its®*,
JSplTOtt.:-:-1 bo p*RB*W,&C?P ill'll.;
llbe &w'L'og r .qupition, .wbiqh ap r
Jrt.jho jiit-t issmi of ypiir paper, has.
[qifio ipe.'ihe idea ei'..pile ring to the
*jil»rpygh the same., medium, sc.tuo
_ . jf. tli@ subject which’p/ay pot be
und v. hicl) nmy lend
adjustrnonf, in a legal manner, .of
the difficulties and injuries, so graphically
in \he article alluded to. " y
( tff.iiy no means provable; (hot i|)o
presept.legislatu ro cuu : be induced to en-
a BilV us would bo requisite to
flgoVf'fldequnte prot cctlon t 0 l| io lumber
our ppunty. The, passage of u
dcgcripUoi), haying for its end
of Uie so-cajled rights o| the
jggojjp&ers, vyould meet .tfctP. •PdS* atrenu
f imposition pf what ,|iqs been lurcibly
igjjytedihb Third House Assem
, jOnd it is unfortunately for the credit
/qf t Ottr State, but too notorious* that a well,
organized and well-paid mnjo r ‘ i y of the
7«iid .Third Hoyse, can prevent tho pas
eage ofuny Bill which may bp.brought be
fore the legijipiate branches of jbo by.v>
ftwkiog pbwer. i LitiJe hope of »
lion.of our rights, or of redress for our
iivwngs, from any such source, can bo roa-,
flpjjably .indulged.
•nAflOther method which has boenattempt-
Jld*.flOJ>template6 the arrest of those enga
ged ip the.business of floating loose logs,
the.ground of their being perpetrators
£lf ,'ft .common nuisance. As this phase
of the subject will no doubt bo submitted
d&Jhfe decision of tlio proper tribunal, I
jsMlnqt'vehtu’ro, to express an opipion up
4)ndt, further than merely to udvert id the
that no decision which maybe
tprdQOuncedin a.case of nuisance, founded
yipod. the floating of Jogsj can bo consider
ed a? n termipation of the difficulty. Each
taonvictioQ would meet only' the cirdum i
Ataddes of the particular oasaon trial, and!
dh# parties engaged in 'the traffics might ea
■mjy <£uke such' arrangementii as would
enaiHe them to avoid tho risk ofconviCtion
jliftder the precedents, while carrying on
offensivepursuit as* briskly as before.
Ifdnsji be doubled, too, from what has oT
■rtedy Occurred, whether this mode of re
dress might not bo rendered ineffectual,
•by r Uwr’tiplbvdrabte disposition of certain
ofahepublic officers.
«! "JlJie dbject of this cdmmnhication is to
to the notico of thoso interested, tho
*wo*ial«oi«f the act of Assembly of 1912
in regferd-to lumber found floating in the
SdstjUßtatnin apd its branches ; and to of
ffer Some reasons for believing that under
bMuNtCtya complete and perfect remedy
for the evils under which our trading pop-
SHion now suffers, is afforded. Ido not
ppOW,that the expediency of acting uri
cdsr thia' law has not been presented fro
tjtftotly, to tho miads of those affected by
•thMpjOTilsy but So far as I ani informed,
Sit {fruiftirefl to determine the question in
iSifltode, have ever been taken. An ex
ndfpiQOtiOn' of the law, and of'the decisions
.Upon it, will show that its provisions are
-jwffidenily extensive and well-defined, to
lAlbtetfibse concerned to give a final blow
bf the floaters, ‘
• s '* r TßS»acrflfiei2 gives to any or!
vpergons, the r igjfit' to „lnkp up **afiylogs,
*shingle-bolts, boards or lumber of
'wy liind, 'which dtay jfcip? been, or may
'os put pilQ tlie tiyer 'Susquehanna, or ei- •
thtrdf its'branches.''
' ,;*Tbis authority fs to,be exercised under
,/hefpl|owing conditions : Tho person so
ft up, sfialjwithin thirty days tliero
rJP%i>°dgea list of the lumber so taken!
