M«mn'ir 1 n r i[-" "' ' ~ • ' * •'ijiijiir mimpiiants from beponjing a .seafaring people. , •’s£. ‘ftdttiro 1 - havo or- - dwell upon those tilfers of tile earth or ka^>dr&.M'' flocks aiicl hords.',' That wise hover. jhtendod thatfnien should fifl 4fkca land, of and honey’ for the rpariserlsieaflingt, when, after toil, . hnreb -BWp».4angcr, and expofitiVc, ho.canohly .fr.eans of. ’frifgal, subdisteh'ce s«t..: 1 oh: tftSS’rh Brav/d f.hpney i»‘repn(|'tp.the wooda-j and thefo id jt : treo I torejvtoo, whrch, being tapped,..yield s 'abundantly ly rich .juice, which the pcoplo use instead’Of'ifiilk.” 5 Nature has nevoryet ptf it in>the''heart of; than to forsake sn'ch ri kind The. seariVbnt of thoscr; beautiful slopes proclaims-thl's same law of Nature. j It is rfflttenimtho fields; whispered • in l the bidczo,nnd feltintlio'clirriatep l 1 i- Tbeisea has no • spell by which the on -cdnrotrhenis of port-climates, fortild soils, obeap.lands, and a.healthy court trycan lie broken. It is necessity—and that, too,'a' nedasstty that is l right store—which indu-j * cafei-a man ,to iforsalterthc land and tako I o'. 'fortnli'vihg:l 1 j Among the conditions requisite to make ■ flkjopepple of any country a sea-farina pdepie sreipeciiharities of soil l 'and climate tgWjeJrtriiakO'it easier for the workingman to earn his bread at sea than it is on : the • fcmdy '• fl?hes& peculiarities do not ciist in B»a«il;and ißraKil’hns nosearrieii. Only fookhwltoncoihe bailors come that niowdo] (hfl)fetohing'atid carrying across the seas. ] 'PlMiy «omc' from the severe climates of Hie extra-tropical regions of the north,'nnd j Hoitfromdho'«dfiny climes of tho'souU).] •come frdfen Old'and New Englhnd,- dtonoflrth ‘of Europe and of America. Who] WW'henrd-of Our western-people who'live'] to tbe Mississippi valley sending out their' nsttf) before tho 'mast to make sailors of ? y-'h is-toodasy therU'toeam a living out ! of ’the soil. Much easier is it in the val-] fcyof'llre Amazon, where the plantain' atfd -the banana, the most nutritious ofj food, grow and ripen, and arc prepared for j Hfe’ftWe'Without even tlto’fcaro of 1 thb'ln-! Store r to drtiss the plant ortho viund- Wftdre‘rfee ‘grows wild, the sugar-cane ri- j every' eight months, and where food ] though 1 to support a population ol millions! fe*Mi finally wasted for the want of labor-! bW-lei gtilhsr It. How can i-ho people ofj such a country ever become a seafaring I y jtobple'i j: Whar, short of the messengers] Of'Gbd’s Wrath, the famine, and the pefeti fcWtto’rOohld; drive a people from such a tordpOt*’induce'them to forsake it and f6l lifcrdfie'eett? j. • ", 1 ' - .YAflOther condition necessary to-Who es tablishment of seafaring communities id Wit ifrßttetoce of the sUa. ''hContrast'the rock-bfeund const of South Amer'icto^-d-its'stiffoutlines, its want of ar ticulation ; the rigid, forbidding sea-front ftfl ft&'lAllafitic Slopes—with tbe waving "feiAshoresV their mngnificiiit -gulfs, their fobaUtlful' ibayb and harbors, with their pVomdntories; peninsulas, of the maritime regions of-tlid ear.h, and Nature has pt-oclaimed tfligt-fofet that the soil ahd the-climate of -forbid tier people to follow the sea'. When the dry land first appeared it was Iftlifiqetf that a power of 1 maritime habits dwell where Brazil is.- WriLdbltf at-the'Baltic sea, the !Mcditorra -flSfttf,'!nn& (Ho Black, which, with their lirdto and gulfb; stretch up into the'heurt of £onHto f tihd by their presence invite the yiSpltfiib leave those over-populated dife- Wdtb-'ond inhbsbitable clirries to roam over the sea, and vibit the sunny spots of the &Wlft '• noiAgaiOj look here in like manner in the tifirthertf 1 hemisphere, at- the Red sen, the •R&rtSftn'gujf, jutting-out Hitidostan, tipped •iflthHhb pendant isle of Ceylon, the bay of BfeWgali the-etraitS-of-Malacca, the gulfs of Siam and Tonquin, the yellow sea, with iHfe'keis'-’of JupaW nnii-OkotSk' winding Yjffong Ithe -shores, insinuating themselves ’dfridtig-tlib-’pcnplodiir back in-the country, f tlWd Xvfth"a coast-line wonderfully indent* edj'inViting them out to sea-—consider this, - .find-then contrast 'this klioro line of the north with the shore lines'bf Africa and New l Holland. There is rio articulation, 'tKfSfbpand Naturenev t> tuAH ’6f ' -Eerope, ij sofne I'of-Asia, half'of 'Afri®i,'fno9t'oPN6rth Americii/utidnincty , part’B’of South 1 Am'ericn,.’are •ilWtteftl'fntt) 1 th& Atlantic/' iThb three‘lar the'world empty into it, and 4M largest ofriver-basios tWdtributary to -farWuf otltji .. -r; v. .m . «dtiSthe prinbi .'pltfi'ftiatu're ;in this; afraUgemeht'of’land ittntl water, and' distribution of riVbr.biVßin and sea?bighflftfysy : isf'tlidoVcllbybfi■ the lAn)awp,. .':l ' .'li tfii :> ,tv,-y.!,nl ' j e l l jThe,>yind^nnd.currents, qf the sea are vpOLW'efeTtjhni, wherever.the, warltet-plficq -WftyAbdkPveryteftiUjiguYpaselvosaheipqsse? Jfri podlJlrd. between tjie xhQu.th of.the ia, J musi» I: eithemw copiing:ox in gol: iss hy l i > ■ Monday, - Dec. 27, 1852 ji 'Senate.— —Tlie Pi'esillcnt protcniA aid j befoVc "the Senate communications from the Wai* Department and. from tlie Sccro- Itary.of the Interior; which were laid on the table, arid ordered to bo printed, j- Several petitiohs'Were presented and re ferred. , . . H , 1 Two or three private hills were consid ered and passed. /'v. . i A motiod to adjourn over until Thurs day was 1 rejected—yetis 10, nays 31; and ,ot about 2 o’clock tho Senate adjourned, j House-— On ipotion of Mr. Smart, the called for information of the Presi dent relative to the capture and confisca tion of tlie barque Georgiana and brig Su san Loud by tho Spanish authorities. The pending resolution for the puyment of the account ot Francis H. Smith for reporting the, testimony taken before the Committee oh tlie Judiciary in investigating tlie char, ges against John C. Watrous, [United States district jAdge of Texas, was next passed. : On motion of Mr. Stanton, of Ohio, a resolution .was then passed, calling on the President for detailed information concern ing tho alleged application for,extra and back pay for services as custom-house officers, "under a construction of the law not hitherto recognised as correct, by the accounting officers of ‘.lie treasury. On motion of Mr. Meacham, the rules wqre suspended for the consideration of a resolution ordering the printing, for the use of tlie members, of one hundred thous and copies of tlie report of tho superinten-. dent of the census, accompanying the President’s last annual message; which wps referred to thcOommittee on Printing, under the law. Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, moved to suspend the rules, to enable him to move to take from, the Speaker’s table the joint resolution from'the Senate conferring the rank of lieutenant-general on Major Gen eral Winfield Scott ; which was not agreed to.. On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Arkan sas, the vote of the House somo days since, refusing to pass tho joint resolution authorizing tlie employment' or two clerks and a messenger in tho office of tho super intendent of, the public printing, was re considered, and the said resolution was passed. ! On motion of TVXr Mtirshnll, the Senate joint resolution in relation to the California census returns was taken up. Mr. Lane, by leave, introduced bills granting bounty lands to citizens of Cali fornia who were engaged in the Cay use war, and making provision of military bounty lands.belonging (oVitizens of Cali fornia; which were referred to the Com mittee on Public Lands. Mr. Harris, of Tennessee, introduced a resolution authorizing tho presentation of reports which did not give i*lse to debate; which', on rtiotibn of Mr Jones, of Tennes see, was Amended so as to prevent the passage of any bill or resolution reported underfills new tomporarV rble, in‘case it might’bo objected to by a "single rnemher. I "Pending tlie question on Agreeing to .this I resolution gas thus amended, the House j adjourned Tuesday. Dec. 28, 1852, SE?