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JOURNAL.
JOHN 8. MANN, EDIT9Ipt.
011:11)ERSPORT; PAC 4
Htiilol3 - Af'Blltnt.NlNG, NOV. 22 1855
lar t ylic f ponneautville Republicap.
PaAftict_.p.rszposes a State Convention
s eeditoralispliosed too' the Nebraska.
;riot!. ;A ni‘et it „Huntingdon, Oil the .
19titssf:Decembeis • Such: to Conven=
Jinn raiglit'do.'ultieh good,ibut it will'
)14114 11)4, 7 ..4;0d. If Harrisburg had
...
, tpliTiraniod as the place, and January
•gia the:time, it would have pet with
`xi:lore:favor:'.: But 'our planTto form a
"union:is :more' liknly . to be effective,
Svc tisioic.. That is. for the Antillsle•
Israskainembais of the Legislature to
ialEssr--Dalegate Convention - for the
1 .4
surpisses t of nominating a State and
lectorai•ticket; and of harmonizing
the .pari,4l:ebraska t fordea of the State.
' :if thi s isisini Clone, We hoiethße
fublicim State Committee will•call . a
sipustuican eonventiOns to meet early
iu4beli'srason. The:Philadelphia San.
.....-..
.. e Vezcs, and others who."thinti• this' Ire-
Inthlii.an vote is of no cortsetinehois.
7jvill get their eyes open some day, and
4/...ra . tie shrill have an effort to carry
4.13? State, that will be successful.
tr pre Warren Zedger sap ;
i. qiillrarnson has'anstained any pa
fOnikry damage cchiFne
tnentita& ',titn t ioubledly tras, let his
d abo lition friend • make*tbem
syyje
to him." And pray, sir, why should
bpiitiuu friends"; Er; ••. • '
Apike up a' p lati - (i ainage
nc
r. liy' Judge.ea
-IJ° 'illegal im
13rsoirment of au honest mati? To
Tour Understanding of things, Bross
';uen 'who 4esire to save Judge Kano
i fruna . ' paying for a gross outrage,
'eto - tile make up .the damage. We
:submit that the Warren . Ledger is un
.friiiiuitir as muchsebligritiou 10 make
'pis tlasloss a as 'we Ric: . If William
taoesteeds any fimds io 'aid him in
resecliting the tyrant Judge,' we
001 VlYVerfully• ethitt , ibilte 'our . share
Attsuch fund;6t4l hot a- cent to make
'it dirthriges . fer which Judge Kane is
responsible.
jar The Winter 'A'erm of the
r "
4ers port Academy will commence on
he ;id - day of Decembe: next.". The
%adding is undergoing repairs, and
14 trelu good conditiuo fur the cont
. ,
prt .an d convenience of the scileal.
)ye Mips and expect that at least filly
istudents
_will enroll their namos thu
;lrbt day of the term.
r. .
t 'he union qf.ulalia Division
b. of T., on Saturday evening Just, was
"inuiti . than' usually interesting. We
ihink our. sessions during the winter
}will • bai 'full of interest ; and We re
,.
bpectfully invite the attention of all the
et : Oire'sS iu this community,
the claims of tho order upon them.
‘Thuse who are not members, we think
Might to lose no time in becoming
•
I.".
Or There - will lie services this
('Thanksgiving) returning, at ia'-
eiticit;' 'at the Methodist Chinch, by
itev. W. H:ShaiV:
•
,11Cr - 7 The comrrignica.tiou of I-I.qmer,
li,reathes.tile true apirit, and is thank
lfglly inceived. We desire to hear
tiirmers much oftener than it has
* - 40fgre 1/QOEI Our . p.riNiipge•
••
p '7 The members of Couderspoq,
h r 3.
iP : unio n Asau i
''
vti t t i ' h ! The y Literary t'ha ;li
'view to
tss t o
t
c fr ' t e t lien; adjourned to meet on Wedues
'clay 'evening ki llec. 5, at which liirici
We hope to iff a general atketitliinCe
x.
