FOUR DAYS lATER FROM EUROPE.
ABRIFAL OF TOR FRANKLIN.
The Russian Fleet, about to give Battle to
the Baltic;Fleet — New Propositions
front AuStifia-i-Rumorcd Safely of the
“Oitnof Glasgow"— Chiton Unchang
ed—Flour Higher.
New York, Muy 22.“-The steamship
Franklin, Captain Wothen, from Havre
and Southampton, May loth, arrived at
this Jjfotaf.’tibbut noon. Sho brings Lon-
London dates to tho 10th, and Liverpool to
the Oth, having made tho passage in 11
days’end it) hours.
The Hermann arrived off Cowes at
midnight on theoth ir.st.
The steamship America readied Liver
pool on the 6th insti. *
There is "nothirig of any importance
eiliier from the Danubo or Black Sea.
SiroiAND.—tt was understood that Lord
Elgin was charged with a special commu
nication from the English Government to
the President of the United States.
in the House of Commons on the Bth,
ths Chancellor of Exchequer brought
frrai.hia financial measures, the fresh sum
which Mr. Gladstone has to raise for the
ptmtoae of tho war was stated to be£6,-
850,000, and It was proposed to provide
lhs money by continuing the double in
come tax to the end of the war, by aug
meqtjng ihe duty on spirits, Is. per gallon
in Scotland, and Bd. por gallon in Ireland,
by,putting off the fail upon the duty on
Sugar;, which would otherwise come into
operation on the sth of July, and by in
crqqsing the Malt duty from2s 9d to4s. per
quarter.
The “ Grapeshot ” Humbug. —The
London Times^ of the 10th has tho follow
in B ! . \
“According to--the advices received by
the America, the clipper ship Grapeshot,
reported to have captured a French vessel
in the Channel, was lying on tho 15th ult,
at the.mouth of the Mississippi River.
The following is a copy of a telegraph
ic despatch put on board the Franklin as
she was leaving Cowes, by J. R. Creskey,
U. S. Consul at Southampton, who received
it from Messrs. Richardson & Bros. Liver
pool. I
“10.30 A. M—Tho following is a tele
graphic answer from Cork—“Onlyto-dny
saw Captain of Baldaur. April 21, lot.
45 80, long 82 54, two miles distant ob
served a Bteamer, hull and funnel black,
inside drab, paddle boxes yellow, foremast,
foretopsail yard: nothing on mainmast,
great beam, strong list to port—no people
—no smoke—hading north—Altered to-
Wards Baldaur, steered there, saw biscuits
and boxes, when observed that a bark was
alongside which steered southwards. If
no other steamer is missing, we think this
iathe City of Glasgow.
It was a likely placo making from tho
ice to the Azores, the masts and spars like
ly used for firewood, and the barque steer
ing for the Azores, as the steamer being
then fifty days out would be short of pro
visions.
v The spot is only about 400 miles from
(lw? Azores, and due South was the courso.
We are telegraphing for further informa
tion. On consideration, wo think all or
nearly all are saved.
ItAi,y.— Rome, April 30.—The state of
the Pope’s health is still very unsatisfac
tory. E(is chest is considered to be affect
ed, And the enormous enlargement of his
portion reveals a dropsical tendency, which
Ist qot likely to be much improved by the
blebding and Sangrado style of treatment
here.
Fbos? finj Seat of War.— A telegraph
ic despatch from Stockholm, says that the
. sth of May a Russian fleet was seen com
ing.out of Helsingfors, and that Admiral
, Napier immediately signalized the allied
fleets to preparb for sea.
jV camp of one hundred thousand men
|s.(d be formed near St. Omars partly as a
demonstration against Prussia, and partly
to tttrow troops fromlhenco into the Baltic
when necessary.
Austria has presented fresh terms to
~Ruqsia, which, if declined, will cause her
JO join England and France in opposition
to th&’Czar.
Tqc Russianshave evacuated Krakova.
Fuller details of tho bombardment of
Odessa had been received, The Russian
yeirsipa, studiously omits ait the unfavor
able features, such as the blowing up of
~ the magazine and the capture of the ships.
The Russian commander states the affuir
P 0 the part of the Russians as a brilliant
(e ut'.pf arms, and odds (hat decorations
had been bestowed upon the several offi
cers who distinguished themselves in the
action. The Russians acknowledge four
: killed and 64 wounded, but credible letters
frbm some of the inhabitants state that
800 were killed, 300 seriously, and 800
slightly wounded. •
Tpe Laths Sub marine Tele
graph.]—Constantinople, April 30.