,HRby.hjm. describing the number,quality.
the lumber, with the marks
imatlie same,. with the nearest justice of
ffwptaee, .who is therefore required.to en
ter the said list upon his docket, and to
-‘isniMst 'cbpy.tif it to be published for three
in a weekly pnpor of the county I
ijWbercin such lumber wus taken up; and
if within three months after such publcin
iJipOVthelumber so described slinll not bo
tyapiaimed by the owner, or same person
by him, it slmll- become forfeit
to, and the property of, tho person who
ojwmtdken it up.
f; the .owner of sail lumber shall desire
‘!to reclaim It, bo shall, before regaining
thereof, pay to the person who
■Wayhave taken it uo, the sum of six cents
cior every fog, one cent for every shingle
tolt, -provided the number so taken up
•utou exceed fifty, the sum of fifteen cts.
every hundred feet of boards, as also
.ItbCtasts of advertising the same, and the
Kite#* 16 be filmrged by the justice ; upon
•ijftjlllipllatice with the terms, it is made the
iho person who has taken up the
'•'tCntber to re-deliver it to the proper ow
•ilpeil. - ■ - - ■ -v.
aro provisions contained in
‘itHfiJthk and second sections of the act of
I8l2; : Tiio third section enacts certain
pCnftltibifbgajhst' thoso who shall take up
■' lumber, without pursuing tho directions of
‘-the'pfecedin^-sections.
‘■ -This Statute has never been repealed.
• vThe'Charters'of the several Boom compa
nies do not, explicitly, or by Implication,
•interfere 'with it. The supposition- that
‘ |b6V do limit its operation ; can only arise
from* aft inference, for there- is no'word
or phrase in-ahy of those acts ‘ which can
>; ‘hto the argument, tnnt they
?$?• Aqd the-inference
?“•* fail, for there is no rule
C l earl y >culed, than that which
powers of corporations, strict
am tefms qf tjie statute coaling
r-leaviog.out of sight what u r p term,
of corporations, which can
jS9 ?!*'« Present ques-1
I)®accorded. to the Bupm]
9.K XPry.puture, ifjeh-'.
tojM.iW l Ml 8 T.'ChJs conferred upon nlj
fljSJfPft? W;*W i§l2,with; thp ox-
thatdor the purpose'qf facilitating
—v lo companies are nllow
. apd mairitajn,piprs, and boptp 9 -
““tegpjwjlifi insthpir.purr
fi.tld-.th9 nets of in-.
corpon»iiQn,9f t|tese. companies, are ,c<)n»
df Bimilar effect, both being
Heating in the liver is in dungerof dest ruc
tion, und-tliui it is expedient to it
.from risk. K . ivj ■
1 I an impression prevails,
! that I lie'•charters of/theso compf(nies,;im*’
ipai.r.tlib authority 19 take op lumber, yust
,ed’‘by tho uut of 1812, but l believe such
an impression tq be founded upon un erro
neous construction of the law. To enter
inio uii elaborate discussion of this point
woujii: occupy'top rnu6h;,qf [ yppr g|iace,
uml 1 shall udduco but one laci, ip support
of tlio positionT have assumed.
| In a caso reported in th 6 4th voluqje of
VVatt’s Report, jt was decided.: That lum
ber, whieli had gone udrift, anil lodged up
on tifl island in thb'Susquehunna river, was
not subject to the provisions of iho act of
18*12; iliut act being hold only to apply
to luinbor taken up' while floating in the
river. But by an act passed so late as
April 20,1853, it is provided, that lumber
lodging upon ,un island in ihe Susquona.n
ha\mdy lie taken up in the same mannerj
and upder tho same terrps as it directed by
the act of tho 20ilV March, 1812, to which
the act of 1853 is declared to be a supple,
meat. Here, then, is a legislative enact
ment, subsequent to tho' incorporation of
| the Boom companies, which established
| tho fact,—-not perhaps by express words,
but by an inference >vhicf> must bo dqem-l
led cunclusivo—tliut the act oflBl2 is re- J
garded, by tho body winch passed it, ns,
still in full life, force, uud vigor. j
I Now, Mr. fcjditor, if tho pf this j
(.county; iptere§te<j in the suppression of the |
floatjng.pf loose logs, shall determino to I
ayaii- thems'elves of the provisions of this J
law, jt ’will requre no phrophot’s eye to'
foresee the very speedy IcrminaliQn of
the whole system. Supposing tho views 1
cf.tho law I. have taken, .to be correct,:—!