6f those who'desire to enlfrenibe long
4 .v . even in gs h
—later wi th
. literary enter
'elements.
a Chtudt that - has salt in
The laitUiPline of the United Broth,
ren miles elnreholding a bak tri church
ihertiiiership:' The time 'll6ll soon
cotiite tvtiO t lite - Elhuil.ll; which does
hot eiclude slaveholders from ' its
aommuaion; will - have no power to do
tea:. • •.', • : ' •
We fiug in the jest .Theligiout Tele-.
intdreeting letter in ref
•rence to 'the IdissourilConferetice of
the United: Brethren' Church, from
lehich - we'extract the follotiini:
.
In ,stmag fopetts Ole past . year
hes been a hard Vile for Western Mis
eienarie!k, ;wring to the almost fan3ine
"mincing-di:Ought "id the year pra
.
ceeding ,- -it,' - and - 'the great incciretrien'e
on the subject of slavery. Yet amid
41 their discOurateinents;fatirithe,
k,kreatening's of 'mobs; 'our' bra:bred
?have not only been able to holditheir
'own, but:they have bad quit anThen,.
cottraging increase.' They Ihave _not
enck been drixen.fronithe post:a-du
. du.tj; they have made no compromise
'with slavery - noy pro-s,laie)y influen
s;. }jut have caaed2l* thoAso : -..
plhic in 16 letter and spirit. No one
.ponnected with slavery in anY wax.
has been able' to' find adinisSionluto
the societies., Truly,'ltnii-;slaveiy .
isters and churches slave State,'
are:lightti place. I am more
thaii ever conv inced , that. anti.slavery
cchurches , to
sustain missions and
'plant churches in the Soilth. 'For up
on the subject Of: alaverY theie• is a
vast amount of ignorance even among
the most intelligent. ' Every „effort is
mad e to exclude, every ray Of light
upon this subject:' Anti-Slavery hooks
and papers are not to be found there,
while the teaching and practice Of the
church, of nearly_ every denomination,
go to sustain the peculiar
. int+titgtion
as it exists' among them. If the church
es" of the South 'will not reform; of
which 'I see no hope, and lake Bible
'ground on this' great' sin, Alien the
churclie of th'e, North who shaye the
truthi'onght to go - duth, and spread,
- it 'ahraad; It is as much their duty- to
do this as it is to endeavor to redeem
Ole 4 9 . 4 00 4 ,0 f distunt countties from
idolatry, caste, and polygamy, . •
S -
M 1 riMIZNii
The Constitution and By-lavis- of
this society, Gave been remodeled and
greatly in; ovecl,.-as we I.liink. At a
meeting held on the 12th instant,
committee was, appointed Jo. , wait on
our citizens for the purpose of :in
creasing the, numbet: of the stockhold
ers—tlie money raised by this increase
to be appropriated to the pdrchu.se of
a staiidord Encyclopedia, and other
works of a 410,0m:oaten. 11Ir. Vim.
Hamilton, Actuary. of Jaw Franklin,
lUsli.4te, has kindly offered to. Atteral
a haul: auction on the - 6.14 . of-123incern,-.
ber, and purchase for us,fi•ee ofchargei
such works as our L t ibrary Assucation
may direct.
Under these circumstances we trust
our citizens will respond in a liberal
spirit to the request of the committee
to take stock in the Library. Rees'
Encyclopedia of 41 volumes of 500
pages, will cost about $5O.- It is a
work in which every person will be
interested. No village making. any
pretensidnu to‘progress in education,
Can, afford' to' do without it.
CM
A share in the . Library prigs : , but
two dollars, and . .thd quarterly tax,. is
but t : ; twnnty-five . cents. Every friend
of : educp,On # . nd of progress Ia litera
ture in this village, ought to become
a member, and we invite our friends
in the county•to examine the Library
and the Constitution of the Association,
and see if it is not to their interest .to
become Members..