<,vru.— Mr. Weller, presented the memoriabof John M. Stanley, praying Congress to purchase his, gallery of In dian 0 portraits, now. op exhibition.at the Smithsonitiu Institution. ,': ■Mr. Cass submitted a resolution, calling | on the President, for information respecting the; establishment of a new British coloDy in CenJcal, America, called the colony of the Bay,of.lslands ; and alsoasking-wliat measures have been taken to prevent, the .violation of that article of the (treaty : of ■Washington, of July 4, 1850, between the United States and Groat Britain, which provides that neither party, shall‘‘oecupy, or fortify, or colonize,,or assump,oi:.exer cise any dominion oyer, Nicarngna,.Costa Rica, .U»,o Mosquito coast, .or any part pf Central America.” . , , 1:. ; The bill granting n pension to .Avery Downer,,was ; 'considered ,and 'passed; as wasrAlso tho;bill granting,a pension, to Sa rah Grandall,- and.tbfl; bill, forthe rejjef.jof C,Easton. !,., i | ~ Mrj,.iDndge,. of, lowa, introduced ,a hill for;ihe.;reli.ef of t|tp wprkingmen on thpad djtipn;to,the Capitol. ; ~ > i ' ;::After;nn exefiu'tiyo session, the,Seipnto adjourned.■, ... :... .■: House. House devoted its session toj.the 'epnsideration ;of, the resolution of Mr- jawfini pf Tennessee, proposing to re gejynnnd ’depose, pf.reports from Cptpmit* which, objection might not'be made. The House adjourned at an early hqtjr., Wedii#day : Z)ec;2b, \852- “ Senate.'-—The' Chair 'laid before. the Sbnate tile Secretary of 'the lhi terior, giving a statement of the disburkei 'riienls Wddo ; by Jbhh' : R.-Bartlett on the bbiiii'dary'domttiißsidn! 'u j ■ •''iVa'rlo'us "petitions'wefdbtesented'anidrbr 1 ferfedi" I '' "',k>s .iii-r.i’j’i.' .r.r/.-v ,v.:i,:? .;t ' 1 \ iMft‘Davis, reported d 1 jdinf'rebotutiiih ex*- • -16bdin|*?be''titfi'6 before' the vAafealnbhat ! bill” of the last session into op,- r~*~. ■ : _ ' - " " ' 'X. - -7 eration, in certain cases ; which was con sidered and passed. j A joint resolution was received from the House authorizing the employment of , twosclcrks and one messenger in tJie’Offico iof the superintendant of the public prjnt- IrJgfljvhich'.was. considered and passed. ',i Mij. albill making further provision ! against. cbuntefleifing the. current coin of tlidMJhjted States,or passing the samo. Several private bills were also consider cd and passed;' and tho Senate adjourned. , Francis P. Fay,, elected to serve but the' uhoxpired term of iho' latb i Hon. R. R.-Uantoul,of Massachusetts,ap | peered in the hall, and took his 50at,. ; .,,, | MV. Stanly proposed a resolution de j signed to prevent‘the publication in-the [Daily speeches not delivered in the hu.ll, rise to debate in, .which many members participated. This reso lution being finally adopted, the.resolution recently introduced by Mr. Harris, of Tennessee, directing that jtbe standing ; committees should'bo all permitted to make reports to which no objection migbt be en tered, wastakenup; and pending its con sideration, the House adjourned. / i Thursday Dec. 30, 1852. Senate. —The Chair laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of the In terior, in relation to the steps taken to es tablish a-lunatic asylum in the District of Columbia; also a report of thd board...ap pointed to examine the claims against the government for subsistence, &c., furnish ed for tho use of tho volunteers under the command of Captain John C. Fremont in California, in 1840. Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, submitted a resolution calling for a report of the.com missioners who examined the Blue Lick Springs and other- places, with a view to the location ofn western military asylum. After considering several private bills, the Senate went into executive session, and shortly after adjourned until Monday next. House. —Mr. Edward P. Little, the gentleman elected to fill tho vacancy in tho Massachusetts delegation occasioned by tho death of tho late Hon. Otin Fowler, appeared, was qualified, und took Ins seat. 4) * The Speaker laid before the House va rious executive department communica tions ; which having been disposed of, an invitation from the Jackson Monument So ciety, inviting the House to participate, on the ath of January next, in the ceremonies attending on the inauguration of the equestriun statue of Jackson, was laid be fore tho House, from the Chair. After which the balance of the day’s session was devoted to tho further consideration of the resolution concerning reports from com mittees, introduced some days since by Mr. Harris, of Tennessee, which had been before the House daily for somo days.—' This resolution having been defeated, Tho House adjourned over until Mon day next. Senate, Monday, Jan. 3d, ’s2.—Several Memorials were presented and referred. Mr. Smith presented a memorial from the son ofDr. Horace Wells, of Hartford, Connecticut, claiming a reward for the dis covery ofldmcsthetic agents ; which after some debate was laid upon the tabic. Mr. Cass submitted a memorial, praying that measures may be taken to secure the religious liberty of American citizens in foreign countries. - Tho bill to revive a portion of the act for the relief of the widows of deceased soldiers was taken up ; and, after a long debate, the Senate adjourned. House. —Mr. Davis of.lndiana, intro duced a bill to adjust the sales and loca tions conflicting with swamp-lands selec tions j whiph was referred to the commit tee on Public Lands. On motion of Mf. Houston, the House next wpnt into a rCommittoe of the whole on the state of the Union, (Mr. Richard son in the chair;) and after the committee had disposed of t[ie naval and invalid op propriation bills, the WestToint Academy appropriation bill was. taken, "up, on which .speeches were made by Messrs. Venable, Stephens of Georgiu, Brolvn of Mississippi, and Wilcox. Mr. P.olk having next obtained the floor, the committee' rose, and, the house then passed the naval and invalid appropriation bills. / ' Mr. Picklin reported, from the Commit tee 'on the District of Columbia, a bill! ’tb suppress the Circulation 1 6f small notes in this District f which was referred to tho Committee of tlio Wfhole on tho state of I the Unibh; and ‘made tho special order' for Tuesday the,' 11th ihstarit 1 . Aflep which the House adjourned.' " S: 'Tuesd. JENATE, uesda\ on. . -*•> - . The memorial .of Charles. T.Wells was taken from, the table, atid referred to a select committee^’consisting of Messrs. Walker, Smith, payis, Butler, and Mal lory. ' . ' The bill to revive a portion of an act for the relief of tho widows of deceased sol .diers was considered and passed, Mr. .Cask introduced a joint resolution declaratory pf thb views. of the ,U.’ States respecting colbriization .on the N- 'Ameri 'can contiripnt bv European powers, and respecting’thej Island pf Cuba. ~‘, J Mr, Shields 1 reported a l , bill [for the' relief of Colonel Fjretno’nt i consider ed and passed. '■ ,' 1 ' l; . A message'was-received frdtn 1 the Pres ident of the fJnited Stated!' in/.anstvbr to t]ie' res'olutiori of the Senate askidjfjlhf in formation respecting the! British colony‘.in | Central. America called the'Bay of Idlhnds. . House. —Most of .to-day’s sessidrf was speiit . in Committee 1 of ’the Whole' oA' the slate of the 1 Uhiop, (Mr: Richafdsoii’m the dhairp Military Acadbrliy and t< deficienc'ir’’,dpprdprialiptibillBwdrenbnri* consideration 1 . 1 Speeches tyore delivered : by ■ Messrs, Polli, Brooks,! li&fie, Cartier? 'dnd'Gbiniratl.'!; Siibse^ueiiilV the Military Acaafeihy ! iippropriiliiori 1 bilfjWas passed, and the House adjourned. 