Admiral Boyer arrived here yesterday.
> After the bombardment at Odessa the
united fleets left to cruiso before Sebnsto?
pol. The Canshee, which has arrived
from Varna, brings no news.
'A rupnor is current at Galata that tho
bombardment of Sebastopol began on .the
28ih,the statement requires confirmation.
: Thedespatch between tho French cm
hdssador, General Baraguay dlHilliers and
’the Porto, .respecting the contemplated ox- j
pulsion of certain Greeks'; has been nd,'
■■jusled, and Qeschid Pucha has made ex- 1
cuces, ■> ■ |
• aA' party ,of the troops in tho camp
liayder Fuslid have received marching or
dorafor Adrionople. .
‘Athens, Muy 2d.—Tho Chambers are
ihsiolVed; The insurrection is beaten
'-eirerywharo in Epirus, in Thfcssaly, and
■ulso, it is said, in Macedonia. Neverthe
less; the Greek Government is organizing
*AwwT attempt. It receives aid ancLsuiM
sides fjrom Russia, v , .
" i,Majesty’s steam frigate Leopard;l
''IR GaptoiivGiflafd, with 1 (he.flag staff; of
Rear-Admiral Plumridge; arrived pf Stock* j
b»ln) on the sth ihsf., and signalled that
TilE' CLE ARFIE LD liE PUBLICAN.
the enemy’s ships wore,coming out of Hct
jsingfbrs. i-.i:
' The Commander-in .Chief, Vice-Admi
ral Sir Charles Napier*, had made the sig
' nu| ,to the fleet—‘‘Make ready for sea im?
mediately.”
Copenhagen, Monday Evening.—Tho
British fleet has been reinforced by the
Prince Regent, 90, and Cumberland 70,
both just nrrived from England, with the
French liner PuSterlilz,loo in compnny.
They sailed from Ellsnncben on Thursday
morhing. The Fronch squadron did not
anchor in WingoSound,but proceeded im
mediately up tho Baltic to join the British
fleet. * J \
Stockholm, May 4.— Sweeden contin
ues her warlike preparations. Five fresh
batteries of artillery have been ordered to
bo put on tho war footing. Tho fleet is at
anchor at Elfsnabben.
Smyrna, April 27.— Pirates. —Tho
British brig Smyrna, from Trieste, was)
boarded by pirates at Alatznta, (Straits ofi
Sciol,) about two hours after anchoring
there, and stripped of provisions, cabin fur-;
niture, &c.
I Vienna, Monday Morning.
| “Tho Oost. Correspondcz states that
jMnrshnl Paskiewitscli declares that Little
[ Wallachia had been evacuated solely for
strategic reasons; but that the Russians will
jsoon return to Krnjovn, and subject to mar
shall law any persons who may have as
sisted tho Turks. Great Wallachia, ac
cording to tho same authority, will not be
evacuated.
“Tho journey of Marshal Pnskiawitsch
to'Kalarasch and Silistriu has been indefi
nitely postponed.”
“During the Inst week several confer
ences have taken place botween Count
Buol, the Earl of VVnstmoroland, and M.
do Bourqucnay, at which conditions were
agreed upop to be offered by Austria to
Russia after the former has occupied Bos
nia, tho Herzegovina,and Upper Albania.
The conditions wero said fo be found ac
ceptable by Buron MeyendorfT. They
were regarded as being probably tho final
attempt of Austria to restore peace beforo
she declares herself-”
Paris, May B. —lt is stated on good au
thority here thnt Russia recently notified
Prussia that she had determined to ad
dressan ultimatum to Austria,calling upon
her to explain her conduct, and summon
ing her peremptorily, to declare herself
either for or ngainst, but at all events to
declare herself.
Napoleon arrived at Gallipoli on tho
night of tho 30th of April.
The Paris Bourse rose on tho report.lhat
Denmark and Sweeden had joined tho
Western powers.
India and China.—Alexandma, May
4.—“ Tho India mail has arrived at Alex
andria, with advices from Calcutta to the
6th of April Madras tho 10th -of April,
Sanghai the 15th of March, Signapore the
4th of April, and Gallo and Bombay tho
14th of April.