The Americans of New Hampshire,.
in State Council, have adopted a plat
form on which all Anti-Nebraska men
can Stand. if the Harrisburg. Tele
graph, Warren .tail, add papers of
that stamp, desire 'union in I'euns7l
- let them tecommend the adup
titin of a similar course by the Ameri
cans of this State.
, Tho following is the New Hamp
shire. platfor'm entire :
Resolved, That we cordially approve
the Course of the ,delegaiits from this
State, who attefided the National Coun
cil at Philadelphia,. in June last, hind
must heartily sustain their action in
severing their connection with the
present national organization.
. .
• •Aesolved, That- freedom being na
tiotial and slaVery sectional, While the
latter is left in the exercise of all its
strictly constitutional rights, in- the
States where it now exists, •its Inrther
extension and longer punectiou • with
the general government should be uu
ebnipromisingly opposed and resisted,
iind'•the for ttie. exectitiol4 of its
elistingpiiyilegas rode to' conform
to the dictates of justice and.humauity,
• Resolved, That .the questieg of the
extltsiou et alavem,aoioWpresented
to the country the repot' of the
Prolibition, by the `outrages
practicedK. •
ausaa, under the Sane,
tioti 'of the. administration, - and' - by -die
decision of an arbitrary and tyrannical
Federal Judge, which, if ikatlptect as
the . judicial doctring of goyeru•
meta, will • make every Free
. State in
Flie Uhion, slave ' - terlitory, 'la' the
piiransouut• 'question ..now before' ttie
nation, and tha; tee hclieve* the tine has
arrived job"; oppose the further
on s koAamonit of AloOt',V , and .wotilcl
restore the policy of the' Fatheii of tie
Republic, should unite their dreitiand
fo-operatcfp o r that purpose.
'Reioired; Thatin,the judgment of
this.Siate.Counsil, all,cereptuitics, of
into the A.niericau pifty, and
THE LIBRARY AtROCIATIOL
THE BIGHT 8P,.,
as the councils or clubk . it jheir xe- -
1 8ploctivciFwas shall thiiik M•Oimr to,
adopt fdrAtheir owe gofvernOeut, te•
discontinued and renaovo: •
Resokid, ,That this State ICoun'cit
fully and wiequivocalli.-re-affirmiiihe
`semi mentiati'd principles ofthe Ariteii-
can:party, and adheres to the great
•fundamental &thine, that Americans'
-should rule
Resolved, That these 4•esolutions
pu4lished-in the -various-newspapers
of the State. . '
Ilk: MANN Pleasn give' the- follow
ing a place tl476:iinat.: Although
it is a very large 'statroent, yet' it la'
corract: l 'Mr. D. H.4rr, of this plabe,
raised'fiftY-five bushels of Potatoes this
year, on one:eighth lof an acre ; and
Mr. P. M. Paltaer, his neighbor, sowed
one half rod to yellow Carrots, which
brotight him six bushels, 'after using
them occasionally through the sun
mar. That would he at the rate of
1920 bushels per acre. '
L. WAREEIQ
Pleasant Valley, Nov. 17, 18.55.
MR. EpITOR : The township of Ho-,
mer, your reSders are Otero, is, situa-.
ted,near the great.lumber region of
the Sinnennahoning creek.and.branch
es., •Farm. (produce has .heretofore
been such as was in the: greatest de
reand„by. lumbermen, -viz r . hay, oats,
and :potatoes. These, were easily.
