r . - - S7PP.•tcy Walker, a fire eating rdp iliYe in Congress friim 11115-is ap;N•i. had recently prepared a linictlty Pr?.ecli ir spouting on the tiist ,ip r,rtunity presented by debate st4su n : i!sg . a prtyer course, in eulogy and th" (If wirthy tiame+ake, wflU i+ E2iiting t,r I}Li Erlyertri of NieariNua. j,• tact, he c;x•rectec to electrify anti as- tot.iAh not folk Congress, buttne %Owlet N'oth, Eau, West, South and Center migl.ty Yaiikee Nation, by a I het orieal, reroration—.the. - result of. which was to have been the annexa tion of Central America to the United the stnpefacti.m 'of the Northern members of C.,:!lress to that de..eree which wool,/ prevent !hem from loterpo-ithr nay ob. - if-..1e t,) 4 '.vrestiar the “Q•won of th(i 1,-1" from Spaia, a n d the rt opening of . t'. Skive Trado. -The Steamer Texas' t.vrd at New Orleans with news thst Waller had completely routed the Costa Ricat, 'forces, and was in cull woaissi.at of all his right, title, inter- eat slid cli iris as Emperor of Central America. Percy was in high spirits, ‘sui , l himsell particularly favor s t hy Providence in providing mate s:4k for his great Speech. But the 7 4 :7inessee at rived at . C•iur leston t day or two lister, arid lii! it proved that Walker had been routed instead of the Costa Ricans! Thiy had cut ofT all his lupplies of f0..cl and water, arid his ..p;;lriotic band" were seeking ratety e. flight towards Rivas, woere proviii imis were ever' more scarce. Bur Col. Walker arid his men were not toe on ly :titterers by the victory of his ene n it:a—l:Milo Sam and a;I his multitu •Thous family of '•Greasy mechanics" Yarilrees," and even the A% eat Southern Chivalry are enormous ly cheated. Think of it, reader ! you I. s - e - all been deprived of one of the trust magnificent arid grandiloquent lectures—that is speeches--or, in nth .•l. words, oratorical flourishes, that • , '•-r was to have been, and wan not. CA. 1a:1 news from Nicaragua has I:• , rpletely extracted the vinegar from I)..icy Walker's speech, and it bits not, sod probably never will be, delivured. ..Pity 'tis true." Governor Geary is at last blunt Lnd frank in his communications with t:11 Secretary of State. The following paragraph is quite as strong as any of the letter writers for the eastern press !.'tr got off. Thule who sneer at .Needing Kansas" will please read 5:,,l digest. Speaking of the mails and st Nlisters in Kansas, Gov. Geary s:ss -Every package addresse3 to rem through the mail is broken and inspec t-d before it reaches my hand,. It is r•Atirely unsafe to send itif.oarinti.m :!irou g h tie post office, and more es. p cially so to use that me'diuna to rot, wgid anything of pectmia y value. , ttna,ite.s ar..t either ivioratit of their fluty and obligation. or, being ac• tt aimed with these, act in violation blth. Indeed. I have b.ien credi ;,:y Mr‘irrned that in some Plares ,n,t connected with,the o ffi ce, are rm:tted to eater and ove , hatil the r 'previous to their pistrihution. l'his is a serious evil. upon which sonic prompt action is needed." Zir We are now better supplied with Sour than ever• befo.e. Many tlianks to our sympathizinv friends list• Six thousand sacks of floor re ceived from them, stored in to e Terri tory for present and futurt use, will make many a gl td heart. There is ov no fear of want.—Herald of Free dom. That is the way the Nepuyicans have '• shrieked" for freedom. While the I3uchaniettr hare sneered at " bleeding Kansas," and :rinsed to do anything to put a stop to Border Rofrumism ; out ride have talked and voted for freed•.m, end paid their money tot elieve thu Bur -leters.' The President's 'Message in Kansas. Vie dip the fol:owiog paragraph from the Kansas cot - re-poo:tit uf the 31itsuuri Democrat. It cAntrasts no bly. with the Cl;titon Democrat, and aitows how Prebident Pierce's official conduct in relation to 'Causal is viewed by tit strbest acquainted with the facts. Excellency'sysessage reached us this evening. 