“Burmah still continues in a disturbed
Theelectric telegraph between Agraand
Calcutta, 800 miles is completed.
Business (air, and indigo neglected.
Exchange at Calcuttn, 2 1 ; Shanghai
5 8 ; Clinton 5 2.
Tho Russian fleet left Manilla on the
19th of March for Batavia. The English
steamer has not vetarrivod at Alexandria.
LATER BY THE AMERICA.
Boston, May 24.—P. M.
A despatoh received this evening announ
ces the arrival at Halifax of the Royal
Mail Steamship. America, bringing Liver
pool dates to tho 13th, being three days
later than the previous advices.
Lower grades cotton declined J; fair,
unchanged. Sules of tho week, 54,000
bales.
ELOUR Ims advanced one shilling.—
Corn has advanced from one shilling to
eighteen pence.
Bank of Englnnd advanced on rates of
iuterest. Mouey tighter. Consols 89.
PROVISIONS quiet ; Coffee unchan
ged; Sugar firm; Molasses steady; Na
val Stores firm; Tobacco firm.
Havre Cotton markot quiet. Week’s
sales 75,000 bales.
American stocks dull.
Manchester trade dull.
Evidence favorable that tho supposed
steamer seen was the City of Gfascow,
has been received by the Messrs. Rich
ardsons.
The news from tho seat of war is unim
porlnnt,
Neutral vessels are not allowed to leave
Odessa so long as the enemy’s fleet is in
sight of the town, but may leave after they
depart.
The inhabitants aro returning to Odessa.
Negociations offensive nnd defensive
are progressing between Sweden and the
Allies.
No further battles linvo transpired.
England nnd France continue extensive
war operations,
Austria still remains neutral,
Turkey and Russia continue to make
war preparations. V )
Philadelphia M akkets^— <3 ra im—
there is but little offering antr butlittlo de
ipund for. it—small prime.mint
$2 05 per bushel, amHvhjte nt js2
The mnrket is bareyof Rye, nnd it islwaiu
ted nt SJI ,15, Cmn'is in dernand\and
3500 bu?hels primaPennsylytipia yejjbw*
in store, sold at 80 cents, nod 4,500 bush
els mjjfcd at 78 cents. Qajp ar° in (air
reqiiept—4ooo bushels southern sold at 55
cents per bushel. (
j_ O'/”A Pair^EJit.—We copy tlje foljojy
jing from filer Cammoniocallh ;
i.v "A-Pf e x«4iange paper publishes a atory
fin ,whicfi it staled that a man wjiocijnflfe l
jyery near druvyping, had u wonderful re
j'coljeqlion ofjeyery event-wtiipb'' hado6-
.curred icTJiTs life. ‘ There; are a few of
Jour Bubspribers whom jyO :>youl,d recom-j
; mend/ip practice bathing in deep water.
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, MAY SI, 1854.
j FOB GOVERNOR.
«'II. El AM BIGJ.ER, Of Clearfield County.
' FOR SUPREME JUDGE. '
JEREMIAH S. BEACH, Of Sony! r act County,
FOII CANAL COMMISSIONER.
HENRY S. MOTT, Of Pike County.
A BASE SI.ANDER EXPOSED.
Our attontion hus been called to a loiter publish
ed iu a lato issue of tho Harrisburg Telt<jrap3x y pur
porting to lmvo boon written at Oloarflold. Tho
objoct of tho author sooms to bavo boon to convoy
tho iraprossion that the Whig causo is gaining
ground in this oounty, and assigns as tho roason,
that tlio Postmaster General had oonfiiiod all his
appointmouU boro to member* of the Catholic
Church.
Wo do not know who the outhor is,—nor do wo
caro. But whuovor would deliberately pon a false
hood so Infamous, must wear tho. soul of a puppy,
tho boart of a blackguard, and tho doportmont of
u hypocrite, and liko tho first murderer, should bo
compelled to* *‘livo' in the pangp that others die
with”—at least for a tvhilo.
So far ns tho peoplo of this county aro concern
ed, wo would not think It worth tho ink and paper
to notice so menu and baroflicod a lie—known to
bo without tho shadow of foundation—but in order
that our frionds in other quarters of tho State may
understand tho gnino playing by tho enomy wo
bavo tftkon tho pains to nscortain tho number of
Post Offices in our county, with tho names and re
ligious preferences of oach Postmaster, with tho
following rosult:
Uoicer —Gcorgo W. Elder, Protestant and Doin.