an aciiou upon them would soon put that (
question, one. way or tho oilier, complete- j
ly at rest,—this community Ims the power i
undcf the protection of the law, to abolish!
a practice which, year after year, is break-j
iDg upon our trade, with a progressive
force which threatens, at no very distant;
period, wholly to destroy it. VVlmt is re
quired, is a prompt, vigorous, and deter
mined effort to ascertain the opinion of the
courts, and if that prove favorable, the
same promptitude, vigor, and determina
tion will make a saw log an object ns rare
ly to be seen, in our streams, as the cele
brated sea-serpent.
1 do not presume to indicate a modo in
which the suggestions I have advanced,
may bo carried into effect. If they have
any weight, the proper stops will readily
ocour to those familliar with the manner
of carrying on tho obnoxious traffic.—
This article has. already far transcended
the limits originullv assigned to it, tind I
close it, expressing tho hope, that it may
not.prpve wholly valueless, as on attempt
to point out one possible method of settling
this vexed question. B.
Clearfield; Feb. 14, 1854.
PROCEEDINGS OF COURT.
• Tiio Court was in session the whole
week—the following causes were the on
ly caused on tile trial list which were'dis
posed of this w eek, nil the rest ha ving been
continued.
Jonathan' Pierce's heirs vs. David Mi
chaels—Ejectment for 50 acres of land in
Chest township—Judgment for Plaintiff—
Wallace for PlaihtiSs. Barrett, Halo &
Crans for Defendant;. :! ■/'
Thompson & Eaglajman vs. Reed, Mc-
Cullough & Robertson. Ejectment for
John Jones survey. Judgement for Plain
tiffs. Barrett, Crans, Hale & Cuttle for j
Plaintiffs. AVallace for Defendunts. ■
Augustin McClain vs. William H. Hen
derson—Scire Facias Sur mechanic’s lien.
Judgment Tor Plaintiff—B32o. Barrett &
Crans for Plaintiff. Wallace & Linn for
Defendant.
In the Quarter Sessions—John Hall,
charged with un assault and batleryon
William Housler, was convicted and sen
tenced to pay n fine of §5, and costa of
prosecution. Crans for Commonwealth.
Gordon for defence.
George W. Condo, was convicted of an
assault on J. H.- Gnler, a constable whilst
in discharge of his duty, hnd sentenced to
pay a find of $lO, and costs. Craps &
Wallace for Commonwealth. Swoopefor
Defence.
Thomas Biers, charged with an assault
arid battery on f. L. Barret, was convic
ted and sentenced to pny a fine of @1 and
costs. The prosecutor requested the Court
to impose a jight finel Wallace & Crons
for Commonwealth. Hale McEnally
(or Defence.
Charles & Philip Blanchard, were con
victed of ti huikance, and motion in arrest
of Judgment made. They-had thrown a
large number of loose saw logs into the
Moshunnon creek, which it is alleged on
the part of the prosecution obstruct the
highway! When the verdict was render
ed, the feelings dr the people in the Court
house Vyas shown by clapping':of hands
and stamping of feet. Wallace, Barrett,
Lirtn, Swoope d^Cuttle conducted the pros
ecution. Hale, Smith-& Gordon for de
fence. '‘
. The Grand Jury fuundalrue bill against!
William McAlea, -William Morgun, and'
John McGhucy, chargedwith the murder 1
of Richard Conklin. The bill was- not !
presented'until Thursday evening; a few!
minutes before, the Jury wefe empannelled '
in the case against O & P. Blanchard,|
which occupied so much limp that the
homicide cose hud to be held over until next 1
! court. . .; .. "I
VWo understand that :hq Grand Jury
also, found 10. true bills-against persons,
i engaged in log floating, charging, them
• with nuisance, alsoSdyerul bills for assault,
and that ihey presented, Hoyt’s, Shaw’s,'
Irwip’s, Brush.and:Ringgold dams as ob
• structioiis. ; ; \ <
Thos.: J<-. MqCullougb, ;Elmore S. Dun
dee,.of this plage, and Benj.F.Luca?,Esq.,
of Brboksillei. were admitted to practkJeln
; thp.4sver«l?courtS;of Glearfietd.' : - ; -; ; 4
S'
CLEARFIELD-, MARCH li 1854.