10 ■ THE REPUBLICAN. CftEiRFIELD Pa., Jan. 14,1853. ' (ttrOur Senator. jJ.i D. llamAs, will accept our thankSjfor.hjs attention in for .warding us useful' 'docOlnents.' ■ Also, Dr," (Foster, of tho Ilojisebf Representatives! s OCrTlic Hon. A. Gilmore, of our'oH district, will accept our thanks for valua ble Congressional documents. Tate annual, message; of Gov. Bigler, has given more universal satisfac tion to tjie people of Pennsylvania, than perhaps any previous similar document. — It is "Pennsylvanian all through, and seems to bo appreciateilas such- by nil who read it, wliethfer Whigs pr'DempcVats. „ That pArt of it ‘devoted to corporations and the .responsibility of stockholders, wo moSt particularly admire., . It js so charac teristic pf its author. , The sentiments Jie here expresses are not of yesterday only. They are the same that he has felt and expressed for years —at his quiet homo, among his neighbors—pot for 1 political ef fect ; but as sound npd, wholsome reforms, that all honest men and well-wishers of their country should adopt and practice. That the Legislature will be guided by these wholesome, suggestions is our most ardent wish. ORGANIZATION OF THE LEGISLATURE. Tho House of Representatives organiz ed on the 4th inst., by the election of Mr, Schell, of Fulton, Speaker, and on .the following day re-elected Mr. Jack, Clerk — both Democrats. In the Senate, nn organization was not e dieted until Wednesday, - when Mr. Car sox, the whig caucus candidate, was final ly elected Speaker. Both Houses are therefore in full opera tion, and from the character of most of the members, we think that a profitable session may be looked for. The complaint is almost universal among all clashes, that money is unusually scarce at present in Clearfield county. That such is tho fact so far as the proper uses of mo ney is concerned, we mako' no question } but,that thore is actually a less quantity of money among, the people of this county, than there usually is at this season of the year, we have strong doubts. We have searched in vain for causes why there should be a scarcity. It must be admitted that' the sales of produce during last spring and summer, brought into4he county quite as much as those of any former, with the exception of the previous yeah But little money, comparatively has gono out of the county for grain—for, with the slock of of the year previous remaining on hand at last harvest, we think there was quite an average crop, particularly of wheat and rye. Our been enlarg ing their stock, prntty generally, we be live, and their number has somewhat in creased. A great number of our citizens have also paid off their lands, and lifted their tHe Senate:-'" « vju " Resolved, That these proceedings, bo published ■ in. and that *James 'Ailpbrt-anfl Shfnuel C., Thompson, be a committee of cotrespon denco to carry out the object of these'res olutions.! SAMIJEL MERRELL.Presk i > - -S::C. : p-Jiac-h':. • vji'ixF'Vj . v v ■, , For , iUi( , J; . 1 ME39ns.EDn«hs':"The!gertobaoK^ son who wrote the nrticlesin your last tw& papors, in thoso productions ,ha ye ogated frothtjieir well 1 known tax a propensity & coll hdri pames( abd'mako unscrupulous assertions. * ~ ’ ... They : talk\ofc/iMscffi?2^.,,:irthere ( Jwa« chissctting, the same men whp. chisseuai Mr.. M’P. out of-a nomination* chissolled into his. 1 •' .. u. r : The ..people endorsed the principleof the former and vetoed tbd latter. . . ' •w-'iv-' $98,988,700 It ia notion days since Di. asi- ' scried that on (hQuightbeftire the election, - [lat which he was a candidate,,h©-«was coin*" polled at midnight Jo. send two of Jig; friends to Luthersburg to tefufp thecaluin- : hies the Barretts werb ciircutallng against him. He then believed they were hiaen., emies and he still' believes so—die will say so at ony time; > ■ ■ _ v' r . I now only nsk the; publication oft the enclosed papers, in ordoT that a candid’ public’may determine, whether, they; or I' am most worthy of these beautiful epithet*, which with such a veritable smack of BiW lingfegate; thoy have seen fit. to apply; tot me. • Yours,. faithfuHy; ’ . • > $52,689,878 43 Benjamin Hartshorn, ) Inthe Common'; . vs. > PldasdfClearfieldl! 