MurnritU —Jackson do Whig.
Cheat.— Jamoe M'Ghce, Protostnnt and Dorn.
Clcarjicld —John Hilhum, do. do. do.
Clcarjidd H. —E. Barrett, do. do. do.
Guncentville —S. Way* do. do. do.
Cuth —Asa White, do. do. Whig.
Frcnchville—F. Coutriot, Catholic nnd Dem.
Fruit Hill —F. W. Shooning Prot't. do. do.
(ilen Hope —J. Dickinson, Protestant nnd Dem.
Grahamton —J. B. Graham, Prot’t. nnd Whig.
Jcffcrton Line. —J. W. Dunlap, Prot’t nnd Dom.
Jeffrey** —T. Ilondoraon, Protestant and Dem.
Knrthmt* —J. F. Schnarrs, Protestant nnd I)ein.
Lumber City —D. W. Bobbins, Prot't nnd Dom.
Luthcrxhurfl —A. L. Schnell, unknown nnd Dem.
3fon i*dalr. —Jas. Allport, Protestant and Dom.
AW Wa*hington —S. Sobring, Prot't and Whig.
Pvnnfield. —V. Hovonor, Protestant and Dem.
ShmcHt ille —W. L. Uishel, Protestant and Dom.
Woodland. —F. P. Hurxthall, Prot't nnd Whig.
Now, out of tho ahovo list, Judgo Campbell lias
made five ehangos—two, if not three, by occasion
ofclmngo of sito—and only two, CnrwonsviUo nnd
this place thnt can bo charged to political nocount.
With this oxception, nnd tho throo now officos,
Jcfiorson Line, Lumbor City and Shuwsvillo, es
tablished within tho las^ear —which is a greater
number than wo over before recoived during tho
full term of on Administration, and fordoing which
wo doubt vory much whether tho Postmaster Gen
eral has made eithor himself or tho Dcmocratio
party unpopular—Judgo Campbell has left tho
Postmasters of this county just as ho found them.
Of the foregoiug, hut one individual, or two at
furthest can he called members of tho Catholic
Church—'Unless it is adjudged that bocuuso a man
fools ns friendly towards that church as he docs
towards tho Protestants, as we hclievo to ho tho
case with tho Postmaster of this place—he must
thereforo bo a Catholic.
But in udJition to the nliovo list, Judge Cump
lioll Hindu unothor nppointmout from this county,
in the porson of ono of tho editors of this paper.—
All that wq iuix'c Ba y un this poiut'is, thnt lie is
no CntholidL/iut if ho was. and a good one, ho
would neither feel himself disgraced in this world
nor denied his intcrost tn Heaven—nnd ss soon ns
his fellow citizens of Clonrfleld county or nny res
pcctublo portion of them, show thnt they are not
satisfied with that appointment,such manifestation
of their feelings will socuro his resignation nt onco;
for he holds that no mnn should hold a,public trust
agniiißt tho will and wishes of thu.c trho know hh\i
hr.t.
Wo know thnt right minded inon will condemn
us for thus so6miug to moddlo with men's religion.
Wo are woll aware that it is wrong, and should not
ho dono. But if thoro is nny possililo exenso for
it, wo think it will ho found in tho provocation in
this case, nnd ,wo thereforo hopo oiir nirulers will
excuse us for making uso of tlioir names in refu
ting ttio slander.