1 know Hut what the people in the States nay think of it, hut for one to teed it that is acquaint ed,with Kaunas politically, it is enough to make him disgusted with a repahli caa government. That portion relat i;tg to Kansas when analyzed amounts s tissue of falsehood, and the pro fillYeer race in the Territory know it tub whether they do iu Wash . 4.40..,!as or nut." THE JOURNAL. CovusgsronTi PA. Tharsitayllartiltig Jaa .. .l!s, 1F157. JNO. S. kits, 'cm ran. M" V. B. PALII7,R. the lnieric:in netvins per Agent, is the only nut orized Agent for the piper in tht - eities,of Boston. new York and Philade hit, and is &By ein mtvere'd to tare advertisements and subseripions at the rates regnired by 119. His recei;ts will he regarded as pavtuents. His offices are-I.llston, Scot; lay's Bnildings; New York, Tribttne Building;; Philadelphia, N. W. corner of Third and Chest nut streets. , nov. 6. / .gr. We are sorry to learn that the school house in the Irish settlement in Gemessee township, was destro . )ed by fire on Christmas night. 11 is not known bow the fire originated. There is much excitement in the . nei4hlnir hood, and we fear there is wrong on the part of some Americaos as well as on the part of the others. To our ri iends. theo we say, better suffer wrong, than do wrong. airTe are pleated to announce the appointment of 1.4I•1 B. Colt2l k to the commissioners fur the ensiling year. This appointment will give go , :- end •atititetion tiirougitoot the coun ty, at Mr. C. it a faithfol and compe tent c'erk, a determined foe of opp , es slun, arid . a g.nel citizen. Gr6os rdisrapta2,3ai`atio Tut: Deinucrat inipt umlotta keit Ow dcre.iitt of Pi itiqi•ln:it Pi:•fce. It laud+ him to the T ,at 14 tilt mal. The Bac of / (On R n .11-.1 -I t•.y ithAie of B /him we; and di Pho ee been th e moAt abioet tool of Sl-iev. Mat ever fowid hig way ilito char, it ii very prop,r tihit tae of Slavery should eul.l4iz him Aeem l il S r i.);1 hey are sat died with merely etilogiitii; the Preiideut, nob Ay. will ()bidet.; but whet) they widertake to ftlaily the hi.;• tory of the last two years,: then the frieed9 of freedom will expose their misriepr eseutatioris. In its clefeli:e of the Prc.firlfon, the last Clinton Democ,•at gets off the rui. lowing whopper : " Then wo have only the Kansas-Nti braska act to jtistify all the malignity and bitter invective hurled at the Pres ident. And after all, there is nothing i 3 this of which any one complains,"ex cept that it• allows the people of the Territoties to settle their quem.i.me of demesne policy actor ding to their own views of propriety, in opposition to the tither principle of allowing a body in which they are riot represented u set tle them. que.tiens Lorthem." The man who does pot know that the above paragraph contains two gross falsehoods, has Owed his eyes to the light for nearly two years-past. The heaviest complaints made against the President have been in con consevence of his m•trines o r fezecriting the Kansas Nebraska act, and not the act itself; although that was bad enough. The opposition to th.• President have hurled invectives at him because he removed Governm Reeder, simply be cause that independent Pennsylvanian would not he the tool of the Birder Ruffians, They charge the President with appointing in place of Governor Reeder a drunken imbecile, who al. lowed . the Border Ruffians to steal horses, murder innocent men, burh towns, destroy printing presses, and carry on war in,thu name of the GAv. eminent against the free state settlers. 'of Kansas. The Democrat knew it wit,: because of these outrages that the chie f • • complaint *gains:. the Presidinit was made. • The other falsehood in the above ex• tract, is still more glariti4. ThoKaA. Yam Nebraska act, does not .• allow the people of the Territories to settle Chair questions of diirnestic policy itCetprtr:l4 to thell• I)W9 views of propriety," aod it does not profess to do it.. It allows the Border Ruffians of Iliasuur i to take Possession of the ballot-b , xes of Kan sas, and to eaters,' upon the peopl e of that Territory a code of b 04114 law e, fhi c h even Losris Cas• prii.hthces disgrace to civilization. Under this li:•nme-; a►ct, the Prw4i,leut appoi n t s a n d i enviv e i tile G ,vrr.) or 4 his pleasure. also the Ittlge4, Mat shalt. and all the of her executive offfeer-; and these settle tho ",domet.tic policy" , of the Territory according to the will a: the Pt asident. We think the old Jet fersonian way of treating the Terri tories was more dethecratic, thin the new 'Pierce way of doing the same thing, and far more likely . to proituce pence and harmony. The Densocrat thinks differently, which is its right, tkili it kill no right to iaLity the hintorx of the times, in *flier to defend these ,new•schetneslif extending sleveiy. The L3rconitag ou Dr. Tyag'a,.New Church. The reply of the Gazette to an arti• cle of this subject does grossh.ju.tice to an eminent divine, atul shows clear ly that the party of which the Gazette is the organ in I.4coming, is the ally of Slave!) , Home, whenever a min ister preaches against Slavery, the or gan of that party cry out that he preach- . es against the•r party. Says the Ga mite : • ..A new . ..rArattizotion ttn-. der the traine of a chalet) lets been added to their forces., Abe 'pulpit to hr occtipied by a ite.ker who has acquit ed great notorit% by s haratiguing his encu ,gr"scition iillll by dividu,L lik-e;turch by the pannier ti:te ..fatich 'subject,: into h1.. 3 It never ..vaq that it w , a t l e l . bo a bard matter for the political ttl.> an ntor.lilt- 1)1. Tyitg, or luur the tarty w•ttt.. o clam.. he i • to atkocat the littipit, to raise money eduilg3 build hilt; ;1 c..11!,1 r pnblic inked d.tses ut poll..ieg ail rrllgiou, and pily him lioAae." i•Virat i. ?ivy but beariog f d e wit ness agai no thy deiglib•ir I D.. ir!.ii , r has never lia:asyratttl ills .:1 polittrml goesti ms. lie pi cached o ne gcl Ain , rican slavery, end a; sever a l of C•k••41 a+ ere Auir,).n.ter.: .4* this gre iaiTitty, it .nail:: a great distil: fiance. \V.. have koow r a jujutsu!: give (seat orrense to soine . of his most sitp;iorters, by pi eaching against, pi wan:ty. Gut we are n•it a it aware that any one pre tended that the minister Ws,, to blame. And as s•avery is a inoco greater sin that, %v.r think it shietli e ceivo opine attention from tir.t 0111 pit. Ot course tho.te guilty ni,snstairoir 4 ti, evil be ; but if :ni:lister is apt to preach againit .in fir teat iif • giving "(rinse and dividiog I then be is a worthless appendage •to • society; and . tv at Id bet ter ba di • pen ied . . watt. • But the orzans of the church, are proahhly g4„,q ju,1 4 ,-s• of Dr. Tyng and the effect of iii preaching, as the organs or the Bucnatian party; and this is the way 'oat of the .former of the. new congregatio.:: " It will give e,roat !delimit a to the many friend: of Dr, Tyng to hear that a large number of his f.n a trt. congrega tion has associated, to have the Nsti Or al Hall, iii market street, near Thir teenth,. in Philadelphia, ir.lr public wor ship ander...iris ininistr y. He has preach ed there for three Sundays, to very lar ge congregational - and has engage 1 ti preach. for them fir three months. This is "Ile of the largest and m..st commodirru- halls in Prriladelp'ria, hold ing over .t wit thousand peorle„ and tt hag been filled with am attentive ere o d on these occa-ions. We trust the Blessed Spirit will gaitill arid prosper him in his now work. He can make the:darkest trials work frr the gore! of His people, and the Saviour's glory. We have received a copy of the can did and faithfr I .. statement published by mero hers of the CI mgregatipte of the Caurch of the Ei iphany. But our readers will not desire us to e'.ter into cif the. Ill'ilterS involved. Tney are now, fin a time. settled. Arid we earnestly desire a 11, vine. blessAi- . .y ; to rest M. I). /Li) the mini try w itch his been thug rejected, and on' the church which has s • ejectud IL . — Protestant