raisert.trad readily.disposed of. Yet,
taking everything into consideration,
this system of farming was. probably
the worst. that could have been pur
sued. The land rapidly deteriorated,
while for nearly every article of food
and clothing the farmer was depend
ent upon a foreign market. But thanks
to hard times and high prices, 4ra bet
ter time is coming, boys ;" for farmers
haye commenced raising their• own
provisions. A large proportion, of
them the past year raised a quantity
sufficient for family use, while there-,
mainder intend, with the bleasing "of
Providence, to patronize the flour
.merchants on longer ;hap the present
year._
,A large quanti4y of winter
grain has been sown this ffill--trobat
bly double the amount sown any year
previous. We have no extraordinary
crops to brag of this season. Suffice
it to say our crops of . wheat, rye, oats,
and corn, wore
. full average,ones for
potter county, or any other county in
Northern Pennsylvania. The spirit
of improvement is touching with ifs
magic wand the fair fields of our coun
ty. " May its shadow ngver be less."
NOY. ig, 185&. • •
MORAL EFFECT OF THE STATE ALEcTIOIf
It is evident that the recent elec
tion in this State has emboldened the
run:lst:hers in this city. Liquor selling
has increased, cud the traffickers are
more defiant than formerly—expecting
doubtless, the removal of all restric
tions, Upon the sale of liquors. As a
consequence, drunkenness js, increas
ing to an alarming extent. One night
last week seven persons were bronght
into the lock up drunk. Among theso,
was Charles E. Wells, son Of . Judge
Wells, democratic candidate for Guy=
ernor ; who doubtless in a few mouthi
expects to occupy the seat of Chief
Magistrate of this Coinmonwealth.• •
Another. was-Nathan Clifford, son of
Hon. Nathan Clifford, ex-Attorney-
General of the S., es-Minister to
Mexico, and chief jugleinan at the
bogus inquest held at the City Hall,
and Counsel for the O'Neils, and Du
gans, and Dumphies, low Irish rurnsel
leFs who figure so frequently at our
Felice C6urt.
It is a sad thing . , that these young
men should 'be the victims of the de
grading nice of intemperance i and for
their sake and that of their : 'families, •
We would, could we consistently with
our duty to the
,cause, withhold their
names., Ott the position of their fa
thers with"ieference to the liquor laW
requires its qii a temperance journalist
• .
to spenk a few words
. te the publ ic.
We set• down nothing in malice -or
anger. • Pint asjhese - meivchave ex
erred themselves to the extent of their
polyer and indusece, to defeat the tem
perance movement—they cqmpassed
sea and land,' during the last campaign
to make proselytes against t the:Maine:
Law, palitieularlY the • farmer gentle
ntan-n ye pairnot jn , iustjcg to. the cense,,
we adv,ocate, Iceeu.silen;. It is
.right
that . the public . should %nosy that these
inee whose sorts are the victiiiis to the
infamous liquor traffic, are themselves
its stromnius : defenderai as strange its
it-may seem.
~.Ere two „months ..have,,passed by,
singe tfie : election, , those, ,
in yonng men
are found in - the Streetstate or
beastly intoxi4tiou. Safely there is
such a. thing - as.
Maine Teraperance Jpu in!. c'
COAL - AHD IRON 16105 r PESNSYLVAiIIi.
On sewal tratirs of,latp we f hants;l
referred 4_
'which recol' IntlVcoOpen'tte;d'ini the ,
,beighborfinud tif•Snietkprort,”iicl<eatc= :
- coutt i y ,4141 a. Some; time 81nc~o Di:
'J oh R.:; ; ;Smith, of Ri•ka, ;ThOotio6!o
Witiatik;:of Rush;lin - d Z`. -- W.
and Co., of Honeoye Falls, organized
thernaelvesrinto:a. , .company 'snit; putt.,
chased - severalthousand - atres-ofirmd;•
...npon!'hhicb'fifefinitnensn
iron ore- and. coal- , of -various -qualities:,
Spesimens of ; both, of,.these,Articles.
have heenlelt . with us,, and ii only re- ..