filSP’tt has boon repeatedly assented in both
Housos of C'ongross, liy tho roslstauts of tho bill
for the organization of the territories of Nebraska
and Kitlizns, that not a single Northern man, who
voted for tho Missouri CompromißO, over roso above
mediocrity nftorwnrds, or who wus not discarded by
tho poupto, thoir constituents, for that act. AVo
know not how much truth thoro may bo in this
stntomont, hut whon roponted so ofton, and in such
high quarters, It is fair to prosumo thnt thoro is
qnito as much truth ns poetry ill it. But if true,
what does it teach ? Tho slmplo answer is, tliut
tho people, disapproved of that act. But why did
thoy disapprove of It ? Ayo, boro's tho ruh. Was it
bocauso that act did not prohibit all tho territories
of the United States from tho possibility of ever
bocomiug slave States, and say to tho south, you aro
not oqunl and joint owners, having common rights
with us of tiio north in this rich inheritiiuco ? Or
Was it bocauso the people —tho constituents of thoso
northern representatives—viowod that actus a vio
lation qf tho Uupslit|ition, contrary to tho genius
of our froo ropul)licqn institutions, and ungrateful
and tyranical on tho part of (ho stronger party in
nn equal co-partnorship ? It is somothing remark
ably singular, indeed, that tho authors of q. rnoas
uro is now dung to with such unyiolding te
nacity, anil tho offer to ropeul which oxcltos such
firm opposition in tho breasts of tho Whigs and
/ Abolitionists, should all havo fallen martyrs, if
thpir conduct bad boon propor as American states
men: If tho northern sentiment of rovoronco for
(ho snijctlty of that act is correct now, then tho
nuthorsof itworo porreot.in miikihg.it, nnd should
liavo boon favored instead ‘ Of immolutod on tho
altar of an outraged publio opinion. Thoro' is somo
khing unexplained lioro, and wo woro about to sug
gest thnt it was pgssihlo that thoso nifn woro dis
carded by their .'constituents for during to mark out
a rftorjraphical line of division between tbo north
and tho south, against tho dying roquostof tho
groat Washipgtqn, ps ws)l ps against tho plain
spirit of thb’Constitution^
'■ “There js ft divinity that shapes our cuds,
Rough-how thorn an wo wilL" . i .
. of doscriptiop in romarltably
B.cnrco in this sogtlon> and contlnuoa to command
oxcoydingly high priopß. Whoat la polling at tied
dollart a luthcl, and grain of ovorjr description pro
portfonatojy; high. ' t ’ : i“'
Our farmers'abould now bring in'tyeiif produc
tions, as prices hover rrero bottir' thon at preioht
TDE FUTURE.
We are no alarmists. We would not
unnecessarily excite'the apprehensions of
our fellow citizens either for good or evil.
It has never been our practice. But wo
would have them warned for coming
events, so that they may bopreparodto meet
them discretely and wisely.
Tho next news from Europe is expect
ed to detail the result of a sanguinary on r
gngenient between the allied powers and
the Russians. Such engagement will by
no menps end thq struggle. It will be but
tho beginning of it, and its other end may
be twenty years hence, nnd
perhaps Qt tho opposite side of the globe,
whence it will liavo travelled, spreading
j ruin arid dismay, death and destruction in
its pathway. Should Austria join Russia,
of which we think there is little reason to
doubt, notwithstanding the assertions of
those in tho interest of France and Eng
land to tho contrary—tho strength of the
contending parties will not ho very une
qually balanced. At all events, the wholo
military power of the world—except,ofthe
United States —may be said to be engaged
jn it. Shall wo or can we keep out ol it I
Some, who ought to know very much
about it, are free to confess that wo can
not, and that the intrigues of England,
Frnnco nn'd Spain, havo been all calcula
ted with the nicest precision for years past,
to afford a pretext to crush tho threatening
powers of this country. If Russia pliall
bo crushed in the present contest, tho pow
ful and victorious armies of Franco and
England wiil eagerly seek occupation in
this quarter of the globe, and will esteem
it a “just nnd righteous work” to set lim
its,to the expanding greatness and influ
ence of tho American Union. Mexico
bids fair for dissolution, and what richer
prize could cnptivnto tho cupidity of
the Western Powers, than its partition
among them. Surely when such a prize
is to bo won, a pretext will not long be
wanted.
But will our chance of escape be any
better if tho combined powers slmll ex
haust themselves, without being nblo to
conquer Russia? Certainly not. The ob
ject of tho war has nothing in it beyond
that of national aggrandizement. France
and England are jealous of the growing
power of Russia, and their only object is
to confine Russia to her frozen oceans of
tho north, lest she may become a formida
ble rival in tho commerce of tho seas.—
There are no human rights involved. No
prospect that the condition of.any people
will be improved. Let tho iskte be what
it may,. It is only a contest of ono sys
tem of absolution with another, differing
slightly in degrees of degradation, perhaps,
and in which the only hope of humanity
depend upon their mutual destruction.—
Should this bo the result, thefi the down
trodden masses of humanity nil over Eu
rope may be oblc to obtain their rights, and
nationalities restored and respected. ' In
this event, we may escape the blow and
go on in tho even tenor of uur way of
peace and prosperity- Otherwise, tho war
will but serve to strengthen the ligaments
that have heretofore connected the thrones
and tyrannies of the old world, and its
termination will find them ready to unite
in directing their forces against the west
ern hemisphere—tho American Union—
ns the best means of crushing out the spir
it of Republicanism. It is thus that do
whnt we will, our country stands in immi
nent danger of being involved in the war
i that has just commenced in Europe.