Fob Govkunoh* :
yyiLLiAM picLjEK. .y : -
Oirlu con fomiity with the wishes of the
Democracy of our county, asexprosuodat
tho Pempcrutir. meeting of lust . week, wo
this week, hoist to outmostfcdodthe name
of our Ibrruor fellow citizen and present
.efficient jSxeculive, Wii. Bioleb,'us the
Democratic candidate' for Governor, there
to reinuin, we trust, Until tljo'day^of buttle
and of victory shall arriyc.
' OCrWo have several cpmjnunicntjons
on hand which shull bo examined .und
properly disposed yf noxt week.
thoeffort whichJidS
of lath been secretely making by some fow
individuals in and about town to prevent
the further circulation of tho Republican,
and in fact to curtail if possible our pres
ent list, wo are happy to inform our road
ors tlrnta court has not passed within tho
last two years at least, at which so many
names? have hcen ndi}cd to our list, or so
many dollars fouhd their way into our
pookots. Our pile Ims accumulated suffi
ciently to enable us to £ny off our old pa
per bill and enough left to lay in a supply
for the future. We arc thus encouraged
to renew our exertions, and if possible
moke the Republican doubly intcr-esting to
our readers.
! “iJeso/uwf.That we will ever resist sec- j
jtnrian intermeddling with politics or polit- j
Jical institutions, come from what source it;
imay—religious freedom being tlto great,
■corner-stopc of American civilization,” j
! The above resolution appears among the
proceedings of tho Native Meeting held at
Curwensvillo on the 4th of February, and
i published in our paper of the 15th. It
j breathes tho true spirit of republicanism.!
: Wo subscribe toil in every part —and ifj
tho whole history of Nativism, and other!
resolutions adopted at this same meeting,
did not show their hipocrucy, such false
declarations might deceive tho confiding.
But tho third resolution following theabove |
j denounces Gov. Bigler forappointing Judge
Campbell to office, “after he was repudi
! ated and rejected by the people. Why'
' was he ‘rejected V Judge Campbell was 1
;a candidate on the Democratic ticket for |
Supreme Judge. 3omo or his porsonalf
enemies in Philadelphia, failing in their efi-1
forts' to injure him in an honest, open, man* j
ly manner, sent out secret circulars on the i
eve of tho election, addressed to ministers'
of the Qosptl chiefly charging him with]
bbing a Catholic, and appealing to their ]
“ sectarian” prejudices to aid in his defeat...
In our own county wo well remember that I
nt least two of these Reverend gentlemen •
spurned the base trick, and exposed it to;
the democrats at once. But tho tricksters]
succeeded, and that by tho influence of!
this ‘sectarian intermeddling with politics’!
] which these natives so pointedly, yet soj
hypocritically, denounce, Judge Campbell!
' was defeated. Gov. Bigler, believing “re- j
ligious freedom to be the great corner-stone'
of American civilization,” and knowing!
that his defeat was not a fair expression ]
of the will of the people, but the re-;
suit of a cunning trick of u fow po
litical demagogues of Philadelphia, uppoin
i ted . him, not to the oflico for which he was
a candidate and defeated,"but as Attorney
General of the State. He thus performed
a rightious act, and as far as lay in his!
power,-redeemed the Democratic party]
of Pennsylvania from the imputation of
haying repudiated the great principle that
acknowledges/*religious freedom to.be the
great corner-stone of American civiliza
tion.”- ' ;
If these natives are in favor of religious
freedom, why do they, persist in their de
jnunciations of Judge Campbell. He is no
foreigner, but a native born citizen of our
own Stutc, to which his father emigrated
when a mere boy, and would therefore bo
a voter, even under the 21 years platform
! of nativism, of some 30 years standing,
j Resolved, That James Campbell by his
lappointment, has demonstrated his’ utter
j unfitness for the office of Post Master- Gen
eral/'
The above is the last of tho resolves of ,
the Curwensyillo native meeting. We ,
wish, they would be more explicit. Judge
Campbell has made abme thousands of ap
pointments. Which'' ; one do they allude
to ? If they ulludo to.the P, M. at this
pjace, they must excuse us for telling them
that they ure not the proper judges in that
case, and that the people of Clearfield and
vicinity can moke known their own grie
vances, if they hsvp any. . .. .