quires th e et:lMO:Alen of the""lrdlrey:
Canal to Olean, or a pith& high - er:
the' Allegany deemed Preferable, to
bring these : products
,roadily ! l9,; ortrt
Market. The iron:
: Ore, samplek , are
very rich, 'and — the - supply' abundant'
for ages tti. thorn.' The stone 'ill' true
,
of the coal, the layer of the bituminous
being nearly. eight feet in thickness,
and furnishing cannel where, it erop's
out. A.change in the
Canal—
making its'switherrif terminus at Pert
vale, would strike the . slack*ater
gation upon the Allegany, and enable
the boats to load ;near :the' ruines - and
proceed directly,. to this city—a dis
tance of about 103 miles Meastires
'have been - adopted to secure slack
'water navigation, and sko to construct
three short railroads,•for the purpose'
:of - facilitating the transportation of the
products
they
the . mines to the points
where' they may be readily moved tb
:market, The' samples orbituminous
coal furnis hed, ignites with great-readi
nese, and burns out without leaviing
thto.laige' amount of ..!clinker7. c opa -
men
.with, ether : descriptions of coal.
This variety can, when the canal - is . l
finished, be fli!ni,lied to our 'citizens
at $3;75 per ton—a price at Which the ,
.
company are ready to ,contract, as
above stated. 'We .expect to see au
active trade, opening up in this dire-c- :
tion,, before ninny months, not only in
thoarticlekmentiorted;: but in lumber
large' forests of vit•gin pine will
R c iiioligiat -within reach through: the
'Cliannelsupplied by the-Genesee Val
ley Canal:—Rocliester Republican.
For the Journal
For the Journal
LECTURE OF MISS WRIGIIT.7---It has
seldom been our privilege to - li4ten to
an 'address froth a lady—not from lack
of opportunity, but inclination, as we
are free to .confess. that hitherto we
were prejudiced against women
ap
pearing to such . f ositions, and thought
it was net their proper' sphere ; and it
was with all these prejudices impress
ed upon our mind,:that we.entered
the Gunft Rouse, A.s.we listened .to,
the palm. dispassionirt.e argument, and
very frequently eloquent naetaphorical
coinparisima of this fair. champion of
the-Temperance RefOrm, otzr • prejti
dices melted away like snow-before a
autniner's sun, and we.soou litund our
selves among her Most attentive -hear
ers. Lectures like this are calculated
to carry conviction, and we cordially
recommend her to the temperance
people of the State, as an able advo
cate of this great: refurm.- At the close
of Miss Wright's address, speeches
were delivered by Messrs.- McMinn
and Youngman, who acquitted them
selves in their usual happy style.—
Williamsport Press.
We learn from the Pittsburgh. Pa
pers that the Darlington Cannel Coal
Railroad Company, of Beaver county,
are now in successful operation, send ;
ing out about one hundred and fifty•
tons per day, but cannot half supply
the demand. A - .large. amount of it is
carried to Allegheny. city, and :sold
for domestic purposes, for the largo
bakeries and fur tempering glass. For
this last purpose bituniinotis coals'dri•
nut answer, and , glass manufacturers
have heretofure been compelled to use
wood. The cannel coal is ~pw used
in two of the Pittsburgh glass, IiQUSWS.
and at one in Bridgewater, Beaver
county, •and it is said• to be better and I ,
cheaper fbr tempering than wood. A
party of Pitt.burghers, Messrs, CCENT,
WATSON & Cu., have purchased a site
at the junction of the Darlington road
with the Ohio and Pennsylvania road,
and have commenced the erection. of a.
large manufactory for the, purpose of
distilling oil from the cannel• coal, and
entered into arrangentetiti with that
Company for the supply ortual.
actual experiments it has been ascer
tained that it contains at leastiortx
gallons of oil to the ton, and the ex
pense, of making it is not more' than
fourteen cents per 'gallon. The Sit is
of a superior 'quality for light;' when.
burning emits neitheramokutiorsthe4lo
and is not explosive... It is now menu-.
factured'succemsfirlly in Islew York and
sold at one dollar per
. so valuable for machinery, as ft neither
gums nor does: it: congettl .
mercury .sinkitat / 0 5. deg..