We have no doubt - our statesmen have
carefully calculated the probable events,
and are wisely preparing to meet any
emergency. The helm of state is in safe
hands. No rashness will characterize
their acts. Yet they will not flinch from
uny duty thnt may he required of them. —
Our policy is that if peace, if it can be se
cured without compromizing our national
honor. This will we have if it can be se
cured at unv less cost.
RELIGIOUS TOLERATION
Many of our readers heard during the
last autumn and winter, both from the ros
trum nnd through the public prints, a cer
tain declaration on this subject, taken from
a Catholic paper published in St. Louis.—
The charge was boldly made that this pa
per was published under the auspices of
tho Catholic Bishop of that diocese, and
that he sanctioned, and was responsible
for whatever appeared in it in relation to
tho Church. This matter was incidentally
referred to In tho U. S. Senate on the 16th
inst., when tho annexed proceedings took
place: Wo warned our friends at the time
against placing t6'o much reliance upon
these efforts to inflame the passions, well
knowing thut no sensible Catholic—or one
Bpenking by authority—or nny ntemberof
any other Christian denomination in this
country—would dare utter such sentiments.
Such vain-boasting is only dono by fools,
fanatics nnd bigots—who, unfortunately,
are to be found in all septs, conditionsand
countries. Mr. Mallory js from Florida.
Wo. know nothing about his religious ten
ets—but we do know that, he ranks among
our most honored Statesmen, and exem
plary citizens; and we presume thqt no
man will doubt his voracity, or suspect him
of speaking at random.
•<Mr. Mallory called the attention ofthe
Senate to the quotation yesterday by Mr.
Badger, from a catholic new;sjmper called
the Shepherd of the Valley, ‘‘jfliat as soon
as the Catholics get the supremacy in any
State, they would put on end to religious
toleration therein.” ' ■ - ' ■ ■ :
“1-do not know whether the remorkfl of
frorji .NphjVipjirOr;
lina, and the introduction of: the papon to
which ho refers, were inade ironically or
jnot, or whether he meant to say no more
than that legislation on the subject was use*
less.' Perhaps the latter was the design.
However, as jt has been introduced into
this body, it will certainly,f unless some
explanation be made, givo rise to some
feeling and some misapprehension.
In relation to tho ‘Shepherd of the Val
ley,’ I am happy to state here, and' I state
it because it is an act ofjustice due to two
millions of our citizens, that tho ‘Shepard
of the Valley’ is not an organ, a mouth
piece, or an exponent of the opinions, re
ligiousor othenoise of any Catholic Church
or creed in the United Staies, but tbe
Bishop of St. Louis himself has condemn
ed, end in a circular letter cautioned tho
Catholics of his diocese against its danger
ous ultraism. ~
“Therefore, sir, it is that I would say
that no inference should bo drawn from
any thing of this naturo which appears in
that paper against tho constitutional legal
ity nnd fidelity of a lurgo body of our fel
low citizens.”
05“Ifwo are fortunate enough to pro
cure a supply of paper before our nex*
publication day, tho Republican shall ap
pear 09 usual, otherwise it will not. We
sent for paper somo two weeks since, but
have not heard that it has been forward
ed yet.
Accident. —We regret to learn that on
Saturday last, Mr. William Addleman, Sr.,
of Pike township, this county, when nt or
near Curwensville, with a team nnd wag.
on, tho horses became frightened and run
otT with the wagon, throwing Mr. Addlo
mnn out, breakings both his legs and oth
wise injuring him, so that his recovery is
considered doubtful.
05“ Mr. Purvinnco Daguerreotypist of
this borough, has just received from Phila
delphia and Pittsburgh a very nent and
general assortment of plates and cases,
suitable for daguerreotypes^
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
Dear Republican. —Tho long agony is
over, and the Nebraska-Kanzas bill has
passed tho House by a vote of 113-to 100
—nnd would you bchevo it, tho old Capi
tol stands exnctly where it did—no person
has been mussacred—no body wounded,
and all the bright facc9, placid countenan
ces, and approving conoicnces are worn by
tbe friends of the measure The vote was
taken at about half-past 11 o’clock last
night, after tho opposition had exhausted
every effort their ingenuity could invent,
to delay final action.