1. L. & P. W. Barrett; ) co., No. 26, Sept., Term, 1846. Summons, debt not exceed*; ing $lOO, issued Match SOtbi to appeao > April 7th, 1845, W. Rawl, Constable,: Sub. issued for 3 witnesses for deft. April • 7th, parties appear, plaintiff claims $16,00:. for goods sold, and delivered. John Patton,' Jr., BWorn, suit continued to April 26thri inst. Rule to take-deposition of Joa.Buf*! fington, of Kittanning, Armstrong county.- April 20, def.appears—Daniel Barrett of, firmed. On hearing, Judgment for def. for $1,32. ■ ■ -;V. !■ ••••■ ' ■' ■ , - $51,505,63$ 50 Clearfield County, jss.v ’ ' do certify the above: to-be a true copy,' of the Record. Witness my hand and seal, 4 the 28th of Dec. 1b52. . Wm Pon-mt, Pro. V. $51,020 94 $52,404,569 44 Clear field County, st: . Benjamin Hartshorn, } Benj. Hartshorn, 1 I ; vs. V being duly BWorm 1. L. & P. VV. Barrett. J saith, that in the) foregoing suit, wherein he was plaintiff, and I. L. .& P. W. Barrett That their defence before the justice, to mjt: claim, was for liquor 6old and distributed* on the day of the election, for Joseph Bof-‘ fington; the whig candidate for in opposition to Dr. Lorain; which they: claimed I was responsible to them for, ; £. never gave them any money to do so.—, It was understood they were to distribute: liquor for Bufiingt6*n, and at the.suinhey claimed they had 6p done. My clnim wasi. not for money in that case. n B. HARTSHORN. jA Sworn and subscribed this 22nd, day o£ December, 1862, before Jas. Wrigley, J.P.i .|CHOOIi EXHIBITION. ;!• Messrs. Editohs:— On Monday iDg last, 1 happened to be present at the exhibition of Paradise School, No. I,and was much pleased with the creditable manner in which both teacher and schol ars acquitted themselves. Althpugb it, was hastily; gotten up, and the children, beiDg all small, it excelled the , most sam guino expectations of all present. The. performance consisted in various.origjnat songs, which were adapted to the occa,i sipn; ■ dialogues, fireside talk and cotnpo-/ sitions; all of, which were both amusing/ and instructive. The selections differed greatly from those of other exhibitions, which I have attended; the language, ing chaste and purp and the lessons im parted from them of a strictly moral ture. In fact it was op intellectual which wo seldom meet with in these of dollars and cents, and.rvhich has estab lished the character of the, teacher, Mi»» Henrietta Goodfellow, above alj cort* petition; . ; The whole affair -passed of quietly and Mb the entire satisfaction of both parent* and scholars.; Roping to hear of similar (exhibitions of this kind, in your county, L subscribemyself,.Yotirs, truly. :■ > For the Republican. 1 ~,. The luiNesboe Vice Pkesideht, Ktns. A letter published in; tip last Philadelphia Daily News, dated'Wnsbington, Jan 6th., s‘l'M5 ‘ I'M . ! says: ■ „j, , > -y . x ' ‘'Hoh.'Wm. )Rl King has made his will. He was bom. in 1796 ; owns 5000 acres ofland in one body in Dallas copnty> AN abama, and upwards of 100 slaves. . Hi? entire estaip about *He is.a humane piaster.. He to)d.me« tow yearSj pjncej that he never; dold bpt bp# slave in hia life, aqd he was.ppmpejfed to soil him because he was a terror to the neighborhood. Col. King capnQt recover. " Hid physician has.sounded tji lungs wi(h the stethoscope, and has declar* ed that ope of his lungs is entirely gone, and the other partly'sp. ,Col. ICs niwfy Mrs. kllis is with him.,,' , ; , The Canal Commi&sionew Snstalned. £ - In the matter of the injunction prayed for bv the Pennsylvania Railroad Compav ny to compel' the ! Cajrtal 'Gomtuissioneri t? allow them the use of the State road w certain. inf the Supreme Cdurt. the Canal' Cbtfihiissiprieifc ! have been 1 tullj? sustained. Judge BiJlck. de|iverbd,tl}» ppjnjon .of apjfl pfjf it is. i .■kur.Hll* ‘.•»»V£tU;l : . OCrARcr all the talk about the foounti billowa'of the heightofwa, 1 ina,storm is only about *] \ Yet .we haveknown’pradtical aaij 0^ 1 havb rated.them :at .a: hundreds \t Lawbekch. Cosmopolite, '