But, from a faint recollection of the con;
test for Post Master at Curwensville, wo
rather suspect that this thrust is inkClded
for that good old steadfast Democrat, Sqm
! Way, and; if. so we hope and belipve he
j will survive the shock/ , At .all events,
g9ritleroen, you wquld obiige us ond ’he
public.and do yourselvesVno,discredit, by
b eing more explicit. l '’ - m -i 1
OCrQourt beiogconvenedhere last week,
and persons being present from every .efcc*,
lion of the county, the. usual number and
\n frict more than'the uslmlnumborpfpubv
die- meetings ItfcrS* jielSL s ' l :j ;|
On alio tiid!
temperance causo assembled in the Court
House, and several short but eloquent and
appropriate addresses wore delivered. „
•On-Tuesday evening, as is customary,
the Democracy of Clearfield county met
bt the Court Houso, and nftor being prop
erly organized, the Hon. James L. Gillifl
and Byron D. Hamlin, Esq., wore appoint
ed JQelegatos to the Bth of March Conven
tion, unanimously instructed to support
our present worthy Executive, Wm. Bio
'tnii, for Governor,. •
Tho meeting then adjourned a»d a Boil
Road meeting immediately organized, and |
some fdw remarks were made by Jonathan
Boynton and others, after which tho meet,
ing adjourned.
Immediately after tho adjournment of
the Rail Road meeting, tho Democratic ,
meeting was re organized, when the Hon. <
! G. R. Bartott was called upon to address i
! the meeting, to which call he responded
*in his usual able and eloquent manner,— ■ j
'The meeting then adjourned to moot again
! on Thursday evening,
j On Wednesday evening, a large number
J of the citizens of our county, of alt parties,
'assembled in the Court Houso, for tho
I purposo of hearing tho principles of the
[ great Native American parly expounded.
! As previously announced, that mighty or- i
ator of tho party, Gen. Potor Skcn Smith,
of Philadelphia,—the individual who has
! been endeavoring to make the public be- '
|icvo that “a foreigner fresh from the Em
erald Isle, can vote on n six months resi
dflnco in the Stale of Illinoise”—appeared i
on the stand. Puring his address he en
deavored to convince tho assembled crowd
that his object, or rather tho object of this
great party, was not as supposed to be,
for the purposo of suppressing or meddling
with the religious liberties of any particu- .
lar sect. But that their object.was to
maintain the rights of American citizens,!
and to prevent if possible, tho intermedd
ling of foreigners with our ballot box.—
Illiberal, unfnirand anti-republican as their
object publicly expressed may nppcnr, he
could not avoid during the course of his
remarks to give an occasional dab to a t
certain religious denomination, which fore- j
shadowed most clearly that their whole oh- j
iject was not fully acknowledged. j
| Not by a fair representation of fuels,]
i but by bolieing tho official documents, the j
' only reliable evidence we hnve.heendeav-l
jbred to convince tho intelligent citizens of
, Clearfield county, that our free institutions
•.were actually in ddngerofbeing subverted
*by the constantly increasing tide of emi
* grntion from other countries.
1 His address, in fact, from beginning to
jend, portrayed most clearly that tho cause
he was endeavoring to sustain was a des-;
Ipernte one—and in .-order, to make cv-i
jen.a respectablo show towards which,j
■no small amount of misrepresentation—j
; the misapplication of lhe ; langago of tho j
! founders of our free institutions, downright!