Tho bill is the same that passed the Sen
ate, with the exception of the Clayton
amendment. It will go back to the Sen
ate, but will not be detained long, or oc
cupy any considerable time. The country
at lurgo will heartily rejoice that this ques
tion is finally disposed of. If there were
no misrepresentations sent abroad through
lho..eounlry, as to tho character of this
measure, it would cause no excitement in
any quarter; but would receive the un
qualified sanction of ninety-nine hundreths
ol the people. The only provisions about
which there has been any serious conten
tion, is that which renders inoperative or
to use another word, annuls the Bth sec
tion of the act of 1820, known as the Mis
souri Compromise, which “ forever ” pro
hibited slavery in all tho territory of (he U..
S. north of the line of 3G£ degrees. Let us
examine the difference nnd see whether
this bill, which has been so mercilessly at
tacked by the abolitionists, and which
could not command a single whig vote in
either Houso of Congress north of Mason
and Dixon's line, and seo whother it mer
its tho approbation of the people ctr not. —
It simply leaves the question whether the
institutions of slavery shall exist in them
or not, to tho people thereof, through their
territorial legislatures. This is the sum
and substanco of its offending. If we say
that this is wrong, and that Congress
should decide this question, as in the case
of the Missouri Compromise, and not the
people, we next assume that the people are
not fit to be trusted with the regulation of
their own affuirs, nnd not fit to govern
themselves. Agitators nnd demogogues
may misrepresent and mystify as much
as they please, yet this is the sum and
substance, tho plain A, B, C, of the whole
matter; and it is all done for the sole pur
pose of keeping alive the fell spirit of Ab
olitionism.
Throughout the hundred arid forty or
fifty speeches that has been made on the
subject of this bill this session, itsyimict
ples have been assailed in but two or three
instances—and its Constitutionality never
—no, not even suspected. But how is it
with the Missouri Compromise ? That
measure has beeri pronounced without con
stitutional sanction by some of our ablest
Statesmen, very few are without serious
doubt, while none aje able to point out the
authority, 4 rind its advocatesarecompelled
to resort to the indistiririt and unsatisfacto
ry warrant of implication— whilst it is
notorious that, by establishing a geograph
ical line it violates the last and most sa
cred legacy of the Father of his Country
to his countrymen. The, Missouri Com
promise, and the' Nebraska bill, therefore,
are diametrically opposed to each other
on this great question of popular sovereign
ty. One or the other must bo right* Both
cannot bp. It is proper therefore, that the
question should be : met, and give the peo
ple an opportunity to say whether they ,will
sustain tho constitution of their country in
its purity, or whether they will allow the
legislation of the country to run into rill
sorts of extravagancies, and be contitiually
aridirigirimendments 1 thereto, .iri'thb.shripe
bfCbtriprolnnseS.'.' ,V }
!‘"But, say 'thel Wofshippeif' of the Missouri l
CohijhromiSe, this Nebraska* hill‘is; tiriiy a!
schemo on tho part of tho. Soufh to add new
i slave States to tho Union.;' This charge is
without foundation. By. the Missouri Com
promise the territory south of 36 deg. 30
min. was indirectly appropriated for slave
States. ‘ The Nbbraska bill throws jt dear
ly open to emigration from the north, and
by the time all that territory becomes to bo
organized, the will,
predominate, and in each and every .case
the people having* tho matter in theh-'tiw^ :
hands, will exclude slavery,' and cornoin
to tho Union as free States. Thus sccu*
ring all that was pretended by tho Wil'mot
proviso, and that, too, in a Constitutional
way. It is therefore very clear, so far ng
tho future relative power of the slave and
non-slaveholding States are concerned, tho
North gains,and thesouthlosesoverything.
But this should do qo harm ns jong as the
men of the North treat their fellow citizens
of the South as coual participators in all
tho blessings of free government guaran
tied by our national Constitution.
May 2t>, 1854.-;.
Tho Nebraska bill passed the Sonato
about 10 o’clock on Thursday night last,
as It came from the House, by a voto of
35 to 13. Immediately after the Senate
adjourned till Monday. A fow minutfcs
after the passage of tho bill by tho Senate
the sleeping citizens of the Metropolis wore
aroused from their slumbers by the loud
roar of a saluto of 113 cannon in honor
of iho event.