Churehinan; • [Cornspndence :f the Journal.] F ito SSAS. LAyrat.:Ncc. K. r., :20, 1556 11l , nl,ri, , .niug.tue citizens ur ii. 311• re tuey dare' to p. iliticr I .ip inioas tritut Lh ;Me Vunted 1 .110/ Fed,' al authmily, and foreih. , totiot to ,üb.nit t, laws whic;t Ley tad haul" in :flak ing,. %vita pect, het' ,r.! the . ). but exterinkaiiiou ut iev-littithi.. be periniiieut ponce, tue:, (-1 iv. Goary has eNidelaseed fieace . aad ta P.ace here, Is the nael 1:117‘:: 01 all 'itgats and and iii i save that which eilliaiices tti iai t ir c i,( of tue slave-4,,.vrui s z initunt. Va tue arrival uf Geary ia Luis Territuty. tho freu. Suite' patty wore deter aid a:.l iii t.te p'ers ., illriilCU ii he eta into •teil a desivisitiun to dual justly and y; but iihasad uf tl 'tug Luis, lie has placed them in a stilt ' m u , dept i able ounditiiiii titan they w% le unites the ifithmeile maciagerneat uf While tirii phase .0 euujug.uiin %vas being perfected, the Adinitiistiatiun, cLild weather was last appiiiacitiiig, aid thus rendered Iwtner hostilities impracticalil d. either party; but as warm weather makes its appearauce, hostilities will again be resumed, nu a inuc r larger scale, unless justice cat' he had from the Judiciary a n d Executive depart teems This is the kiuti . .4 peace. waitpt affords the President al, much gratifi- I Cation._ to mention la his late animal' .message.._. There. cen..bs no safety.in Kansas, •,W.liile/tlie laws passed by the Shawneet; 'Legl.slature remain. on her statates.l They have been the cause ~f all the.trouble thus tar, and as long as the authorities try to etiturce.thern. sn leng will they- - be resisted by the people. Its not Northern men. alto gether who are olio:had to tmon, but men from Missouri, who have settled . in the Territory and who are in favor of Slavery, disregard them also. They say they care not . how aquitable 'or just they may hi', they made by foreigners, and should be treated as such—that no miii wrio.bas airy as-. Orations above servility will subniitto the fratids that have beer, practiced thi the ballot-Met in Kansas. Teo difficulty which originated between Judge Lecuinpte and Gov. Geary. has •been watched by the - free State mull with great anxiety, hoping seine go id might result therefrom, but another Lecornpte - is left.to cat Ey on the con quest. Notwithstanding Geary's suc cess in re-arresting this murderer Hayes, lie had to:sub:nit, arid the assas sin liar boon release I tilt a writ of habeas corpus and is now living with Ilk Elio:lds to Kick:you. The only pro-slavery criminal arrested under Geary's Adinioistratirm has bean re leased without tordergrriug an hour's imprisoriment. • All of tire herder-pa pers are in gieg the t o rr uy rl.rt thou y, tred rec 1.) ivy U. Sill) to fill his place, ivu.h i;errj arikrin Sir ingfellow E q., to occupy toe posi:ierr that Judge Lecture-ate did befOre hi, suspension ; 'rid Jo in IV I,Vriitfield, Wiwi. admitted, is at pres ent knocking at.t.Oe do•rr of Crhigiess (and will usdoubtedly " come in,") litiming the light to represest 30.00 J p e opl e which is supposed to he tile present .porulation iii lisitisax, ti l t err fonthis rrt whom are free State, arrd only ab-ut olio eii huh orthe remairitrig . loth voted for him at the recent elec tion, which can be shown by deluct int.!. the vote inidorted, from Missouri. With this worthy trio oc - Cupyiitg the - above-named positbins, there need be no 'fear -for Llie - 3pee.ly adjustmeat of flue existiu~ tr isss, and a haps! and prosperous perpetuity iii' the :Union. G. IV. ':lark, Indian as for the Potawatternies, and tun of h)1•011 I-aac•Win.,ton of Vir gild! ale I) ,, iated t , ) fill tile. vac Lucy; als col. : -. spencsr, of 0 tio,lsis been Marshal of tills Ter6t,,,y, in, tile place of J. S. 1) ataidsOn resigeed vit.th a hint 1.11 till S.) from t;10 G IV. ‘VIIetr).•I'C•II. Spencer will " all .te" 11 , tok, Li; esses, aid 1 . 3.i:14(.4 201 " arri-aners," ' or not, we have „ro mewls of judging mare than IVet,stro haul when .he "judged of future by the past.