] lieing, &c, was required. A {
] Mr. S. interested, or rather amused thoj
audienco for some three hours by inter
splicing his remarks with some laughable
anecdotes, and finally concluded with a <
song and drunken danco, which latter op
oration ho most admirably performed. ■[
The following day-, this travelling mis- j
sionary left—and if ho entertained the
opinion that his address here was likely to
work wonders for their cause, or even
secure for them a respectable number of
rcoruils, he must have attributed to the]
j citizens of our county more than their due j
proportion of ignorance, or he himself]
is certainly not e Solomon.
Agreeably to adjournment, the Democ
racy again assembled in tho Court House
on Thursday evening. Addresses were
delivered by Wm. A. Wallaco, Esq., nnd
Hon. G. R. Barrett, who took up tho orgu
ment advanced by: the Native American
orator on the previous evening, and com
pletely upset every .idea of importance
advanced by him.
(XSrln answer to a communication on
the first page of to-day’s paper, the writer
of which appears to be somewhat anxious
that we should make known our views on
the subject of a prohibitory liquor law, we
would say in the language of our corres
pondent : “Give us the law, a special
election, a fair field npd no favors,” and
let tho people decide the question. '
OirThobill to prohibit or ragulale tho
manufacture and sale of.intoxicating liquors
in this Commonwealth, was before -the
House on the. 28d and ; 24th. The ques
tion, was discussed at some length but no
final action was had. ;-' v^
, OCrOn Saturday' night last, show fell
here to the depth offiyepreix inches? but
haspincebeen, fast before
theraya <)f the Bud, &iid has now well
OijrOur readers'eannot have failed to j
notice the repeated Judge
Campbell, the present efficient Postmaster ;
! General,; or rather, ,the 'denunciaiipnd'of
I Gov. Bigldr and President Pierce for ap- (
I pointing him tp.official trusts. That tho
real caitso of these denunciations arise
from the presumes Catholicity of that dis
tinguished statesman, cpn.npt be .denied. ]
■Whether he is a Catholic or Protestant, it
does not matter, ai least in a political
sense, so iojpg ns the constitution of our
country guarantees to every man the right
to worship his God according to. the dio- j
totes of his own conscience j nor yet in a
moral sense, for ho reasonable man' will
deny that a person may be a Catholic and ,
also a true Christian. !
But if Judge Campbell is deserving of ;
the hatred and denunciations of Protestants, j
why is it that Protestant associations where |
ho is personally known—whoro his daily
walk and conversation is observed by tho
whole community—voluntarily confer up
on him" their testimonials of respect and ,
confidence ? Are our natives more wise j
than they T Do-thoy protend to know him
bolter than those who wero his playmates ]
in youth, and are now his companions in,
riper years? If so, thciy should give us ]
something stronger than naked assertions, i
And before they repeat tiioir denunciations!
wo would adviso them to ascertain thoj
truth of tho following annooncement inadoj
by tho Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun, in his letter of tho J4th,
instant: 1
•’The Hnrmonia Litorary Society, con
nected with tho Academy atCassville, Pa.
(an institution under thepatronage of the
Baltimore .Conference of the Mctlwdist
Epicopal Church) having olecteJ Post
master General Campbell, Senator Cass,
and Professor Henry, honorary members,
eachof those gentlemen, acknowledge the
compliment in handsome letters. Tho two
former accompany their epistles respec
tively, with a couple of beautiful volumes
for the library of the society.”
Somo of our Methodist friends in this
community, who have allowed their feel
ings to carry them astray on this subject,
should bo sure they are right beforo they
deal in such uncharitable denunciations —
for it is not to be presumed that any insti
tution under tho far-famed Baltimore con
ference of tho M. E. Church, would thus
bestow its honors upon any man, however
I high and great, who was inimionl to the
Christian faith.
(KrProfessor Summorfield, tho Magi
cian and Wizzard, gavo an exhibition in j
the Town Hall lost night. His (bats of|
slight of hand &c., were really astonish-j
ing, and every thing attempted admirably i
performed. Mr. S. surpasses any aud all!
who have heretofore visited our town.—
He will give another entertainmentthis ev- \
cuing. Admittance !2j cents. Children I
half price. I
J ftJ*For the lost ten days or more the
river Susquchannali has been clear of ice,
and our lumbermen aro about making
preparations to prepare theirraftis and oth
er crafts for starting to market.
