ifE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL,
Nu. S. MANN, ? "
TOR
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tis!:'7:(lN AVERY, s
lIDE:LITY TO THE PEOPLE
I 11:11/A V, OCT. Li,
V:e arc requested to say that
!Li-. L. F. Porter will preach Lt
urt Ifouse next Sabbath at the
is 111)I11
Tht: linow-Nothinsfs in the
t; • ot Ncw-Vork have nominated
I I:l2niun 11)r Cluvernor
•.• on - Wednesday last,
1.rd,0 what godogield discoveries
• coNld. We hope, •liis examinatien
to interest and profit to those
rested in real estate in Potter
WE ARE 'BEATEN
The Allies of Slavery have tri
,,hed. Slander has done its work.
give up our faith in the stability
the voters of thi.-; county, and are
prepared to beNeve that dewa-
make the mist successful poli
tz,.ians. We believe Pollock has a
majority in the county. AVe
!: ill publi:::b the ()trivial returns next
v ..;!k, when we shall be able tcl givu
result in the State.
A FEW BRIGHT SPOTS
, i(hierirte•is kith ich the
• the A„rthea,tcrn towttAlip
tnin, , d against us, makes us feel
can be placed in the
: ,x a large number of our
tern. On the' other hand, the noble
tearing of our friends in Hebron,
r.lara, and Sharon inspires us with
hope and strength.
lorious Hebron ! upright, straight
n,rward, never firing Hebron, your
proud vote for Liberty and Temper
!mee, will encourage the true men in
c.ery townzthip to labor and to wait.
But you are not alone. There are
baron and Clara ; we :hall never
forget the enthusiasm which the re
turns from the above towns gave cur
friends; and our pleasure as we think
of the true hearts which rolled up
these glorious majorities, will do
1,1 • C.v.arn tho
ilipression caused by thinking of the
(as w•e believe) ttnjilsi defeat.
TRY AGAIN.
We hope no freeman will permit
himself to be discouraged by the un
expected defeat of Toesday last.—
The falsehoods so industriously circu
lated, and the blarney so freely used
during the late campaign, will soon
be seen through and then will come a
reietion.
Tho vote in Roulette, Sweden and
Homer, to :ay nothing of Hebron,
Clara, and Sharon, shows that the
unbiased and hearty feeling of the
people is with us.
Let each man reolve to do a free
man's duty, and the public sentiment
of this county will receive no change,.
but %rill carry the reformations so
bep-,un right forward, but if we
grow timid, and cease to press our
principles on the :Melaka/ of the peo
ple, wti•e shall soon see intemperance
on the increase, and pro-slavery men
rampant.
Truth %vill certainly triumph if we
but persevere. In spite of the hypo
critical pretensions of the hunker
leaders on the Maine law, and their
secret and vigilant efforts to induce a
heavy vote against that benificent
measure, present returns indicate a
majority for the Maine law. There
is also a majority for Judge
_Pollock.
This is • a great. triumph, and shows
great - progress. We cannot believe
tLat Nvealth can long control any peo
ple, and do not doubt that retren and
g.,t,tl sense will soon expose to the
i ,ztoni, the base means by which the
county has just been carried against
the honest sentiments of a majority of
‘he people of the county. Hence we
say, try again; expose hunkerism
upon all suitable occasions; maintain
your independence and do your duty,
mid . a glorious reward will be yours.
The Albany Argue says The
New York Tribune kno:rs that Con'-
gress has no more "legislated Slavery
into" Kansas or Nebraska, than it has
legislated Slavery into New York or
Vermont.
- To which the Syracuse Chronicle
rop!ir.3:'
C len r:y. not. When a fanner orders
an fence, taken down between bes,hog
vp‘M and Id 3 fiohl of torn, be does not
rh o 1,6 4 .4 into the corn—Oh, no!
k tPT 4tfl&'
Glorious News!
Ire have a few returns froth other
counties this ( Thursday ) evening
tvhich indicate the election of Judge
Pollock by a - handsome majority—
also the election of Pearce to Congress
front this District—also the election
of our Members of Assembly. This
is glorious news, and trill cheer the
heart of every true man. There are
a few returns front Ohio, which have
the same appearance—the total over
throw of hunkerism.