_below hero..
From the:cheapness wittk which it pan
be made it is evident that it, willition
be produced in:tiantities,' tending
greatly te'rechiPe the pricea very
desirable matter.. The Darlingtoh.
Company own, five hundred anti
great acres
,of, c,anuel! coal—have At a great
expense completed their road, and are
.now lit, fgll oentiectiorr with tie Lakeiv
and . the Ohio rivera-central-position
, that must seouruthem great advents-,
The ; vein of cannel cuul averages,
-from fourteen to ktfieenfeet in 'thick
neati, ant is 'civei•lan.l O' rein
cannel' coal `shale' of ten feetin
PENNSYLVANIA CANNEL COAL
ness, laliChalthough not good for fuel,
on . s much cdas.hite era. -441 e
8' e ng carclitisettmainbd of i 1
ati4 eitt, ly mattet, and, the cottl of Or-
Inltt-a4 oil. It, is computed !bat, , -- g.. a
low eiqmste, there, is- to eveiy acre
forty tiOusund tnt of ilie oiltytelditig
•sub.tanee: . a minta ---- riiiter'-inw•ciflth
than the-gold-yielding quartz of Cali
. ornia.- T7 P/ti/gde/p?ti . e Sun.
Frpoi 66Ni-et:welt Free State, October 29.
CONQtritIT 6F filis ' iitti STATE PARTY.
No p,arty hap been more,,successful
in „its conquest il.an Tree 'State
party; sitfce . ille,l3ig . Spriit CMii4lf
tion'tivaei "Called. We find •trieii:in its.
rinks ntY,' Nyho - Nverothe . .most::rabid.
Oro-slavery men,at that. time.
gin with, the ,Territoriul I:tegister,
which iva:;a"real 'pro-sh:44 sheet, of
the . Wriest kind,' viz : one' of that Oiss
that sails. under the bogus name of Na-•
tional Democracy,.:deelaring itself, in
nearly.every, issue, a,.,pro-slavery ra
•per, and devoted to - AIM interests of
the South, has; the last few
'weeks, completely turiled• over to the
.free state side of the question. Thus
we °find now,of all the pro-slavery Na
tional democrats enlisted on tae side
of the. Free •.Stlite pity, ' and' , nOw
'actually control its every movement.
- Many good free s tate men think that
"all this is a - ,gruat .victory..
These . menlabored hard.to establish
a democracy. in Kansas, that w.6uld
cetiiiive at all the outialges the people
had suffered—being at first fascinated.
by 'the. apparent 'victories of -the pro
slay.ery, party ;,- ; but the : moment they;
found
.there„ was -no . hopes et'. favors,
freMthatfiarty. as' the great niass . tif
the . people of Kansas were eguinSt
they came out at once highly in favor
of-the platfebrrn: of the free state party,
and imagine that they,'cau make the .
most by going in with that party, and
forming a state government.
Every sane roan can foresee the're
suit. The design is to administration
ize the, free state, party—,as it is' now,
at this.very.mument ele;riting, under
-the .contrel of pro-slavery democrats—
and in the process, of time the true enf- .