In the House, the deficiency bill was
under discussion, and undergoing amend..
ments, tho_House refusing to concur inf a 1
number of items added to it in tho Senate,
and without coming to a final vote, adjour
ned, on Friday evening, till Monday.
Wo extract the following from the Wash,
ington correspondence of the Louisiana
Courier.
‘Tho result of Whig mismanagement
nnd wrong in tho Treasury Department;
admonish the country against any further
investment of confidence in Whig profes
sions of integrity and good faith. Every
citizen recalls with indignation the shame
less Gardiner fraud, tho light house con-.
tract, tho lending public credits to specif J
lators, nnd other wrongs. All these prac.
tices have ceased under tho present firm .
and fearloss Administration of tho public "
treasury. And the system of economy '
does not end here. Judge Campbell early
set to work with great energy in the Post"
Office Department; Mr. McClelland, in.,
the Interior; Mr. Dobbin in the Navy;
and Jefferson Davis in the Department of 7
War. Nothing during the past years has,
been so pregnant of evil to the truo inter
ests of the people as the loose and wanton ,
expenditures of tho public treasure, nnd '
the corrupt and lawless transactions of-'
eminent officials. -■>
A republic to be firm and effective must
bo conducted frugally and faithfully,— '
Waste and extravagance, peculation and
speculation, and tho complicity of public
men in private operations, will, if not se
verely chocked, soon become a cronic di
sease of our system, and if persisted io, ;
will uitmntely result in the most perniqjous .
consequences. Let tho public confidence
be impaired in the integrity of our public
men—let the people once adopt the belief
that the revenues of the government are
squandered upon measures of doubtful util-i
ity, or sequestered by able and dishonest,
mpn— and a blow is indicted upon repubr
lican institutions from which thoy may .
never recover. This is a chief and threat
ening danger, nnd the whole country looks
with confidence to Gen. Pierco nnd his
counsellors to put an end to practices that,
have grown into nn overshadowing evil.’
May 23, 1854.
I Decision Under the New Lioior
j Law.—Judge Pearson, of Dauphin county,
Pa., refused granting license, a few days
! ago, (4jn the ground of violating the law
recently enacted by the State Legislature,'
which prohibits the sale of liquors to per
sons of intemperate habits, after due notice
from the relations of such unfortunates.—<
Tins is the first decision of the kind under
the new law. Ii is perfectly correct. If
every Judge were to act in the same man
ner, a largo number of our taverns would
stand in danger of losing their licenses.
oO“The Savannah Republican of the
16th inst., says : .We learn by a despatch
received in this city yesterday from Mri
bile, that the ship Hope Goodwin had been
burnt below that city on the lllhinst. 1 — 1
She had arrived that evening from Phila
delphia ; the captain went up to the dlty
'and the vessel was burnt the same night.
It was supposed that her crew set heron
fire. Tjte H. G. was a fino._ship, owned
by C. B. Cummings, Esq., (of this
and others, and was, wo understand, insu
red for 850,000, which will not cover the
loss.
(£r‘iN our household, is a bright litfio
boy of six years. A few days since, ono
of tho family, in the course of a ‘talk with
him, made some remark about ‘fighting
men.’ Sammy answered,’ Men .that fight
are wicked.’ He was risked if Gon.'-r
Wasuington was a wicked man? Sammy
instantly asked ‘if Gen. Washington was
not a soldier?’ ‘Yes,’ ‘Well, soldiers hayo
to fight!’ ./ ;
OCrA Merchant of our town, nfewdays
since after selling and receiving tha' cajjb
for some twenty fiye r dollors worth -of
goods from a new customer, was told ((tat,
no had lately emigrated tp the county,nnd
would not, have known where local! fpr
the articles ho wanted, bad he not seen his
advertisement, jn, tho papor., ; ; -n
i, OCr Over ono thousand human livefchave
been lose by disasters at aeri, during iba
past four months, and soverolvessolsbai 0
yet to; be heard from which are supposed
tO.be lost, ’
the dews are o'er me sfWl- ]
mg'.” as lho man ‘said when he bad • fif*' j
duo 4 bill-presented to himat onetime* :
, excitement pteVaife in ':!
of the eastern counties ori’thO 'Bubjc6B>'
mad dogs. ‘'
JUSTICE TO TIIE ADMINISTRATION.