment inflicted upon It by our laws. It vio lates the principles of Christianity, morality, and humanity, held sacred by-all civilized na tions, and by none more than by the people of the United Stales. Disguise it ns we may, such a military expedition is an invitation to reckless and lawless men to enlist under the banner of any adventurer to. rob, plunder and murder the unoffending citizens of neighboring States who have never done them harm. It is a usurpation of the power, which belongs atone to Congress : and the Govern ment itself, at least in the estimation of the world, becomes as accomplice in the commiss ion 6t this crime,' unless if adopts all the means necessary to''prevent aiid to punish it, It would be lav better, and more in accordance with tho bold and manly character of our conn? trymen, for the Government itself to get up such expeditions than to allow them to.procccd under the command of irresponsible adventur ers. We could- then, at least, exercise some control over our own agents, and prevent them from burning down cities and committing oth er acts of enormity of which we'have.read. - The avowed principle which.lies at the foun dation of the law of nations is contained in the Divine command that “All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to yon, do you even so to them. ” Tried by this unerring rule, we should be severely condemned if we shall not usd our best exertions to arrest such expeditions against our feeble sister Republic of Nicara gua. One thing is very certain, that people never existed who - would coll any other nation to a stricter account than we should ourselves, for , tolerating lawless expeditions from their shores to make war upon any por tion of our territories. By tolerating such expeditions, we shall soon lose the high character which wo have enjoyed ever since the days of Washington, for the faith ful performance of onr international obligations and duties, and inspire distrust against us among the members of tho great family of civ ilized nations, But if motives of duty were not sufficient to restrain us from engaging in such lawless enter prises, our evident interest ought to dictate this policy. Those expeditions ate the most effect ual mode ol retarding American progress ; al though to promote this is the avowed object of the leaders and contributors in such undertak ings. It is beyond question the destiny of our race to spread IhcinßelTChover tlieconlinentfitN-,.^ — America, and this at nodlatant day, should events bo permitted to fake their natural Course The tide of emigration will flow to the South! and nothing oah eventnally arrest its progress’ If permitted, to- go there, peacefully. Central America will soon. Contain an American populn tion, which will confer blessings.and. benefits as well upon the natives ns their Tcspcctivo : goy.- ernnients. ’ Liberty,, under the restraint of law ■ will preserve domestic ponce j whilst the differ ent transit routes' across the' Isthmus, in which' wo are so deeply inferesiedi will Kaye assured protection. ' : ' • Nothing has.rctardpd this happy condition of affairs so much ns the Unlawful expeditions • which have been fitted out In the United States to n/ako war upon the Central American States. Had one half of tho number of American cit izens who have miserably . perished'in the first disastrous expedition ol GehernlAVnlkoraettlcd in Nicaragua ps poacejlul emigrants, tho object, which wo,all desire would:eye this,have been,in’ a great degree, accomplished. , These expedif. ions have caused the people of .the Centra/ . American States to, regard us with dread aud suspicion. It is our true policy to remove tfo, apprehension, and to’convinco them that we in* tend to do them gb6d, and not. evil, lye de sire, ns the loading power on.this continent, ( 0 open, and, il need' be, to protect every transit route across the isthmus, not Only. for onr own benefit; hut that of the world , and thus open n free access to Central America, and tlirough it to our Pacific possessions. This policy was. commenced niftier favorable auspices, when tW expedition, under the command of General Wal ker, escaped frow.otif territories gnd proceeded : to Punta Arenas. Should another expedition' of a similar character again evade tho vigilance dr our officers and proceed to-Nicarngna, this would he fatal, at least fot‘ a season, to the peaceful. settlement of Iheso’oouti.’rice and to llw policy of American progress. The truth iathatt no Admiiiis(ri)fiOn can successfully conduct the' foreign affairs’of the country in Central Ameri ca, or anywhere else, if it is to be interfered witii at every step, hy lawless military expedit ions “set on foot” in the United States. ... . JAMES BUCHANAN. WASiiiNOTOSr Jdniiary,7, from mm. The Recent Election—Probable Free Stale Ma ■ " ; ' ' jority.: ', St. Louis, Jnn, 11.—The returns of the re cent cieotipn in Kansas, for Slate Officers, orb just being received. The Kansas correspon dence of the Democrat says that the Free State Legislature', and' State Ticket, have received an average majority of 185 votes. At . Wyandotte tho majotiiy against the Lecomptoh Constitu tion was'373 votes.- ‘ Tho Leavenworth Tinies of the f>th instant, states that the average majority of 'the Free State ticket in that city wilt ho upwards of 1,- 100, and tire majority against .the Lccomptiohr Constitution 1370. , A gentleman who, has just arrived! in this city from the- Territory, states that there, is little doubt but that the »‘Free State”, ticket will bo elected by a largo majority. . . So far ns reported, no disturbance had occur red., . ! ' The Acquisition, of Central .America. Washington, January 10. —The Washing ton Union has a leader, nr which the acquisi tion of Central America is discussed. It. re pudiates the means adopted by Gen. Walker, but evidently favors the project by . another: process. It aitys, “to-acquire.lhe privilege of. constructing-railways, canals and roads across the Isthmus, to settle regions of country tra versed by these routes, with pcncahle trades men, farmers, meclva would seem tb> be the duly sure, infallible mode of planting our institutions permanently in those regions; If, however, we miist plant our institutions in the regions south of us by the. strong arm, let it be done by open, honorable hostility, con .dueted under the auspices and authority of government; J Nothing can be easier than to find causes for national quarrel with the Cen tral American Sia'trs and lhe Spanish govern ment, if we set about seeking it. If; contrary to our national policy, we must . heeds extend our 'institutions;southward ..by foice.-ilet -it; be done by honorable warfare, not by a political foray.” ‘I Tub Utah bENBGAim.--A -Wnahinstm«-I«A<- ler gives the sketch of Mr. ’ Bernhisel: ■ ■ The delegate is one. of Jin? roost quiet and pleasant gentleman in the'boose. In deport ment, tone of voice, person and countenance,' be bears a linking resetnblPnCe to Nobcft J. Wal. ker. He ' : is a native 'of Knriftylviinia. lie looked haggard and wont .after hii Jong jour ney over the Plains, on- his first arrival, bnt has .since: recinitbli. Although he has been in the House six' years'; I recollect hearing him speak but once, ahd’lhtU was to protest against any discussion of the social,,tint? domestic in stitutions of Utah. -His fort is .taciturnity.— In private conversation be is fluent and ngm.t ble. 'He is an industrious man of bwd"&>/ and attends faithfully to the interests if hid constituents. He is rather short of stature.— His head is nearly -bald,but iron-gray locks project diagonally from the skull near the cars, upward and forward, resembling die horns with which the old'masters used to embellish their portraits'of'Satan. who was and is noltu as a long headed politician,. Habd Times Neauly Over. —From almost fcvory quarter we have (sheering news of return ing prosperity. The manufactories are every where resuming operations, and people are be ginning to look happy and cheerful oacO mote. The Troy .Budget has the following hopeful item: Sparse Tbade—Ah Albany paper mentions that the accounts from the West are that the merchants will take an ehr-y ..start; and bo hero in great numbers during the present month ot January. The stocks of goods on hand are \ery small, and much more so probably thaniyasoi' er before known, and, generally speak/ 1 *? early and good, business will be done with '' West this season. The same may bo sain (he country.throughout.' Money nppears to abundant; and always after a panic many ne faces appear as buyers, to take advantage tho misfortunes of others. -The Central rnilro. folks imiigino that the trade of 1858 will exceed that'.of anvi'tbrmer year. .... ■[nyr.A monslpr mortar has beep.-tried at Woolwich, England, successfully, With TOlKsof: powder, thotlgir-its full charge is 800-lbs. “-The shell is,pne yard in .diameter, and, uncharged as it .was in.,the experiment, it tore up. stones, and piled the earth as high us a small house and 'filled the air within a radius of 200 yards with earth, stones, and roots of trees, Tho monster is compounded of wrought and cast iron, in separate pieces, tightly hooped togeth er. At the fifth round the middle ring g way partially,-and thus interrupted the pracW but it was successfully shown that it.could a shell weighing a ton and a half. A Fast Young M.ak.-A man named Fr was convicted of forgery in Boston, Mass., Friday, and an accomplice who b“ d ' . State’s evidence, testified that he (tho plico),-although only . 25 years of age, ba his time, committed ninety forgeries ! K - Sick mad-AcL can be cured by the«« of DU TALL'S GALVANIC OIL. -n frorn 20 minutes. Sore Brcasis and Sore Nipp cured soundly by the use of the Ga cat and it will remove all sore and pam m minutes. ■ . • The First to Resume.— The Morchan Manufacturers’ Bank, at I’ittsburg specie payments on all its liabilities o day. .. ( ( Within thine.own bosom are the stars destiny. • j There is no greater calamity than the of acquiring. ‘ ‘ -■' ‘ ; \
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