ti-slavery men who have been faithful
to .theright' in the' daritest hour, •and
- from the moment the Compromise Was
repealed, will be set down these
bogus democratic leaders as fanatical
abelitioniSts, and such men as 'have
been heretofore pro-slavery or on the
feuce,.will a regarded as sound "eon
.servative" men, and of course arc en
titled to all the credit of the working
of popular sovereignty. We throw
these feats out that true men may be
*on 'their 'guard: Some say that it is
well to --"use" certain men to make
!Kansas free. But so far,us this is con
cerned,, these "certain men" areuseing
the free state patty to promote thiair
own political inter estS, •
Kansas will bo free, despite all the
pro-slavery democrats in the world,
and the combined powers of his Satan
ic Majesty thxuttgliout .Christendom,
so that, it is useless for u.s to give an
inch to any ba4ely corrupt and dema
gigging scoundrel. •
Let the fieriest men ofthe Territory
mark our :words, and consider well
these . things.- NVhen we named our
paper the Kan'si2s Free State,. we in
tended that it should advocate the free
dom of the white men, ai wall as that
of,"groev.• Some men, however, will
not believe until it is forever too late.
NATIONAL .WOMANS'Ii RIGHTS CON
VENTION.—Phe Cincinnati Gazcetr thus
speaks, of the Woman's Rights Con
'veritionAately held in that city :
•
"Among the celebrities in attend
';atice are Mrs. F. D. Gip of St. Louis,
- 11Us.gruestine L, Rose of NeW York,
Mrs. Lucretia Mutt of Philadelphia.
The 'proceedings yesterday consisted
:mainly of sPeeches; Mrs. Gage was
the .first speaker, and very well she
spoke, She is the 'wry impersonation,
of strong-mindedness,' She has the
countena,nce of a
. rescdtite, decided
man, rough and strongly marked. She
speaks with great fluency,- clearness,
and point, rarely boggles fur a %Nord,
and never talks nonsense. We doubt
if she be not the ablest advoca.e of her
views in the country.-
" Mrs. Mutt is a venerable Quaker
lady, with a tine, benevolent face, and
a genuine. Quaker pleasantudis of
manner. We have riot yet heard her
in 'a set'. speed]. If there is any
'truth in:Phrenology, she has, a very
superiorintellect.
From ;he N. Y. Tribune
• , /qatOlt 4,vatirs.
• The Pacific arrived at an eat ly hour
yesterday .morning with a budget of
Anteresting news. The most .proini
'nen; fad 'is the 'pani6 in England
Odin lwat. With' the• 'United' States.
'The article of The London. Times,
which we, copied jast, week, 4nd the
burden of whicli - was a filibuster • in
vasibir ofrelded 'ft:Om:this, side Of' toe'
.oceinititi . been followed - up; by' two
'ether;s-in the same journal, which we
nqw transfer to our columns. The
textofthese disquisitions is. Nulcif
Mr. Caleb _ Cushing's , instructions to
1114 afttciiil suhordinates . concerning
:the enfoi cement of the neutrality laws.
'Starting
- limn. this text, and including
in-the;aecount the other, causes of dif 7
ference between the two governments
. The Times makes out, if not an imnic-•
diate cam belli, at !least 'a ground of
quarrel of sufficient importauei—to
hay,c_alarmed all England, Not only
The Times, but very respectable jour
nalas oilt of London, propagate this
curious delusion, while all sorts of fa
tneis are thrown iii . to highten the ex
citemelt—as, fur instancet`that Mr.
BUChanan bad actually. hrokeu off di
plomatic relations and demanded his
passports. The alarm, howeier,• '
seems-to be rather_noisy_than .real
since it had no effect on the stock mar
ket. For the rest; so absntd• and
gri . iitaless-on.agitation must Fireietit
'iti end, - Whether The •
Times can, OM
:ttn_ything. by.
.making
secips disturbance about nothing is - a
question we di) not undertake tuaettlo
Journalitim would .rather seem to be
degraded than elevated by such a
course.