The Mabketo. —Grain aI. every de
scription still continues to command high
prices here. Wheat is still selling.at 61,60
cents per bushel, and some has been sold
as high ns 81,75 cents per bushel, Ryo
§I,QO; CornBl,oD; Buckwneat7s; Oats
50.
In Philadelphia, on the 24th ult, whont
flour was selling at from $8,25 to $8,75
per barrel. Wheat from $1,85 to $1,05
per bushel; Ityo from 95 cents to $1,03 ;
Corn 88 and 90 cents ; Oats 45 cents.
In New York on tlie^Sd,,whont flour
was selling-at 88,37 to $8,75 per barrel.
A Little Bor with a Straw Hat.— -
A crippled beggar in a largo city was
I striving to 'pick up some old clothes that
• had been thrown him from a window,
I when a crowd of rude boys gathered round ]
I mimicking his awkward moyementsi and,
hooting at his hclplesshoas and; rags.—
Presently another noble little fellow camp
up ,and hastily pushing forward through Iho
crowd, helped the pour crippled .mph to
pick Up his gifts, and fastened them in a
; bundle. Then slipping a piece of silver
into his hand, was'runping a wavy when
a voitjo fur Up abovo him, said “Little boy
I with the straw hat, look up.”
I He did so, and a lady, leaning from an
I upper window, sajd earnestly, “Godblosq
you, my little fellpw. God bless you for
' that/’* The lady wastho wile of 1 a mail so
distinguished among the great men of this
world, that every one of those boys would
have been proud; to obtqm her approbation;
and when she wrpta down his name as
oho she wished to remember, he foltmoro
than paid ior.All hohad'doho. "
As he walked along, lie thought how glad
he had roade his own heart by doing good.
He thought of the poor beggar’s grateful
look; thenofthe lady’s smile and words
of approval; and last, and better thap all,
he could almost hear his Heavenly Father
whispering, “Blessed are; the merciful .for
thoy stia.U obtain pierpy.” ” '!‘
Lilt jo reader,' when you have an oppor
tuhity to do gbod, and feel temptedto ne
glect it;remember ‘‘the boy with the straw
hat." "" -
NfcW Yobk, Feb. letter receiv
ed here iroiaCantbh;doted December oth,
states that the U.' S.ehipPlymouth had
just artlvfedi > having; losteVorboata lifdutv
.Mathews-andfoiirteen of her crew in a
' typhbon.^n^hirilhe-Bonin islands,' - ,v
'""''•) '') ‘ i i i' :
! Vo Fob.,
After all that has been said by'the cori
respondents of tho northern papers to the ■<
contrary, the Gadsden treaty with Mexico
wad submitted to tho Sennto yesterday"-i- r
Where its truo character shall bo made
known, it will bo found to be, as I bofore '
stated to you, highly advantageous to our
country-—not only because itadds largely
to our present boundaries;
many privileges which wo could not well
do without, but because wo thus setdo a
dispute with Mexico which might others
wiso lead to another war with that cOut>.'
try—and, although a war might bring
more territory—indeed might leave noth---
ing of Mexico in tho end;—erery body
knows that a war would cost perhaps .
times (lie price stipulated in thisi treaty.*!,’
And besides, we assert all the evils ttatt..
war necessarily engenders to a nation,-.:
Its fate in the Senate, however* is unccti
| tain. There is a powerful interest agttiitit
i(s' , confinnation in all parts of the
|and[ not the least powerful and influentuff
is that class who think we aro paying tog
much for what will come under the shad
ow of our eagle’s wings in tho course of*
[very few years on the progressive princ£
pie of the age, and thut then for tho polioy
of “masterly inactivity” is the wisest couratt:
for our country to pursue. There can bi
no question, however, that the President
and cabinet have acted wisely in submit
ting it to the consideration of the Senate.'