•' As he recei ve,d Ids app•ti..tinalit from Pierce it would net be vary at- a nge he is gift:-t1 in that, way; Si .ce the cOm meticernem of cold weather itsms been very dull in this place. Building has pretty much st.upped. it pas the urtun tirm of tire E nigrant Aid C elm my this winter. tic re-build the Free •itate [Leel and have it comoleted fir the accornodutioll of the s/ ring emigratirm. It wal Comm,anctel last N•rve Tiber, but little hits been done yet and 1)1%41.114y will list be this winter. Tun Ulivirian and Pi esbyterian Churches, with the: Rev. Mr. Nutt.. and the R •v. Lit n.• pastors, are both beautiful and sub Aim ti a l sine edjice3, and will be com pbet.-41 for service est ly in the spring. 'file Basetneot-of the Unitarian enure!' has been fitted tip bit. a schsol-room. It is large arid cornimidious, aid wihi be suouniotanaed by a first class teach er. M.trtey has been raised in th e Slates to defray the exp rinses and it will be free fits-alb who wish t.l attend. There Will aliO be arire her free schord in Lawrence this winter. .41r. A: inky. general Agent for the Nati•nal Corn-nittee, taktlllS.l nit steps to- Wards establishing a University in h:atisas, and a general interest is main fisted by the citizens; to have.. a per manent (toil thOr 'ugh system of thluca• lion. I think efficient means has beeti -tent here to relieve the actual warm of the suffering. if rightly disoursed- Some difficulty exists between the Na tional a id Central f.:ominittees widen rr.ay be dirsitnental to the system establistutd. for urn distribution of pro vi-ions and clistitinz. throughout this Territory. However it is t‘i be hoped. that peace will again tia restored arid all go or, smoothly as it liaN neretof rte. lr repairable - 113•1S have berm sustained by many, but rohbury its peen pro coin m_re that the in tat seem satisfied it they h ave elion i ct lea to supply. the actual necessities of life. 'r!IJ weat:rer is very cold, and the river is frozen over. sauna to beat a team CO )I\l UNIC A CIONs [Cureipondencs.of Lb, inurnai.] littLanst.e. Dec. 12, 1856. EDITOR up TEII7. JoURNAL. sue published in your Journal iof tho.4th inst., a portion of a letter I wrote to out ofyour citizens. It was not in tended for publication ; nevertheless, I am lead you saw fit to noticeit; as h I a, ...title 1 florth a ri)ply; which for iiiith t.ined morality, and lofty statesman. ship, has few .equals—and w ten it is known that you have a nsail of such giant intellect iu your place, you will doubtless hairs, to (Ahab' another Phy sician, as he will be callioi upon to take a seat in Ji/4 Buchanan's Cabinit. And u you published-my letter-it is ne r bowstrer, is grater than his sense of , more thara. comt b oo euurteiy, tri pub= justice' of this we have ample proof , lish the reply. I therefore send you a .- ' Afore l . J . adg in *from the uncouth angles nud e copy. 'retaining the original to in our hose (politely speaking)- orr•tal Deorevity. in the clerarost inanner possible./the chi t ;c, rri i rn i ug after - his visit, from the strang e I like - the f-arless a.id consistent medley ilt ofthvir contents. There ware dhues for t, feet, books for the .. 6 •"--,- auurse your Journal ado l ai dispos. meat for the table, and choke luzinies ing of . its political wit/mit:l. I there. fore inclose the within sum, as .pay.: f.,: a Chriitraa6 feast'. also - other thiiigs -otedions to mention.'" ' Speiking mein for your valuable paper, which yen %VIII .plitaie 'forward. Yours. to., the . good cause. Fft tat, of St. •Nich ties t emitids cis of the or paid him antrhis.predecias%iria.by a society in Now York Waring hie name. Their annual festival is held upon the , sixth nflaUuary: We suppose it is up.or that city, to give the present wor thy Saint time is; re.t after his tedi o u s labors during :Chriatmaa time; that he may have tho ..honor to .be present." The sons of-the society then relate the wonderful account of the birth and or. igin of their patron Saint, far away in Ohi Amsterdam. anti speak with pride of the great virtue and power still transmitted to his posterity, upon one after another his mantle has fallen. Tice remarkable feat he per. formed in vkiting in one' night the chi Macy of every domicil in the laid is ibuu t.ddiu "ion and story." At 1.4 r feast Up-in thii Urcasion. conspicu•li .um-• n .; the Yu! i•uts fioickerbucker vi lysrls im ne.t,e bile of vayly.ahl• prod paw t. 4 r.