From the Crimea we have at last .
the details of the expedition to Odessa
and Kinburn. They add nothin g o f
strategical interest to what we hare
had occasion to obserVe before with.
regard' to that expedition. The rapid
destruction of the defenses of Kinburn
is accounted for by the fact .that the
ramparts were riveted with masonry
oti the mitsib and .filled up within
with sand - only. The -two-feet-thick
rivetment was of course 'speedily bat
tered doWn, and the loose sand rolled
down as soori'a'sthe widi had ceased to
hold it. -
Another re:tiltleas expedition Was
undertaken froni Eupatoria toward
Sympheropol. The French and Sar
dinians have retreafea - from their ad
vanced positions, and again 6ccupV
ti the Chernaya. According to' a 'dis
patch`from G-orchakoff, • however.they
have again appeared on the upper Bel,
bek.• Whether the Allies will be in a
position;•even if willing, to attempt
anything serious against the Russians
in this quarter. 'depends so much ,on
the weather that .all speculation on
this score is useless. • It is certain that
they have lost, seven oreight valuable
weeks in furthing platia and counting
.the cannon balls linind in Seliastupol.
•Gorchakoff, armed ivith dicretiunary
,powers frum the Emperor, declares
he will bold the Crimea at' ell hazards",
hut we strongly suspect this is to be a
feint.
The preparations for war still con
tinue, but along with them rumors of
peace extend quietly mole and more
over Europe. If any belief is to be
attached to the statement, the powers
of the second order, especially to Ger
many, and the King of Belgium
ire among trio busiest pacitica
tors. How fur these-rumors are cred
ible it is difficult to say, but their to
petition 'shows that on buth sides the.
belligerents are tired of the war.,
Paris and Louis Bonaparte are visited
t)y special and extraordinary envoys,,
whose visits at this stage of affairs
seem of a peculiar character. M. Von
der Plea-then, president of the Bava
rian cabinet ; de Beu,t, premier of
Saxony, were recuivtd at tne -Tuile
ries along with Gen. du %Vittisen, the
ancient mediator between his master
the King of Prussia, and Louis Buna
pt they were there not mere
ly to pay a courteous ‘isit, The two
ti:st: were the principal movers and
wto kers of the uppiLitiun of the Ger
man States to , tow active , alliance of
• Au•tria With the West—the mire as
tonishing, then, their actual presence
in Paris. At any rate, htIWCYUI should
it Lome in reality to negotiations, the
difficulties appear still greater than
previous
,to the • fail of Sevastopol.
We cannot imagiae what coucessiuns
the Russian Emperor could make af
ter the partial debar of his armies.
Hu cannot now recede ur yield with
out endangering his popularity with
the nation, excited to the utmost.. Not
on account or the war, but by his sign
ing a dishouurable peace, would ha
run the risk of a revolution in the pal
ace and hi the squares and streets of
St. Petersburg, and of an indignant
rising against him of the whole nation:,
Thus we are almost sure that he is far
frem thinking'uf concessions, and his
acts show it. A new recruitment of
ten in the thousand is decreed. It is
also rumored that. Alexander intends
to spend a great- part of the winter
in Warsaw, ‘vhich is nearet to the
theater of war; and lastly that in the
Spring he is to lead the army in person
any rate a noble and-manly do
cisiun,
fctr now as of old sovereigns as
w e ll as their subjects should yersunally
face death. •
Shuuid there b,e - nify titith in the
.preparatiuns for peace, whieli we ac
cept hesitatingly, at any rate it is no t
Vienna that is likely t.O'beCome• their
center. The confereuce will meet in"
some other. spot; or what is more
probable,, the powers will try, to , avoid
publicity, and the noisy, boisterous
interference , of. public opinion Aitlt
the negotiations. Most probably the,
affair will be carried ou by unknown
secret mediators ; and whoever such
may be, the negotiations will be cov
ered by an impenetrable veil of silence
and mystery, and only when the nfraire
are . brought to their finality will the.
doors be thrown ope,n, the :public.ad:.
mitted, and some city, chosen - for, the
meeting of the diplomats, giving , thus
a legal formal consecration to things
secretly predetermined'. In whatever
way they.are to. bp- conducted, - open
or occult, peace is desirable.r
The in
terest.of the masses can only be
.ad
vanced by peace. - •