For Canal Commissioner in this
State, 11. S. Mott, the Democratic - and
Know Nothing, or rather the People's
candidate, is elected by an unprece
dented majority. Clear the track,
iron heads; the people are, after you.
If the mail on Saturday night shall
confirm these returns, we hope our
friends will light bonfires on every
hill, and Bold meetings of rejoicing in
every valley, as soon as the glorious
tidings shall reach them. The rout
of hitukeristri in this State will prepare
the way for the overthrow of the
Slave Power in the Nation ; and, who
believes the people of this county will
ever again be deceived into voting for
old hunkeri, under such lying pre-,
tenses as succeeded this fall? So
fling out Your banners, ring the bells,
fire your tar barrels, and shout for
joy at the redemption of our good old
Commonwealth from the control of
the meatiest set of doughfi t ces .that
ever disgraced a free State.
SLAVERY GOING TO MAIL
\\Te make the following extract
from a letter dated Fremont county,
lowa, August 26,
It shows the necessity of reenacting
the Missouri restriction and of extend
ing it so as to exclude Slavery from
all territory. This extract further
shows that bell tolling on the fourth of
July, was pretty extensively indulged
in. We shfittld like to see a sensible
reason given why the feeling which
caused it was not natural and inevit- .
sthin
A recent occurrence among us has awakened
the pro-slavery prejudices of many, and de
veloped the designs of the government of
pall respecting our peculiarly . iniquitous
'institution. (In the evening of the fourth of
Jnly last, a Mormon pritacher and his flintily,
with ,d x slaves, from Mississippi, on his way
to Clan, encamped our village for the
night and in the morning live of the six were
mis , ing. They were last beard of in Illinois,
having taken the U. G. RAI, and, we trust,
are now safe in Canada. AVe infer from this
event, th•tt the authorities of Utah encourage
the introduction of slaves into that territory.
What a land is this where man must run such
a ganut!et in order to gain his "ivalietiable
rights!" Well did our church hell (the • only
one in all western Iowa) greet the rising sun
on th m lilting of the fourth, with mournful
tones if sldness orer proslrolei Freedom !
Amid all opposition we lot.k for success, for
"if God he for its, who can be against us 1"
Magna c.st coitus ct preralcbet.
Correspondence of the .TournaL
ticTER, Bradford go., Pa., Oct. 7,18 M
DEAR BRO. Mess : We have just returned
from an installing tour in =the eastern part of
Tioga and western part of Bradford county.
The Divisions we visited are in a- good state,
and are - of one mind in regard to prohibition.
They are mostly made up of men who, if
they do not accomplish their object the first
time trying, will " try, try again." And such,
by the by. are the men for the times, and the
times are for such men. Such men will make
the times what they ought to be ; and the
times will make such men "stronger and.
stronger." Thus the blesser shall be blessed.
0, I am glad of an oppprtuniry to work in
such times. It does a man good to hurl truth
at error, and to present the glowing pictures
of virtue in contrast- with the hideous crea
tions of vice. By the law of associations he
will become a better and Mere veritable man.
The stand-still, set-down, do-nothing system
is not only a curse to others, but to those who
adopt it. If it would only kill its abettors'
outright, I should like it better; for. then The
" live and kicking" men of the age would
have sea room enough to get the ship of state
into a peaceful port.
We had a public, installation of the officers
of Buena Vista Division Ne. 535,1ocated at
French Mills; Bradford county, Where lives
the only man -in the *township who ,has
license to sell " distilled damnation." He was
present at the installion, and was called out
by Bro. Jewell iu the commencement, of his .
(Bro, J.'s) speech. The matter was soon ad
justed so as to leave the speaker a fair sea,
and he made headway for about en hour, to
the great delight and profit of the friends of
prohibition.• Ile was followed by Rev. Mr.
Roosa, who had not become a convert to
secret organizations of a temperance charac
ter, but who, on this occasion, seemed well
pleased with the "Sons.' He blamed the
rum-seller and the voter; but the latter more
than the former, which had the effect to bring
out the gentleman of the " Bar" again. He
paid be agreed with the Rev. Mr. R.--did not
think ,it was fait that he should be shot at,
.licen : ked us be was, anti doing buiiness
cording to law; whereupon we inquired after
his Nth in a " higher law." This was at first
evaded; but the inquiry was pressed and ex
plained. until, in the iidgment of .others, at
least, "he was pretty tightly tied, and badly
stuck."
tni-
The liquor busines can ccessfblly
defended. God has prohibited man from put
ting the cup to his neighbor's lip, and human
legislation can never give him the right. As
well might legislatures, by enacting laws for
the purpose, try to make it right for a woman
to have ydozen husband , , or a man as many
wives, at the saute time. The curse of God
is, and the curse of man should be, on
,the
traffic everywhere, always.
The Bradford County Fair clos'ed yesterday.
It was held at Towanda, and was numerMtsly
attended. I. understand that it was aline dem
onstration, lint have not learned the nmnber
or amount of predtituns awarded. A large
number were addressed in Murcur's Ilull by
Ii cv. George . Landon, a graduate of Middle
town College, Conn. , I hear his speech spo
ken of as one of tutus/nil interest, both as to
matter aml the manner of delivery. And,
front an acquaintance limited some more than
two years since, I should judge it is not over
rated. There is a good anecdote related of
the same Mr. Laudon. It nos thus Ile
was lecturing on temperance in Browinown,
where his audience was likely to be disturbed
by the presence and conduct of a drunken
man._ He said. "'Come near one, friend, and
take a seat. When I used to lecture on bot
any, I always wanted the blossom before me."
Friends of Temperance, you have thehlos
•soms before you,—hitter, poisoncms blossoms!
In the name of God and Humanity, extract
the poison and inoeculate the blossoms either
with Love, Purity, andl Fidelity-, or with Faith,
Hope, mid Charity; then their fragrance
shall be grateful to your: spirits, and giye you
pleasant visions in a dying hour. -
Yours, in L., P. and F.,
It. L. STILWELL.
AN ELECTION VIM A MORAL
California has .always been about equally
divided in the party preferences of hi:r voters;
Her first election in .1149, was carried by the
Sham Democracy by a moderate majority.
At tho next, in 3550, each party stoutly
claimed the victory, though it ultimately en
ured to the party already in the ascendent;
since then. the votes on the leading candi
dates at the several State Elections have been
as follows:
Years. • Whig. Sham Democracy.
1651 Gor. Reading 2'2,733 Bigler '23;274
Pres. Scott 35,407 Pierce 40,6 . 46
Ir's 3 Gor., Waldo 37,454 Bigler 3x,0411 It is probable that at each State Election
some Democrats voted fertile Whig candi
dates for Governor on personal grounds, or
with the hope of -stenuning to same extent
the measureless flood of corruption n Inch has
engulphed the Finances of the State. •It
would be fair to estimate the Democratic
majority of the votes actually cast tit each
Election at about one-twentieth of all the
votes cast—that is to say, 2,001) on. an aggre
gate poll of 40,0t0, 3,000 on 60,000,4,00 e on
60,00 I. But on the other baud, we are as
sured by men who know the State well that a
large portion of the Whigs in California are
so immersed in business, so disinclined to
political contention and so findesirons- of
Mike, that they rarely or never attend the
polls ; and that, if :every vote in the State
were cast, the result would pretty certainly
show a Whig majority. Be that as it may,
it is clear that the voters are very equally
divided in their party predilections.
Thus matters stood when -the Shams saw
fit last winter to quarrel about the e!ection of
a F. S. Senator—to quarrel desperately and
bitterly. David C.. Broderick, formerly of
this City, and now a wealthy Californian, had
a majority of the Ilemeerats in the Legislature,
lint he was obnoxious tc 'the Chivalry' or
Slave State politicians,- who arc bent on
having the State divided east and west,
leaving the Southern half a Territory, to be
molded into a Stave
: State. Dave, though
always a Hunker, was neither loved not
trusted by the Chivalry, who contrived to
stave off and defeat the &cc:ion of C. S. Sen
ator. To this followed a feud and a spit in
the party, contested seats in the Democratic
State convention, (about us many as were
not contested,) resulting in two organizations
and two State tickets throughout, with a
similar split in many .of the counties. And,
though the Broderick faction committed
blunders which have proved their % rnin, in
nominating the old Members of Congress,
who were not their friends and whose rei,lec
lion was not desired by_ anybody, and by
keeping .tilence on the great fundamental
question wh ch divided them from the Chiv
alry, net they polled some eight or nine thou
sand votes, while the distraction of their own
party and
the encouragement afforded to the
Whigs was worth ;it least two•thoesand more.
According to all antecedent probabilities,-the
Whigs should have carried the State—Con
gress and Legislature—at the recent election
by Five Thousand majority. Yet they have
certainly lost the Legislature and probably
lost both Members of Congress by Otte Thou
sand majority. Why 7
It Certainly was not through the influence
of " sectionalism.'! Their platform was sub
stantially that of the last Whig Narional Con
vention, Fugitive Slave Law and all; their
candidates Were as "National " as heart
could wish ; and one of their chief engineers
was Mr. Nicholas Carroll. Not a whisper of
remonstrance against the Nebraska bill was
tittered in or by the State Convention. 'ln
short, they fonght their battle on such grounds
as aro esteemed " sound " mid patriotic. by
The New - York Express, &foto Cometcreini,
Rochester Adreitiscr, &c., and were flogged
as the followers of such guides always will be.
They had previously demonstrated their ina
bility to cope with the entire Democratic
party; they have now proved themselves
unequal to the ta.s of overpowering a fraction
of it.
Contrast thY result with those of the NEW
HAMPSHIRE, RHODE ISLAND, CONNECTICUT,
ERMONT, MAINE, and lowa electipus occur
ring since the Nebraska Iniquity Was hold
up to the, gaze of the people, and judge
whether it is wise or well in the. Whigs of
New York and the North to follow would-he
leaders whose counsels always lead' them to
'defeat and destrnction. The people will not
be kept forever wrangling about names and
phrases from which-all vitality has departed
The inveterate politicians may go on in the
stereotyped' way, but the masses act upon
impulses and eonsiderationS, eminently prac
tical.' Had the Whigs of Calif. rum went
into their late contest ns the avowed- chum
pious of Free Soil and Temper:nice .Reform,
we believe they would have swept their
State . ovorwhelnungly.—N. Y. Tribune,
The Scioto (o)Gazette says that Mr.
Seymour of Bainbridge, Ross Co.,
Ohio, sold, a few days ago, a quan
tity of corn in the field at 525 per
acre. It was bought by some gentle
man from Kentucky.
nom the 31" Kean Citizen
COUNTY FAIR. .
, .
Our County: , is still alive! The
public pulse heats nobly ! The liaitle
has been fbught, and victory ,von.
M'Keau county has beat- herself! ' A
komplete triumph over poor farfiiing,
lazy West goers, severe drouths,l and
destructive bail storms ! •
. Wednesday and Thursday okhe
present week have been joyousidays
for our county. Our gatherinre . and
presentations were such as none poked
for, this year. We were disappqmted
—everybody was disappointedall
happily though. Smiling ' filcesl • and
words of good cheer, greeted its on
all sides. The cold rain of Tu:esday
and Wednesday, threw rather agl'pomy
cloud over our prospects; but iti •was
because we knew not the deeo . and
active ' interest many of our li/rulers
felt in the welthre of our sqcithy.
Nearly all parts of our countyl were
represented. • Load after load of pro
duce came -in for exhibition +/ring
the rainy Wednesday. A fine repre
sentation of stock, &c.. was entered,
and not until- late on the afterni/on of
the first day, 'did we even hopelfbr so
fair - a show. Upon examining the
Secretary's book, we ibund theentries
large and respectable. Our F4.rmei.s,
who never fitil to meet with us, ) heed
ed not the forbidding appearance and
prospects, but turned out in thelstorm.
Thursday was a better day --41ing,h
cold. The Fair room was very taste
fully arranged, under the guidlince of
the fair sex and others intgrested.
Owing to the great amount /jf busi-•
ne4 thrown. upon our shoultir-ti in
the absence of the ExecUtiv Com
mittee, we were unable to ;Mike any
other than a Jassing 'examination of
anything. AN e shall thereford- speak
of but few, and those in general -terms.
The presentation of stick compared
well with former years. We should
judge that more Native Sto!ck was
entered than fhrmerly; Thel repre
sentation. of Horses was goodi'mostTy
young. But four teams entered the
field ibr plowing two Horseand two
Ox teams. , The excitement 'hats 'not
as great as formerly. "KeeP cool,",
appeared to be the motto—it. _least
those teams that came in late, it seems,
adopted it. The work wain quite
well executed, all things conieidered.
No team ought to be allowed to plow,
unless entered the day befi re, and
then be upon -the 'ground r ady for
work at the minute announcet . .. .
But few - Agricultural bil l
were presented. This we wi
sorry for. Quite a variety,.
r
tended fu this fair, but didth t come,
i
The show, room, when read • fur-ex
hibition, was well filled with.all class
es, ready to inspect. We vedttire the
assertion, but few countiei in this.
Northern tier, can make a bgtter dis
play of Fruit; tha' did
.ours at this
Fair. Apples and peaches ay nice as
we ever saw anywhere; also, l, 'Grape.
and Quinces. It was our good for
tune to get the "hig appes from
1
neighbor Dennis, and fee ho le
to get
a few of our neighbor RosNyell Salt
well's Peachesthough we !Wouldn't
mention it. They were a little nicer
than the !.nicest. A fine (lir:play, of
Grapes, Quinces and Peaches was
rent in by Mr-. Sohn King—that good
old Quaker lady of . Ceresi Garden
Vegetables were fine—Potatoes ; Tiff
--
nips, Bens and Carrots thatisurprised
ad. Pumpkins, Squashes aud Onions
that can't be beat anywhere were
piled up in heaps. We did; intend to
speak of;those big WaternrAous, and
that " whopying " Pumpkii Pie, that I
was baked in the, dripper,! but some
scamps lugged off the further, and the
women and children atetql the latter
—so we will:not mentionithem. Still,
the can't help 'thinking they were
"kinder" gOod after all. 4ttle Em
erette C. beat her 'Ma' :in making
bread, for we 'have tried lieces from
both loaves.; i
Four specimens of Butter that can-
not be beat in PennsYlvania. were
laid on the table. Not a (very large
amount of Cheeie was !etitered.
Ought to have been—it is loade here.
A.peek of SWeet Potatoes •svas sent in
from the farm of Holmes 4: Cory
•
Very fine.
The Ladies' D^^^-ti :hie
I.autes . Jepartmen this year
was .far better than lal, Quite `a
good deal of interest is taken _in this
branch Of our fair. Quilt* and Cov
erlets that i . do great Credit - to the
makers' were suspended around the
room. 'Welnoticed alsotwenty-lottr
pairs of w4len socks, manufactured
thr ug out,colored, spun l and knit by
Mrs..'
. rtWell, aged 7ti years. These,
i,
toget er With two other pairs -not
presented, constitute her year's labor..
The premitim was aWarded her last
year, also,' f'pr similar wprie. - May the
hope of future happiness cheer up' the
declining years of this good old pat
tern
. lady, as 'she quietly sits in her:
accustomed place, knitting, knitting,
-knitting frith) morn till night.
It appears froth examination, that
the Ladi4 are deter Mined to take
the manufacturing of their Shoes into
their owni hands, for we noticed .4w/-
era] 'pair of their make presented.
That is what we call a practical appli-.
cation-,of NVoman's RightS. We are
right glad to see onr young girls
taking:an interest in our fairs.
But2feW articles of Domestic Manu
facture were presented aside from the
Ladies' Department; but what there
was, 'Were excellent. We noticed
some }loots and a Harness that were
a little ahead of anything before pre
sented, and the Committee think they
would add much to the presentations
of State Fairs.
\Ve received, through thq . kindness
ofIL-Sontber, Esq., of Ridge - Way, a
Mexican Saddle and Bridle (cost
6:300.) for exhibition'. They attracted
much, attention—were splendid.
Mr. S. P. 'Beckwith front Bunker
Hill sent in a large Dahlia in full
bloom. Many thauks. -
A very nice specimen of raised
worsted embroidery Was presented by
Mrs. C. Degulier. This Wati some
thing new for this county. All ad
mired it—it was nice. It was omitted
in the List of Premiums, through mis
take, as was also -if nice colored 'rath
er Brush,• presented by Mrs..(;. 13.
Backus—a neat and nice thing. We
were sorry to learn that two speci
mens of our county Flour were not
noticed. This wits - a mistake in the
Committee. will be attended to
in due season.
From the Albany Journal, Aug.'l6
What it Cost to put Col. Benton Down
When, ripe in yearzi and experience,
Col, Benton deemed it his duty to de
vote himselfto his country rather than
his party, where, as the attempt to
embroil us ,in a war with England
about Oregon, the lines diverged, the
democracy decided that ho must be
put - down.
The first point was. to get the veteran
out of the Senate, to accomplish which
the democracy of Missouri supported
the whig candidate. By a union, there
fre; of fhe whi! , s and anti-Benton
democrats in the 1 Essouri legislature
upon a Ivhig, Colonel Benton was
beaten:
But the electors of the Missouri
district, resenting the ( wrong done to
a distinguished statesman, immediately
elected him to thellouse of Repre
sentatives, where the country has had
the benefit of his talents, courage,
firmness, and wisdom through a pro
nailed and eventful - session.
But his enemies were at his heels.
His exclusion from the House of Rep-.
resentatives was decreed. And in
this, Senator * Atchison bad the assist
ance of the adrninistration. Colonel
Benton ; to aid his enemies, had op
posed the Nebraska swindle There
was, however, but one way to secure
his defeat, even with slavery arrayed
against him. Tin:Atchison and Pierce
democracy, almost en iliasse, voted for
the Whig candidate; who is chosen.
And to avoid against the possibility
of. Col. Becton's reelection to the Sen
ate, the . war upon him is, kept up
throughout the State; and as a cose
quence, six whig, members of Congress
have just been chosen in aState which,
until the business of breaking down
Col. Benton commenced, had not sent
a whig to Congress in a quarter of a
century.
lements
re very
Is as in-
'.The third and probably the last act
in this political drama opens with Sen
ator Atchison and Col. Renton as an
tagonist candidates fbr U. S. Senate.
And here there is strong probability
of a "Kilkenny-. fight:" Col. Benton
may be again beaten, but in the con
flict his ";bitterend" persecutors will
probably fall also.
result, therefore, of the
crusade against Col. Benton, dern'ii
eratic •Sqssouri will probably find bci•-
self with two whig senators and six
wbig 'reilicsentativ es.
From the Charleston Mercury; Sept. Ht.
Ee-Opening of the Slave Trade Defendel—la
Wile's Reply, to Bir. Adams.
"Mr. Vise's reply has been published and
attrtrcts Mitch attention 'at the North. Ii is
• full of hisk)wn warrriblood, defiant; eloquent,
headlong; sometimes exaggerated and con
fused, but l abounding, in original and striking
VIC!WS. lle contrasts the condition of the
African Slave in the United States and Brazil.
in regard '
to religion, 'civilization, and physical
well-being, with the: African at home, and
r'indieates Slarery and the glare Trade by the
good they ?tare done."
Mr. Wise 'is by no means original in his
vindication of the Slave Trade. Its restore
tion.is confidently hoped for by very many of
the ' • I
o earnest advocates of the " peculiar institu
tion?' When. the Richmond E.raminer, a
few months since, boldly avowed itself in
favor of a Southern Republic, to embrace
the West Indies, tt 4:c., with Slave
ry as the !corner stone, and the Slave Trade
as one of its tolerated iustitutimut, but little
attention Was paid to it. The idea was deemed"
too absurd for a moment's serious considera
tion. Bin the position now boldly taken by
Mr. Wise, shows that the Examiner, however
indiscreet, was not isolated in its opinions;
and justifies the Opinion that the restoration of
the Slave Trade, in some practical form, was
in the Programme: of Aggress!ou. If the
North - had consented to bow its neck to
Southern dicmtion, and pursued its game
of _acquiescence a twelvemonth longer, the
proposition would, we have no doubt, been
openly avowed on the floor of Congress.
Now, however,_ that there appears to be A
NORTH, this cherished scheme of traffickers in
human beings wail indefinitely postponed. - .
A RIP VAN WINKLE.--A live toad
in a torpid state, was recently dug out
of "hard pan" at Rutland, Vt., some
fifteen feet below the surface, whero
he must have reposed for centuries.
On being laid upon the grass he soon
reviti•ed, and hopped off to give, the
wortns and bugs of the nineteenth
Century a specimen of antedellyiian
.5111 in "snapping them up."
Antexation cf the S:mit;-ich Llama
Notwithstanding the contratlictOry
rumors in regard to the treaty for the
annexation of the Sandwich Islands to
the United States, there is reason.
able doubt, not only that a treaty pro
viding fin- annexation has been agreed
upon, but that it is now in this coml.
try for the sanction of the General
Government. It was a matter of no
toriety at the time that Mr. Gregg,
the Commissioner at the Islamic,
sent out with full powers to agree
upon a treaty; and undoubtedly the
present Administration is • ambitious
to identify itself with. the consumma
tion of an act.so important and popu
lar as would he the acquisition of
these pij,hlific Islands of the Pacific.
Mr. Giegg, as is well known ht.
Washington . , has been inderatigalde
in prosecuting the duties of his mis . -
sion. lie met 'with obstacles at the
outset from the fact that he was a
Catholic—an almost unpardonable of
fense in the estimation. of the present
miler of the Islands. lint this ohstaele
was overcome, and Mr. G. soon taunt
Lis pricpositions received with marked
favor by nearly all, except the Heir .
Apparent, and a few of his intimate
friends and partisans. It is believed
that at least fbur-fifths of the natives,
and nearly as large a proportion of
the t.'oreign residents, are. in Thvor of
the measure. Indeed, it is well un
der:4l;od at Washington that the only
opponents ofanne)ation, of any MlN
nnce, are among the French, Germans
and English, who are -apprehensive
that their business arid influence would
be materially injured- by a union-with
this Government.
We lean. front well-informed sources
at Washington, that the terms of the
Treaty are substantially as fidlows: .
The Islands arc to be - admitted into
the Union, not as (1 Territory, bat us a
Slalc—with full State soveriegn pow
ers. In consideration of this surren
der of their national sovereignty, the .
United States, besides agreeing to
respect all existing charters, land
titles, &c., are to pay some $300,000
or $400,00 annually as life annuities
to such persons as the sovereign au
thorities shall designate. it is be
lieved that the nunda-c- who will his
declared entitled to share in this annu
ity will not exceed thirty individuals,
including the King, .his two sons, and
the members of the House &Nobles,
all of whom are now rich, and con
stitute the great landlords of the king
dom. Their ages will average about
40 vears ; and the sum to be paid to
each will ce;oe to be al debt upon the
United States Government at their
death. ,!
Jb the sovereignty of the Is
hinds, all the Government property—
including
.buildings, claims upon thr
eign Governments, it 'is
understood, be transfered to .the` U. S.
Government by this treaty. The val
tie of these buildings alone are said
to exceed 'Z'1,500,1100, and the claims
upon the French and 13ritiAl Govern
ments to about ' - i , 500,000 - more; ma
king an aggregate of :;:‘,2,000,00i).
These , terms, although not extrav
agant, are sufficiently- liberal. The=
Islands would prove important acqui
sitions to the• United States, commer
cially and politically. Our rapidly
growing commerce in the Pacific,
requires- them as places of trade and
shelter. Their products are what our
ships require; and in the event of a
%vat- with any commercial nation;
their possession would be invaluable.
N'or «ill all the benefits of this acqui- .
sition he upon our side. The Islands
themselves will at once feel the im
pulse of new life, 'and become, ulti
mately, as rich as they are now salu-
MEE
But, there is one additional fact,
which cannot fuil to have an.itnportant
influence in the decision orthis ques
tion. These Islands--thanks to the
spirit of true Christianity which has
swayed the councils of the kingdom
—have never tolerated slavery; and
their soil is not only free from - the
taint of that vile system, but the senti
ment of the people is emphatie in its
condemnation of it. These islands,
therefi)re, will come in as a Free
State, and will add one More to the
undimmed stars which make up our
glorious galaxy.—..4l6. Ere." Journal.
A PA Rsox's Orrstos:. = Parson
Brownlow, who enlightens the people
of Knoxville; Tennesee, in the double
cat - lathy of a preacher and editor, says
in his paper, the Knoxville Whig:— .
"The true hearted citizens of East
Tennessee,- and property holders,
ought - to enter into alearrue, and whip,
black, and ride on a rail, irre'spectiv'e
of agco g galling or family " associations,
every predchet, citizen or traveler,
who dares to utter one word in oppo
sition to slavery, or who is found in
possession of an abolition document.
These are our sentiments, arid we aro
willing and readyto help others carry
them Out." ".
Go it parson !, You aro ono, of
'ern !—Poi;figiul Inquirer. .
• Bayard Taylor is to lecture under
the. direction of a "manager," a la
Jenny Lind, during the fall and win
ter, E. T. Nichols, of the • Cleveland
Atheneum, having concluded an en
gagement ,with him for two hundred
lectures, to he delivered in the chief
cities of the West.