• ).9 ur.tielt the tofer- cotIDERAP.MT. Dec. 8, 1856 1340TIlltIt PROM sUppaNd that bef u•e this letter reach •s your hand, you will have an opp.rtunity of glory log in you. own snaffle, for w•it og to mu that mean letter. Yes, perhaps before this time,you have semi it nun fished in a paper that is a fit vehicle for nll such low, contemptible, slang. But, perhaps I ought to apolotlku to you for its making' its ap maranco iu public. It wa, not any of my doings. God knows that I would not sink your political character any lower, by hay• log Your name appear in such a God 7 forsaksot .Thqrnal. Tile face is, that some thing. are too mean ti,r coolmon, ordinary Dsvili to rrtorm, and, fur that reaion, an uncommon Sou Devil, came it to my house and stole that let, ter away, without my kaowledge or coherent, and, xi she was ofcourse coa: nected .with that Journal ()lieu, she took it there, and tua:l It t.. tae awl t ie thou 2 ;ot that it :vis le the. A:nti , teNt thi:h.; that ne nad seeo in a loog.tisne, aad c electi,vi was wirer Nhieilti" wait. uf le) I.4eett. arid be tva waot of still' to !Pot i ;)/pur ; ,:;44t. he puhl.sh it. S., y.:11 11AI blame: in.• insult; h4t, altos 411, I y.)11 0i.v.4.11: 11,0 W L1 .. 1 v.,41 Liti o 1. (;:i furl %v:ic. , l he: re t.!4 Ott,,, (1:1.14 t:, a p alter t:pa . rati ,r 1 located [hit lie ,yt; dr^. •it t‘lat. t;afri. tir y ! Ilt/C , /!nr• In 31'11 ,itsClk.l !:I. wrieir trli hears that h,g 140.1, 71. id ^ ds .r.rt he hal ow, . a ttl every P.o.t get Lis P. iv ileget of root); toe ti.rit•r.nl .Stazes . :qui; ; rioil aak Pier ce ! wow. lie fook Vri4Ml he c•ofie t J read what -re ill/ d ris, 1 1 111 oe h I, taken au oath. lird - ore wen. arid fl.seil every acre of land beloir4ing, tit the United State, 1:1 harbarma despot ism! IVont he be . u.ind up. ben re comes to sip , hoer .fie !has violated his and 4 a perjured wretch betirre the Republican Patty. (I don't say Black Republicaus.) Word lie look blank tor nut letting women and c. fidtrn carry a bible, or the Declara tion nt Itidepeutlence about their per sous ; and that:free society is a failure won't he feel aivful tor letting Brooks give Surnaer such a caning. (not Pre moat, Foote, I d•rn't rn.2ari,) - awl not harwing li.eatiog; and above all tlook you ught to be 11u:tidied for telling that l..vaa hurti iu that r•hl land . Si.peistitiirti, irner they thud to haitg people iii witchcraft. arid is now , the very not bed ill political 'Priest en alt, the fruit of warcu is a ri . ij /I ity of 50,000 for Prern rut. You ine its sayi.ig that I Was educated in c lat. "Id _ l b state of N e 1 - wiiic • also gave a insjority to'thes Path- Perbaps t rig w ruld not he eoriiideruil as iusrilt by •yunr party who are iiviug - in tire taller siaLe, but by a Politi.,yl V it is um: iidered as wilful arid alaoder. Now - F ro:l k, you know t rat f told you not bi write t•i one pits got g mu' ed ; if you had f drowed my advice rru had riot dXp•ti d yoirr - se.lfin the way you have. IL:ou KII•ItY it woa wring to tell mile that you was glad that I got defeateil. and hoped I wurild every tine I accepted a notnionti on from the Dannucratic Party. D. you imppose that I reel bail as well as other g; eat matt to be defeated, espe cially of an office which I tiave field for fifteen years ; I must now retire tip private life and let Brother Stout eu• *joy the horiiirs and profits of the r Ace as I have done. I don't want to ad vise you to leave a g D . id sita 3tton where yvu ate, perhaps you are d riog good service to your party ; but it' you are capabl e of writiri; a tea more letters like your last, and will crone out tiere and have them pot into the Journal. you can get any office you ward—tor some, dreadful, mean men get office in .thia County now-a.-days. Please write to me again when you get ready, and Wpm writ.., :no ari , dlier such letter, the Devil may ilaWe it and werciarno, and use you accordingly. You will please excuse the liberty that I harts taken, as it is only intended as an answer to your last. Amos. Russ. For thio People's Journal A Word About Oariat.o.u. It is not of the "night before Christ mas" but the eveuirg after, of which we would write, favhring the old am i g o the han d that bird iu the Italia is- wow two , i ll the hush.'/'rtough St. Nicholas is by it., ,settta chary of his gills. ha has, nevurtheless, been khown to pass by mime capacihu, stocking. whose Wearer had from time to time been guilty, of divers derilectione, and sun du.lutulyertencies. His compassion that lhov Ati . ll - hoLl 1:1 %fratt revJr, e:4 ;tom, •H Intl eat iy 4,,tt!drr fifth• p),lce NJblf now the mid• ern 3.1:)y1oi their tepa3t is over, tuaitt ale idrered, tha iil.l WWI t!lti ttlo4t. eX , i iilite of tae a:;.1 pur ! Atiii ant, tild 0 ' 611.1 ufth, St. Nie.'l..l2A.a.le their feitit it v. A. non.; Cu: in !:ly cult•itti4 rt , l usag e,' Cl•t 14t , n 14 ti liaVe tv l i • ; ii Ire p 'wet. 4 good 04.111 the ,civhig a-I I r•e vi t. of I ,r e ,eats in the 11:1/ C:1 ~v oirway 11`re th, : y tsea ~ 1 ?- • rti as t:;•:. 41ti "r3.toth er. Hash-lad or 'Wife, and with wist . la,ly tears are they bedavied, 1 m..• af ter the kind hand that gave, is forever released f Sacit brune t :A we love .to cherish. T.:ay 'serve as a kind of charts or and when we are w,,r,d weary Or faint hearted, they bid 11l with a peculiar,. nay, a religi.ma voice of fait!' in the gond of the hunter' heart "ptese:aa." A reciprocal :merry-wishing, apt) Christmas, is also a time -hone, ed and salutary custotii, but the inuovation. made by the lads and misses of .our time, by wishing their- elders a Inerly Christmas, for the sake of getting e quarter here and there, wa rery mach deplore . • day' has its f...-stivities, and Cat evening its thoughts. We who ire climbing toward the hill-top. .4ro think -11.4 or the C arist.nas times far back I:, the valley and up the &went. Fatting as ia patiora nic view is our ow. litres picture. its Christmas times like no many male-stones,q seen midst tha light and shade 'aang the way. Between these arile-it saes how anany events have transpired velish have cast their 3.13.1.. re over oar future, and nt le ui t k low th it the br.,k of fate is a sealed book, none niN let its p.qes.- bat as they are turned over day by ally, with the fiager 4.1146 ay. .With each returning Clarisai time comes sorrow to some bee!th-stnne.— . some loved on« are singbiff their Christmas a ,them in the "upper courts," then how grateful is the IledS of the Jiving.- How- many &ail. .dren of trial and ',yam, have this day had, their hopes kindlaid afresh u,nar the altar of well-donna, by some kind friend- vritose "basket and store is blosied." to wh am the wings of the wind comes laden with plenty.and who rho nut forget, that ttadro are those - t„ avnom he comas with drooping pin. ion, and whose only salutatioa is the sould,,if his wail!, cheerless voice. Sacia fraeotit bid us trust the tua.- .„;,.. ,ri„, itis said,- "I. wail slot leave -thee nor forsake thee." '`,llupitola" the Washilagtou correspondent of Car Naiton, urges .upon the readers of that pepei their duty in making their Chi isti. mac ott... Our papers have fortunate. .Iy, no need of suet) correspondents, and though the balmy air wnich "capi told" brestout may he conducive to the growth of great anew "a plenty." if they wou:d know tabs pleasures oral "enlargement of the heart," they would . be betaefitted by a few years rutidence amid the i...l,sud.cspped hilts ef - P ott•F. CoubetePuar..oec. 2.5, 1856. Z COSORILIS bas boa* 'Rolling a k01i4.4 (9,