• . . Ar • - " r , • • - 1-4 Qratiiinto`')4'p,ovl4 . rt Towanda, Wednesday, Feb'y 23, IS4S. Legtalittfr Caucus. The friends of Mr. Buchanan, in out State Legis laturerhekl a mum on the Bth inst. and assumed to themselves the privilege of nominating Mr. B. for the Presidency. IVecoutd have palliated, and even excused this inteterence on the part of Mr. Ws. 1 fiends : in the Legislature, had they contented them selves with a frank and ingenious . 'publication of their own "preferences, and not, in addition to the attempt to, forestal public opinion; have given their proceedings such a cast as to induce the impres sion, upon every person who reads them without further means of knowing, that 'they express the opinions rulsi actions .of every Democrat in both branches of the Legislature. So they appear, and so would a stranger to the truth believe on. reading them. Yet such is far from the truth. We have • goed authority for saying that very few more, if any, than a hpre majority of tne Democratic mem bers participated in the caucus. Even .. ,nie who were friendly to Mr. Buchanan refused attend or take part in any manner, very justly holding the doctrine that it did not crime within the appropriate sphere of their duties. ' The people• had elected de le4rates for that purpose, who were to assenble within a few days to discharge their duties, and who. coming fresh from their ronstituents, and ma ny of them With, positive instructions, were far bet ter qualified to reflect the views of the people than . Representatives - who were elected for other i urpo sc.:, and without any reference to [he subject of the Presidency. • The tolltrittf; article from the Philitdelphia Times of the 12th inst., so appropriately and truthfully. ex resses our views that we unhesitatingly endorse and transfer` it to our coluMns. "-Tin; subjoined said, signed as it is by twenty :one of the most prominent and influential Demo cratic members 61` the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of our State Legislature; places in a fair put<iiinu the late ca'cus at the Capital. We areas snred that, in Mail* tolhe gentlemen who have thotc4ht proper to vi id irate thqmselves publicly fmtn the char g e of interfering in their Legislative capa city in a matter that belongs exclusively to tie peo ple, there was a large number whose names are not appended to the card, who declined participat iir in the caucus. The truth of this wsnrance will he apparent when we sate that out of the eleven Democratic Representatives from the county of neitrly all of whom are •known to be hvorable to Mr. Dallas, we tied but ;the names ut Mr, Downs. The prompt denial of any participa- titre in the proceedings of the caucus' by the tattle timber of the respectable repreOntatives who ------ hubscribed their names to the efiril, is not on• Iv c o n c lus i ve evidence tha t the m eting was not general, but is a strong proot of theiristrict sense of propriety. Leuislative interference' in regard to Presidential norninationswe had thojight evlcided. Piciathrial and unauthorized as they always are in what light must the mass of the party view the late • onrt Revived, too, on the very eve of the as , seraling, of the State Convention, to the members of which and to them alone; the people have dele gated their authority in this matter. We entertain no unkind feelings towards the distinguished gen tleman who has been the subject of this Legislative caucus,. but we protest in the strongest manner againit some of the means Which his friends are making use of to bring him before the country. Why cannot they patiently, await the assembling of the State Conventionl' They are confident that the delegates will commute the gentleman of their choice, and it is unaccountable to us why. when satisfied of this.fact, they will persist in a course conduct which, although not so intended, will be viewed as an attempt to frustrate the action of the Convention." . . The undersigned: Democratic Senators and mem bers of the House of Representatives of the Legit , - lature of Pennsylvania, did not participate in the proceedings of the caucus of last evening, on the subrt -of the Presidency. -t. . A runah NVattle., G. F. Mason, Samut•t Taggart, Win. Ovt i 4field, H. S. Little, \V. Y. Roberts; F. Smith, Thomas IVatson, S. Benedict. • Jacob Cort, ' • J. F. 'McCulloch, Charles A. Black, John Fausold, .. H. E. Downs, Josiah Miller, F. 8.-Streeter, 'J. J. Kirk, John Potteiger,Solomon G. K rick. J. W. Goff; ) Tie ?lege Eagle. This Guerrilla chief has offered no other refuta tion to our charges of its apostasy and treason titan a tirade of. personal abuse and false accusations against E. S. Goodrich, late co-editor and proprie tor of this paper, and who the editor of the Eagle declares is still the owner and editor. Now the editor of the Eagle ought to know, for it was con spicuously announced in this paper on the tOth•of Dec. last, thdt E. S. Goodrich then retweihaltogether 'from the establishment,' and that from that time to the present; the Bradford Reporter has been owned and eonducted 4 exclusively by the person whose name stands at the head of the paper. Instead of having arty thing to do with the - concern of this pa per, or adir npartiCipation in the controversy with the Eaoe, Mr. E. S: Goodrich has been absent for the la 4 two Mead* until a few days ago, and did not e even know what was te appear, tram week ,to week, in the Reporter. In regard to the queries - propounded in the Eagle to E. S. Goodrieh i truth and justice require us to say that the insinuations they cap tain , are, in the main tuifounded raid false, lie did not support a wing .candidate for sheriff in t 836; nor a ishig candidate - f ur Senator in 1837. In both instances his active .auti efficient support was given to the nominees of the Democratic party. Itemeite. axe Faxe &ni.r—The 1f90 5 0 of Repre sentativerot Indiana ou the 11.4 ult. ptiseed the tot vote of 52 to 3; Resolved; That whenever the gol:entrpent of the United flutes 'lief' acquit t anti tetnlory by cou quest, cessioi or purchase, to which Fleury shall not.by 1:1%1.01 , 1st-et the time of such conquest, cos sion or politicise, it would be repuenuitt to the me. rat sense of this rution,,anti a violation of the clear est duty of .Qorigress, in permit the isigirutiou of sharery, it: au form j \te introduced HARRISTIVRi, Feb. 9th, 1848 Buchanan, Meeting. 4. meeting of the friend_a_ef theAon. James r clianan, fur the PreatilencgAvas‘elekt tiOs 8o:0, on I+Yndneitday ev4g 41 The mieting whie* - cetttai* soi l fifteen or twenty of 121 triendajal BriOtanan' was ca#d to ardes,by . p. F. Ittirstoui; Esq.t wit; - nom in4ed. D. Cast' as President. A number of Vide Presi dents and Secretaries were then chosen, some of ivhnin - Were not pietrentT'intraii *Alan of Coi. M. Bull, a committee, of which he was the Chair man, was appointed to report resolutions. During the absence of the Committee the meeting was ad-, dressed by WILLI/04 Fa.wra.t., Esq., in a temperate and patriotic speech, principally upon the War with Mexico. The Couunittee repotted a aeries of re solutions, which were adopted—with the exception of the last—three persons voting for their adoption, and none against. Considerable discussion ensued as to the propriety of passing the last resolution read—which - was approving of the coarse of the Washington rnion and the Pennsylvanian "in crying aloud and sparing not"—the expression of the Meeting bearing strongly against it, Col. Bull withdrew the resolution to prevent its being voted down. He then made a motion that a committee of Cprrespondence be appointed to carry into effect thrie i ws and objects of the meeting, which was negtitived—and after resolving that the proceedings be published in the Reporter and sundry other pa pers—the meeting adjourned. it can hardly be supposed, that . after our late CountrConvention, this meeting was intended as an expression of the'voice of the County, but rath er as indicating the views and preferences of those Democrats who participated in its proceedings. We should cheerfully have complied with the request to publish the proceediegs of the meeting: but as they. have not been furnished us, of coursei we connot insert them this week. KT- We publish the following at the request of Mr. Johnson. We have only to say, that the pro ceedings were furnished us, signed by Mr. John son, himself, as chairman. His assumption that the indomitable Democracy of Pike are friendly to Slavery propagandism they can best answer them selves t • To the Editor - ArtqPird Reporter—Sir: In Your paper of the second inst.. aypeared the proceed ings: of a Democratic meeting held in Pike, where in my name appears as chairman. You will per mit me to say, that, that meeting was a slim afrair, consi-iting of only .area Democrats one Whig and our abolitionist. I protested at the time against the adoption ot the resolutions, or serving in any capa city in said meeting; and as for the resolutions I neither :approve or endorse them, nor do I believe they express the views of any.consiberable portion of the Demme-its -4 W that place. I am in favor n sustaining the government in a vigorous prosecu tion ot the %var, and opposed to the agitation of all impracticable issues which tend to embarrass the Administration. DENIS IN JOHNSON. Leßaysville : Feb. 14th, 1848. Rejection of Col. Pio'let. We regret. most sincerely-, to learn that the nom ination of Col. PioHet, was rejected by the Senate, on Thursday last. What the reasons for the rejection were, base not yet been made public. It is stated that nearly 'every Southern Senator voted against his confirmation. MR. Wtimov's Exel.xx.vrioN.—We shall pubtash Mr. Wilmot's answer to the Washington :Union, next week, it having been received too late for this week's paper. It is a scorching^ and unanswerable answer to the presumption and arrogance of the Ot zati IC OUT FOR COUNTERFFATh.—Counterfeit on the Bank of Corning are in circulation. The public should be on their guatd. Two men were arrested - iu Bingharnton for- passing them ; and one of them—Jefferson Reed, an old offender— held to tail. Mimic:A:v.—A Democratic Convention was held at Michigan (the new capital) on the 2d inst.— Hon. Lewis Cass was unanimously recommended as the candidate for President. TIIE . RUMOREDTREATT.—The President on Fry. day sent in the following message to the House, in answer to an inquiry 'from . it respecting the treaty with Metico, which report says, had been framed. The President says: "No communication has been received from Mexico, containing a proposition from Mexican authorities or commissioners for a treaty of peace, exceprthe "counter project" percommissioner of the United States on the 6th of September last, a co. IA of which, with the documents accompany in; it, I communicated to the Senate of United States on the 2dinst." The [Mon alluding to this massage says:— " It is whispered that Mr. Mclntosh. the British agent, has attempted to bring about such a negotia tion and had given some assurances to General Svott of the disposition of the Mexican government to propose some conciliatory scheme of adjustment. It is whispered, also. that these assurances had not been verified. But how far these suggestions are true, we have no means of ascertaining.. It seems certain that the government has no official or posi tive information on the subject." WONIAN FROZEN TO Dr:Arm—Mrs. Rimes , a vounz, married woman, was frozen. to death in Ley den, Lewis county. New York.. She went with her husband tire miles to church: returnin2 on foot, he stopped at the house of an acquaintance, while she passed on, lost her Way, and was fotind on Wed nesday, where she had made her bed in the snow, - taken off her bonnet and laid down to die. From the circumstances of a new pair of shoes being I nearly worn out, it is supposed the .poor woman walked from Sunday afternoon to Tuesday night. There havq been some suspicions, however, that the woman was possibly murdered. Her husband who is a German, some day; after marriage was heard to declare that they would not live together six weeks. About one week ago Rimes appeared somewhat intovicated, at the house of his wife's pa rents, in Deerfield. and reported that his wife had perished of cold, in the woods. on the 16th. and had been buried. This was the first they heard of it, though iu the- neighborhood. Ou disinterring the corpse, however, appearances sustained the story of the husband. TIIE GuErtraLLA Fuc.—The Albany Argus gives an entrrared represeutation 'of the Atexican Guer rilla flag captured at Mina 'Flores. It is described as about two feet long, and from twelve, to fifteen inches wide ; the centre is broad crimson stripe. with the motto No Quarter," wrought in silk ;on either side of the centre is a black stripe, of about half the width. with a Death's head and cross-bones. It has a narrow border of pale green, and the points have tassels of crimson, It to usually borne on the end of a lance. The Guerrilla og.tani7alion originated with Gen Feel , and etnislited' chiellyiebanas collected by the owners of haelendtat and others as ..3hiek -As an oivinizeil corps, they were neatly till disbanded when our army reached Puebla. The principal elliers were 'Padre Jarauta, iii the Puebla region, aunt Canal.., on the. Rio Grande. They consist now of robbing partids, and are literally robbers and outlaws." Jarauta, according to the latest counts T bas.prolrably received from Col. Hays' men a p r e,,, m t that w;tl nrobul , ly .!atisfy hint for the m-4 .1f b.- ble. - : Correspoubrnre . fromWaotHington. . ....._ , 3 9 ...-- ty.stinic-ros, Feb. 1.1.1:48. •sr ... ~..7 .6 Fetit,evep tees past, 1 have Otten ,i ..,; - tifiedAnd clo,Lriqq, than tiurprisedOt th i ptem , ~.,. ed atO evi:tly Oireeeneerted attacks o #itzt pest t:lin liar mans, a *min interest in Vis at, upt?n your Wan' andedistinguished represe . tirtign Congress, Hon. Darn) WILMOT. • We of this city hay.pla4ometime bego,aware of the jufloeßce.al work, official and otherwise, to ostracise each and every individual of the Democratic family who dared to act an independent part in relation to the selection of a candidate for the Presidency in 1848 Mr. Wilmot's iatiepeademe has wade him the tat get for the combined attacks of all under the influ 'eene - e 61%6 Secratary of State. MI *ill recollect tho tlisingenou. course of the "Union" here, dur ing the 1a.4 summer and fall, particularly after the appearance of the famous " Berks County Letter." The minds of the public had been prepared before hand for the reception of that Letter, and for months he (' Union" was tilled with songs of praise to its '• noble, exaltid and sq-sacrificing author." lo or der to turn the tide of public feeling from a chain pion of the North to whom the Democratic part ooketi as their et2ndatd-bearer in the next cam paign—now, alas ! Do more—the "organ" of the Administration, known to be in the interest of the Secretary of State,poured forth its melodious strains, page' after paper, in favor of the man who had thus truckled to Southern interests, and indicated his willingness to betray, fur a consideration, the inte rests of his native State. But when called upon by resolution or otherwise to publish the Proceedings of meetings and conventions, not favorable to Mr. Buchanan, the "Organ" closed its columns, and declared its determination to publish nothing bearing mi. the suijed of the neat Presidency. until the nomi tion hall been made. And this too, after it had ex hausted the patience of its leaders in its laudation of Mr. Buchanan. How fair, Ito* honest, and how disintcracri the editor became, just as soon as he was asked to give circulation to the opinions of those not within the pale of the influences which op. I , pear to govern him, viz : treasury pap and a wish to extend the institution of Slavery into territory now free. In this magnanimous effort to stifle the independent voice of the Democracy, I am sorry to say thc.editor of the Union does not stand alone. He finds willing imitators in the parasites who con trot the " Pennsylvanian," " Lancaster Intelligen cer," " Democratic Union," " Pittsburg Post," and others of minor calibre and influence throughout the State. An attack upon Mr. Wilmot or the Poi viso men appearing in the " Union," or organ of Mr. Buchanan in this city, finds a ready response in the columns of those journals—but no reply is ever admitted.. Whether the editors thereof re. ceive the same fees for slandering those of the North who 10 - ok upon Slavery extension as a great evil, as they do for their support of the Secretary of State, J cannot say. Col. Forney, of the " Penn sylvanian,'' is known to be sucking one of the teats of Uncle Sam to the-lune of $1,500--McKinley, of the " Democratic Union," of '.5.1,200 and upwards —te of the " Post," a larger sum, and it has been thought by many here that Mr. Hutter of the " In telligAicer" is still in receipt of his salary as "con' fiderifial Secretary . of Mr. Buchanan, although his conficreptie/ communications are spread to the world in the columns of the Intellfgencer. Whether the latter supposition is correct or not, I cannot say with certainty, not being admitted into the " WM/J- 1 dential" mysteries of the Department. Certain iv is; however,thaf no successor has yet been appoin ted to Mr. Hutter. (Perhaps the official organ here can enlighten the public in regard to this matter.) I do not mean to affirm that these men owe their appointments to their subserviency to the Secretary of State—but some of them evidently changed their opinions of the Secretary very soon after they re ceived their commissions. Office of course 'had bet little influence over such men. The " Union - ' here has but to give the cue, and the magnetic influence is instantly felt at Philadel phia, Lancaster, Harrisburg, Pittsburg, Albaily Arc., and down comes the united thunder of the presses at these places, on the devoted head of Mr. Wilmot and the supporters of his " disorganizing" Proviso. On the same day, and in the same strain, may be found the effusions of these disinterested Editors, all teetning with denunciations of that portion of the democratic party who are willing to admit the curse of Slavery into free territory. Why is this so ? Why should men of intelligence, who know and acknowledge that Slavery is an evil, and who have no interest in the continuance of that evil - , advocate measures iliat have for their object its perpetuation and extension ? Why should men of the North support a scheme that tends directly to make the bonds of Slavery perpetual ? Is there not some sinister object at dry - bottom 1 Such must be ad mitted to be the fact. As matters now stand, Mr. Ritchie claims to hold the standard by which every democrat is to be tes ted. Whoever has the independence to think for himself and act without the magic influence of the propagandists of Slavery, is first attempted to be lashed into the traces, and if he continue obstinate, he is " read out of the party" by a formal notice in the editorial columns of the "Union." But few Members of Congress, either cf the Senate or House, have escaped. In 1846, all the members of the party from Pennsylvania were read out, ex cept two, one of them Mr. Wilmot, and now these ate, all hugged to the bosom of Father Ritchie, and Mr. Wilmot takes his turn to be " read out." In fact, if all those who have been " mad out of the party"• by the Union editor; would slay out, the "Republican party" (as he calls it) would at this time be whittled down to a very small point indeed. Even Gen. Jackson would have died a Federalists and I know not but the venerable editor himself would now below; to the Federal party ! Mr. Ritchie and his satellites may attempt to drive ho nest Denier:rata out of theparty.for as:teeing a prin ciple which of all others is elitist ih, accordance with liberty and equality— he same principle which was promulgated by Thomas Jefferson iu the celebrated Ordinance of 'B7, which prohibited the existence of Slavery in the North-western Territory—but their efforts will. fail,. and they may live to see them selves covered .with coulniiiou. by the indignant voles of an outraged people. A current of popular feeling is now pouring, in from the North which must and will increase until it _overwhelms the minions who attempt to-stifle its free action ; and betray tbellemoceacyfe the support and perpetua tion of-Slavery. Liatetvis. Onto.—The bill to repel the black laws of Ohio have been defeated in the House by votes 42 to 23, and 40 to 25. Swine who voted amtinst them de clared the sentiments of their consinsents left them 00.,alternwire. These laws arc practically a dead leller its the Aatute bock. David Wilmot, 5 [From typilkes- F armer I . IT, he tepr*ntrive tom lord df4riet is , .ut uty d , al tip rneeiv a I fampfmuch g at cifit frtfr hulArierids, Out *re his faieinies. kbortingeratioi of flietAitigniland,itonse nitis of the ~ 11 . 46visce mitt iifiordli curnins ill , kin of thal swinge ,Principle iti human `fittlai y which Ming causes often produte great results. But this is aside from our purpose, and not much to our taste; and we leave it lot those curiousspeculatials, who prefer theabstract to the real. The Washington "Union," the Philadelphia " Pemisylvanian, ' and the " John Donkey, are finding some employment latterly in outalaughts upon Mr. Wilmot; the former two with the lash, and the latter wifh the cap and bells. • The, loot is in proper vocation, which, like the fools in the show, is in make fun for gaping crowds; thetfirst, we humbly submit, hot. in their vocation—for it is no part of their duty to the great cause of human rights and enlarged liberty—to which the Democ racy they profess is devoted, to strike down their comrades in the ranks who may not happen to agree with them upon a solitary point in public poli cy, which, by a reference to " the fathers," may . at least be pronounced an open question in the origi nal creed of the party. Mr. Wilmot may have been indiscreet, or 'other wise, in proposing tho condition to the appropria. tion of the three millions which has since been known as his proviso. Certain it is, a large por tion of the Democratic members.from the Northern 'States regarded it with favor when first proposed. He may have been wrong or otherwise, uradher inq•• to it, when he found it did not meet the appro val of his political friends at the head of govern ment. But to assert that he has been influenced by hostility to the administration, or a wish to em- brass is conduct of the administration, or a wish ' to embarass its conduct of the Mexican war,•in the fare of his repeated declarations to the contrary, which are entitled to as much respect and credence as those of any other gentleman who has written or spoken upon the subject, is entirely unjust and un fair. It would make nothing to the purpose of this article to argue thee" Proviso" for or against. It may be good or bati in itself. It may be good in itself, but offered at a bad time, as has been sug gested by prominent Democrats. The objectsought to be attained.tby it may be proper enough, as oth ers have argued, but the Warner of doing iyeither junconstitutional or inexpedient. Or finally, as the southern politicians contend, it may be all wrong, from beginning to end, in all its aspects. Still, we aver, taking any one of these positions, the" Union" and the " Pennsylvanian" are not warranted in the course they are are pursuing towards Mr. mot. Mr. Wilmot was elected to Congress in 1844, on the Democratic ticket in •one of the soundest Democratic districts in Pennsylvania. lie took his seat in 1845. We have reason to know that there was a good degree of confidence betsieen the Pre sident and Mr. W., and that the same feelingexist ed with the leading members of the government. Is there any allegation that at this timeAlr. Wilmot was at all disposed to be factious, or depart from the platform of the party I. At the same session the change in the revenue laws, known as the tariff of '46, was introduced into the House, professedly and openly as an administration measure, and in entire accordance with the well understood principles of the Democratic party on this subject. • Where was Mr. Wilmot found then! Ile was found tile only De oweratic nirrnbcr from Pren.lirranie take toted for it: At the same session be offered the provision to the three million appropriation spoken.of above. He ' returned to his district in 1846, was re-nominated, re-elected, against the combined forces of Federal i-m, Tylerism, Conservatism, and every form of faction, by a triumphant majority. Alain in the session 'of '46-7 was he foiled faithful to his party, voting with it on nil questions, and yielding, a !ten erous and open support to the administration against Federal assaults. And when the really great mea sures of the session were before the H ouse, the {fi ver and Harbor appropriation, and the French Spo liation bill,—when the timid faltered . , the falsee /I tented, and the corrupt fell before the temptatio of prospective plunder, where was Wilmot again True to his party--true to the administration—ln to the roitutry. ' I Now will my friends of the official paper at Washington and Philadelphia look cooly and catin!y with me upon this subject for a moment! I wish to preserve the harmonious action of the party, and I trust they are influenced by the same moti ve . 1 i lesirti to maintain the ascendency of the great prin ciples of Democracy in this country; and I cannot yet believe that my contemporaries are unwilling to continue in the same labor. Will they take a few questions from me in the same spirit in which they are asked ! Has the administration a supera biseihmee of friends throughout the country, that it can aim to exasperate and drive Irom it uncount ed numbers! Has it such an overwhelming ma jority in Congress, to sustain it 4iinse the as saults - of Federalism, that it can so easily Tare the ablest advocates and stoutest hearts 11s our party so tri umphant in all the States, that it no longer needs the aid of those of its members who may favor a free soil for free labor I In less than ten months from this time a President will have to be elected. kt the close of this administration to be distinevished LI such a course of proscription as must render the election of a Federalist to that office inevitable!— These inquiries, I submit, are worthy of considera tirrn. On the subject,pf the tariff. Mr. Wilmot was fbnnd true when others were false. He Was t h e enh . member from Pennsylvania who was found equal• ry impervious to the seductions of the Protection monopolists, and unmoved by the clamors of their hirelings. And I can assure thee , ' r n i en . l t h at i t required some courage to stand by the right in this matter in Pennsylvania. Mr. Wilmot's voice was raised, eloquent and earnest against the River and Harbor scheme of plunder, and in defence of the veto message, And the same may be said of his voice and his vote in all the leading measures of the party during his CoturressionaL career. Mr. Wilmot doubtless, supposed that lie was thus serv ing his party and his country, and'that ho would a t least be entitled to the meed of approval from his politicaUlissociates. But is he to be told now-4s the country to be told--tht t all this goes for nothing, so long as, hecannot see the way to the sticcession through the same medium that a few in Washing ton do? Are we, ail to understand that Democ racy now means adherence to particular aspirants ' for the Presidency ; and that this only can secure us the favor of the " Union" and the "Pennsylva nian ?" I apprehend any such doctrine fB this will be apt to place the powers of envernments in hands which will not make the " Union" the organ of it s communications with the country,, nor the " Penn sylvanian" the recipient of its patronage. N ,-no, friends; let us be kind to each other and considerate to each other's failings, if we h ave an y . It is no time now with an opposition strong, ma lignant, and desperate, to exasperate and drive from us the boldest champions of our policy, and the ablest defenders of our creed. Conciliation is far preferable to-persecution. The homely adage it4as tree as ever, , . that " molasses catches more flies than , Yinessir. I assure the " Union.' it is doing no good to democracy, in abusing Mr. Wilmot, ei ther with or without a authority." With repril to the particular matter- which has called forth the animadversions of the " Union," to wit ; the disposition of the Post Office patronage in a d vert i s i ng th e ,mail lettings, Mr. Wilmot is right both upon grounds of public and party policy. Ths Pions Eagle," is an obscure little sheet, of limit ed <irrigation, in a small county. l: or all purposes of giving information to the public, Mr. Johnson might as well have had , the advertisement c opi e d in Chinese and stock up on a pine tree in Putter ,county. The" Bradford Reporter" is a large, well printed paper, of good patronage, in a populous county. 11to former is not the organ of the, party in its county—has not the confidence of the Democ racy, and does not deserve to, because it has for the last three or fonr years played into the bands of the Federal purr the latter is a statinth. recognised and undoubted exponent of Detnocrate doctrines. , It is easy to decide which should hay been selec•-, cd t , l at/Nerd:4: 11/1; DE:IIOCRAT. Vioceedings~ ortbe sAAfti Co gress rlatiT FIESSION. r pra AllAr sorticrox, Feb. 14% 184 f V. ... .. - k-, 1,, 4.1. ,„_.4 , ~-, it., onswe...-,ineresenate was called to °fuer torte Pee pesideitt, Soil proceeded to I,llrtotierd' er al o r - n tel th eporiiiig lifiainese. , l .; :::, e.-4 MOerrien presented the credehuals of the i'isw ._ mitett - frorr Gedigia, Mr. JolinstOtt, arid he Was duly sworn in, Mr. Yulest moved to take rip Mr. Dickinson's te e:Mutter* arid' the inoffnietisevait,'Thrlifx3kiV ' support of his amendment to the same. The ten regiment bill was then taken up, and Mr. Breese made a speech in favor of the war and the administration. ._, Mr. Upham Obtained the floor, and the Senate went into ExectifiVe sessions and subsequently ad journed. Horse or Repaestitikrives.—The Speaker call ed upon the States for resolutions, as the first basi ness in order, and a mariety were offered. Mr. James Thompson offered a resolution to ex punge Mr. Aihmun's amendment. This created much confusion, and several Members were en deavoring at the same time to obtain the floor.— The Speaker having succeeded in obtaiaing.order, Mr. AshmOn moved to lay the motion on the table, which was carried in the affirmative, yeas 105, nays 95. The lows bill was then taken up, and Mr. Dew er spoke.in opposition to the administration. He spoke fluently and devoted his best energies to an elucidation of the subject. He was eXtremely ap prehensive that the other side of the house laid un der a mistake. Adjourned. ... . WASHING :TON, Feb. 15. SENATE.—Mr. Underwood submitted a memori al from Wheeling, praying some legislation should be had in reference to accidents to steamboats and other vessels. Referred to the Committee on Com merce, who, it is stated, are preparing an elabor ate report upon the subject. Mr. Ynlee resumed his remarks in opposition to the resolutions submitted by Mr. Dickinson. The Senate then resumed the consideration of the ten regiment bill, and Mr. Upham spoke at con siderable length in opposition to it. He said that the prosecution of the war was hostile to the ge nius of our c 4titution. The absorption of Mexi co seemed to be licy of the friends of the war. Mr. Casi denied that it was the desire to absorb Mexico. Such an absorption might be forced on them . ; but it was not intended. Mr. Upham proceeded to show that in his opin ion The absorption of Mexico was the.end to which events were tending, and the Administration seem ed to expect it; public opinida in many quarters was re-echoing the idea that it was our destiny to absorb that country, and that spirit had been infu sed into the people by gentleman from the other side. . _ Mr. Rush obtained the floor for to-morrow, and the Senate adjourned. Horse.—On motion of Mr. Crozier, of Tennes see, the House went into Committed of the Whole upon the Loan Bill. • Mr. Crozier then spoke his hour in opposition to the.bill.• and Mr. Houston: of Alabama. followed, advocating its pa , :fune. Mt. Hudson, of Massachusetts, took the floor, and con fined his remarks to the state of the finances, Ad 'oumed. SENATT.—The Senate was called to order by the Vice President, and proceeded to dispose•of the regular morning business. . The joint resolution of thanks to General Scott was then passed by a vote of yeas 42, nays 1, (Mr. Hale.) The joint resolution of thanks to Gen. Taylor was taken up for consideration. . Mr. Crittenden, in referring ..to the remarks re cently made by the Senator from New Hampshire, contended that the approbation,* the conduct of the officers of our Army does not imply approbation of the war. Mr. Hale responded in a defence of himself on the ground that his constiments•vrere diatinetrically opposed to . the war. a Mr. Jefferson Davis briefly spoke in favor of the re...ohnions, and after. some further discussion, the resolution was passed, Mr. Hate voting in the ite rative The Senate then went into executive'ses .• siort k and subsequently adjourned. HOUSE OF 11.F.PRF.SENTATIVES.—Mr. Evans, of Maryland, submitted a resolution to consider the former resolution, that the debate on the loan bill should terminate at 2 o'clock to-day, and the vote being taken, the reconsideration was negatived, the yead being 93; and the tiays.T.i. The House then went into committee of the *hole upon the loan bill, and the debate was resumed by Mr. Morehead, of Kentucky. • Mr. Pollock, of Pennsylvania. spoke in favor of a direct loan, in preference to the issue 9f Trea # sury Notes. Mr. Vinton, of Ohid, wound up the debate, and the hour of two o'clock having arrived, the vote was taken on the motion to strike out eighteen and substitute sixteen. On reading the first section of the bill, Mr. Hale, of Massaehusetts, proposed, as an amendmenti, that no portion of the money granted should be hen* after expended in the prosecution of the war, which was negatived—aces 23, nays 118. Mr. McLean, ot Baltimore, submitted =amend ment, providing that no duty should be laid upon tea or coffee. The Chair decided it to lfre out of order. An ap peal was taken from this decision, but the chair was sustained by the vote Of the House.. The committee then rose Mr. Holmes, of South Carolina, asked the unani mous consent of the House , to a vote of thanks to the United States naval officers engaged in the Mexican wax. An adjoumme,nt was then moved. SENATE.-A resolution,, submitted by Mr. Niles, directing the Finance Committee to inquire into the expediency of a 111 W, to prevent frauds. in the impoltation of tea and coffee; vas adopted. Mr. Yulee concluded his remarks advocating the passage of the substitute offered by him for Mr. Dickinson's resolution. Mr. Foote replied that the enlightened opinion of the South would not sanctien one word uttered by the Senator from Florida- Mr. Yulee's resolution remains. on the table. The Senate then took up the Ten Regiment Bill, and Mr. Rush made,a speech in favor of the bill. lle adrocated the energetic prosecution of the war, urged the necessity for prompt action. and insisted that no treaty should be made consenting to any boundary• line short of the Sierra Madre : and the "ranting of the Califomias to this country. Mr. Greene obtained the floor for to-morrow, and the Senate adjourned. llorsr..—The loan bill was taken up in Commit tee of the Whole on the state of the noon and read "by sections. Several amendments were offered and lost. Mr. Grinnell, of Massachusetts, offered an amen( meat that till words relating teen agency should be stnakv. out, and that that the expenses for nego tiating. the loan should not exceed. ;116,000. Cor nea without a division. The bill offered as a stilstiltite by Mr. McKay, from the majority of die ComMittee of Ways and Meano to empower the President to issue treasur• ry notes of $5O each to the amount of $16.000,000, was taken up. At(amendment to this substitute, that the tariff act of 1116 be repealed, and all acts previously in force borevoked, was lost. The vote was then taken on . Me-Weli.ay'ssubatitute—it stood yeas 104, nays 105, and\ was lost by a majority one. The substitute was then' offered in a new shape, but it was objected to by the Speaker as informal. An appeal was taken to this`dernsion, but the Chair was sustained by the same vole. The committee then rose and reported the bill to the House as amended. The \previous question was then called, and the vote being put; it stood yeas 106, nays 104, sustaining theca!! for the pre vious question. The question bei upon the thial passa4e et the bill, :Le vete staid) •as 192, nays 11. AJj.'ur.ici.l. , cvstirv.—The Senate was called to order by the K *. ant) proceeded to the consideration of the a3O g fiestness. Mr. Ashley, from th e Ju. the' i4ry melittee, reported a bill 'relating to the ma/ Enacts otlifichiwan, which was passed. q, A biltMias also passed relative to the conipeos a . itert ofromasters. Mr. tWe win submitted a resolution for consider-a. Wit diclarffia that the contributions levied in Mexi e co ought to be .applied to the claims ofp ouria citisedzens ,awkiNlitshigt..„,,tt,rlooligo,ba The c bill or thf e relief ot o A f t n he widow Cot. Mcßea was passed. . The Ten Regiment Bill was then takentp, sad Mr. Greene addressed the Senate in opposition to the policy of the administration. When he conclu ded, Mr. Mason obtained the floor, and the Senate, adjourned over till Monday. ...- House•;—Messrs. liandson and. Burt; fronl the Committee on Military Affairs, reported bills prow. ing payment for• the service of volunteers, which were debated and laid over. WasniNG-rox, Feb. 16 IVAsHINGTox, Feb. 17 2 • -- • Mr. King, from the Committee on Naval Affairs reported a,jaint resolaticut far sigrant of laid lathe Georgia Railroad, which led to a debate on the sub. ject of reference, and finally referred to the Com mittee on Public Lands. PERSONAL EXPLANATION-DAVID WILMOT AN" THOMAS RITCHLE.-011 Monday last Mr. Wilmot obtained the ananimous permission of the Howe to make a personal explanation in relation to an at. tack made upon him in the Union of the 3tl inst.— This attack we published in Mgt Monday's Globe, and spoke of it in what we conceived , to be a pro per spirit. The second unpardonable v ia committed by Mr. Wilmot, was the proposition to raise so.. 000,000 -by direct urcation. The Union called this proposition "Proviso No. 2;" " a scheme 'to tax slave ;" '"an idle scheme;' and Mr. Wilmot a "mischievous ally, not wanted by the Administra tion," It is mom than probable that this reply of Mr. Wilmot will be called Proviso No. 3. If" this explanation is a fair specimen, of the manner in which Mr. Wilmot hurls his Proviso—his "fire brands"- - 4-we shall try and stand out of his way should he ever visit : this State. We are now sails fied.that David Wilcnot is an antagonist to be avoid ed rather than encountered : and that his Provisos have more force in them than we at:first supposed. Proviso No. 3 will give Mr. Ritchie more trouble than either or both the others. The adroitness of the manner in which this last Proviso was intro. duced, has placed the editor •of the Union on the defensive. If Father Ritchie does not withdraw his troops to some equitable boundary line. he will, as things appear at present, require some volunteer aid, in addition to his regular farce, in all subse quent attacks upon the young Democrat of Proviso memory, representing, in part, the Keystone State. —N. Y. Globe. Mawr Txxarturi.—The language of the Union, . (in relation to Mr. Wilmot's - proposition fcr Direct Taxation,) is most peculiar, and from a democratic quarter, most unexpected. Without referring to the sensitiveness so obtru sively exhibited lest the owners of.“ slaves JO the South." should share in the suppoit of a war that has drawn heavily upon the blood and sweat of the laboring masses of the' Free States',- we would ask whether the tone or lamp, of titis•paragraph r that of a democratic journal! WhXther this threat enino• talk about walking administrative platforms or pranks, is precisely in good taste when addremw • ed by an administration organ to a democratic rep resentative l And whether the democratic party has not reaped mischief enough, from crude at -tempts. of men dressed in a little brief authority, ur read democrats gut of the democratic party, for the offence of a too practical devotion to the creed of Jefferson ? The Union thinks it eno . uo to say that "tie ati ministration" can bet along without this resort. Thin means that the officers of government can still bor row money, without any such aids to sustain ire credit as a direct tax. We trust this may be true; though this self-sustaining credit cannot long endure, nor, for the interests of the Republic, is it desirable that it should. But this is a tpiestion not relating oan atimunstration, but to Gorernmcit. Thecoun- try may be safely carried through the war, bad the credit of :he nation kept up, till the term of the ad ministration expires; but the government u ill mat have a heavy debt to pay. flow shaft it be paid By raising the tariff and throwing its payment, in unequal and most exacting, burdens, on the poor. laboring classes. or by honest, equal. direct taxa tion ? Or is it to be perpetuated and left to form the nucleus of a National Bank? We trust that the proposition of Mr. "rytt.:itirr may be renewed. It is idle to think that the people tear it. Those who suppose that they will not contrib ute to the support of the war. underrate their loyal ty. Such distrust could only arise in quarters which Save only contributed to the war the applicants and recipients of )0. favored posts. It would never have been suggested in the States whose free and patri otic people have supplied the bones and sinews of the war. The initiation of a system of direct taxa tion, at the present time, would be a-greater triumph , than any won in war.—Albany Atiasi Tns GOVERNMENT OROCN.—Mr. Ritchie, orthe Washington Union is not any too popular now, that he need be so herce and denounce every man that will not a walk the plank •: that he selects for him. His recent attacks upon lloq. D. Wit.mor. because he laid bare the unworthy acts of the P. M. Gen eral in relation to the printing of the Mail Contracts and because he has introduced a bill in the Houseto raise means to support the war by direct taxation, should be condemned by every man. One reason for the attacks, are that the administration does net desire money -raised in. that way, and another ie that it would seriously tax " slave property." Weheartily approve of the pay-as-you-go-system and therefore look upon Mr. Wilmot's plan ofsup porting the war as the very best that can be devis ed. Every man. who opposes it, shows, to. our mind, a want of Democracy. The means to defray the expense must either be raised by a tariff or di rect taxation, and we much preter the latter. Mr. Wilmot is not there to represent the admin istration, but his constituents, and therefore will con sult their wishes rather than those of slave props... rmodists. He is to much of a democrat t.)be nosed around by such a man as Ritchie, whose only' plsect is to court the favor of the stave owners. :w3 - who cannot claim .to be much more stable than this. wind. He will neither elevate himself nor the admiinstra ', tion, whose organ he is, by the course he is parsli - Ing. His sycophantic and halsome praise of the ad ministration has not had a tendency td plan" hir4 very high in the estimation of the peoPle. We re ;fretted at.the time; and have•ever snare ; that Blair & Rives were displaced to make room for Thomas Ritchie, that the Tyler interest could he secured, as desperate, and unprincipled a set of politicians a 5 the leading Conservatives in this State, who should have been driven out instead of seaxed in. It was wrong and the Democracy feel it tri• be so. and we much fear that the fact of Ritchie beim; the Govern' 4nent organ wilt do much towards defeat" " Democratic candidate ter Presi lent. lie shoold sent back to Virginia immediately, and there felon reflect upon his destructive course while at Waste ington.—Elmire Unzettc. aai Cat OROFOIOI.-•-ii is said that tins new agent effectually tested at Washington recently by Mwss.P. Ritchie and Buchanan. After breatliiirr.it for abrl three respirations, they :were able to bear the 4' l ' snag given them. by Mr. Wilmot with perfect ind , ferenre.. It is that the Honorable Secre!; ry was wholly: insensible ; and Mr. Ritchie coo!" only hear something about direct taxation, bat stl• of fered no pain. - TrIE %cart SruuT,r—Th6 Senate of the 3fissis , 4" pi Legislaturepassed a hilt for the benefit of the volnnteers,now in ihr from that State. This atuoimr was at the Senat e thought that the House would wzree le, but the House arnent!ed the bill so as to appropriate. 000, and passed it three to one. . A ' NEW PiWI.IIO:STI L CANDIDATE.-.-40//n 1.4 r BUCCII, 'l,OO of Om F.A-Pre:Lideut, has been 110(141/141. led by the Democrat , of Erie comity, Sew 1 . 0 1 -)'" a cs.:idiJate fur the Preside/xi.
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