Tho discussion still continues in thd
Senate on the'Nebraska and Kauzns bilk
Both the Ohio abolition Senators have
made ihcir speeches against ft, as have ah
so Everett of Massachusetts, and Smith of
Connecticut, in reply to Dixon (Whig) of
Kentucky. Gen. Cas3 will reply to Ev<
erett, and then perhaps tho country will
heur from Sumner, the great aboliliooia
from Massachusetts, who, by the way, is
a man who has but few superiors in our
country. After that, Seward of New York
and several others will address the Sen.
utc, (or rather the oountry, for these spee.
ches are made to be -read, rather than to
heard) when Doug)as3 will close the de- <
bate in one of his best efforts, and thenlt
will pass the Senate by at least three to
one. It will also pass the House bv a de*
cided vote, and at perhaps an early day,
for members of Congress are just about as
well surfeited wirh the State arguments of
abolitionists as the people are. Tho moot,
lings held in tho northern cities, and the
i remonstrances sent here against the pas
sage of this measure, are nothiug like as
formidable as the demonstrations made
against the adoption of the peace mea
se res in 1850. ..They shown weakness
ieven for.abolitionism ; and as for their
showing the true feeling of the great non**
of the northern people, it is all gammon,
The freemen of the north are loyal to the
Constitution, and only ask thut its provis
ions may not bo departed from.
In the House, on Thursday, the defi
ciency bill wns accidentally laid on the
table—accidentally, because the mam bees
had practised the log-rolling system until ]
they had erected a monster of such largo 1
dimensions that each political party was
ashamed of it, and when it came up for
final passage it was voted down, and then
a motion to reconsider, it was laid upon
the table. It embraced many meritorious
items, for the wantof some of which much
public inconvenience and individual suf
fering is endured. ButJhen,again, there
were lurge sums appropriated for the I
building of custom houses, &c., by various
citizens, which more properly belong to
the regular appropriation bill. The legit
imate end of the deficiency dull will no
doubt be effected without much longer delay.
Theater-visiting people at Washington
have been richly entertained the past week
by the great American tragedian,,Edwin
Forrest, who has been performing at the
National in some of his favorite charac
ters. This is one of the largest theatres
in tho country, and it is crowded to ex
cess every night. Mr. Forrest is certain
ly at the very head qf his profession; and
is idolized hy tho common people—by
whom aro meant ail except the aristocrat
cy. As often as he appears jtpon the
6tage, this partiality is exhibited; Much
of this is doubtless attributable to the ef
fort made a few years ago'by his enemies •
to drivo him from the stage, by lauding an
English rival of scarcely half pis' real mer
its, - which hud n directly contrary effect,
us it created a deep national feeling in his
favor. But on, or off tho staged Forrest
is a fair specimen of a true American fc,
publican, and wherever you find a man
possessing his personal acquaintances—l
sjieuk df tiie industrial class—you find a
ipan' ready to throw off his coat and /oil
up his sleoycs fprlhegreat American actor,
' Your readers have often heard of tho
profligacy and debauchery—ihedisregard
of public and private morals practised at
this metropol is, Thele is no doubt a gteat
ttbuhdahcC'bf all aorta of vice 'practised
here; but there is one thing certain; and
that is; that the police regulation's are of
the stricteat kind, and are os'strictly en
forced as they are in any other city ; and
if vice' does abbund, it is well hid fromthe
public and the civil authorities. Drunken’
ness, however; cannot be hid, and is prac
tised here to on alarming extent. ' Many
of the brighest intellects of our cot/ntry
have gone down to : a drunkdrd> grave
here, ; that.’ might : have beoiV 'saved else
where; and at this timbtherOare numer
ous instances of men of capacity of tho
best order fdr usefulness to the country
fast travelling in the same direction.' B
was only thid week 'thdt'tweiheh of thi*
Character, one of whom is a Pennsylvani
an, Ond at one fimo'held 'oiieiof the most
hoiiaraWe sibilohs -
j of talents of the very first order— bpevfecU
gentleman in .every sense—vrai •
to hands by the aent
[ to the workhouse as common
Such facts sfieak volumes tWs leg
alization ofthe traflje tbiS ; destroying
monateV/l&'oAa/, ■ -v.-.iM'.vjaf: