IMMIIIMM= , . _ •.-..,..''' 1 ." . - , r e. - ic - .* OA - 1 - ,`.% - ii; ''' 'l g' :--- i - - i'...; 0. t 7 !---4-2: ;- ... " 4 .our 4* * - - . - 1 41111.. 1:- . 1 ' 4 'f - .11 ---i::::,;" - --,,,' _ '.. -- - rilt , , .....,-,; 7 1 . : f r:„E„,_; e . c , : ,,. a , '-' . IL-7 "" . .. 1 ..44**APA--;-- zdf tl.t. ' • * • . * • ; ' ' _ i.. 4 xiltnv***o' - 'igtvl , orto . - - —, - - - - Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Rettig! rre.d.s, for Free Teri-nary. E. 0. GOODRI'..s.H, EDITOR. 17;149: Er . U.3OMMIFTBES OF VIGILANCE.—The Democratic alkarilitutliumrmittee of Brad ford county. hereby call a Convention to be compos ed of rwo Delezates from each electiUn district in said enmity, to be holden at. Towanda, on Tuesday evening, February Bth. 1848, for the imrpose of elec ting Delegatm.,to the State convention at Pittsburg. on The 4th day of July heat, t nominate a candidate fitr-Canal Commissioner, and hare appointed the following43ommitibes of Vigtlauce fur the several .districtsof said county. The Committees will call meetings on Saturday., February 3d, between the hours of 3 and 8, P. M., for the election of Delegates. We would enjoin upon the Committees the re upoirsibility which rests upon them, and the necessi ty of discharging their duty faithfully and fully Tllle,'BrimarY meeting abonlil he called on the day named, at the tr ysu al place for holding said meetings at kome — place most c , invenient to tne democrats of the district. Great care should be taken that avow illitnocrat has notice of the Delegate ineeting. - tbat all may have a chance of attending. E. IFSIE +.l{A GOODRICH. 4;EORGE W. ELLIO FT, E. W. JONEm. A. D. SPALI.ING, THOMAS MMEAD, C. C. ORIOLE% , C. H. HERRICK, 'AVM. BLAKE, • NATHAN MAYNARD, Januar) 43, I Kid. Standing Canmillet. Albany—Arunah T,adhl, Benjamin Wilcox ; Armenia—John . Kitt Israel More: Asvlntri —John M. Horton. Benjamin P. Ingham; Athens pityough—L. H. Sherman, George Park; Athens townshtp—David Gardner, N. Ctlininster; Borlington--Samuel McKean, Hiram Gee; Ca - titan—C. 8: Elliott. Asa Pratt, ji.; tolumbia—Chas: Ballard. Isaac Strait; IThrell—Maili-oin Decker, D. L. States ;- Franklin—l H. Haynes, Ahira Gni; I Wanvilte--Efun Bailey, (3. D. Boss: HeVrietr—Alnion-Fuller, Jonathan Battles; Lerov—lforace Stone, John Kelly; Litehfietd—Cyrus Merrill, Benj. Ball; Monroe—Daniel Cook, A. L. Crantner; Orwell—ll. Z. Frisbie. Aaron Chubbuck ; Pike—John Baldwin, 1,4 m. Hutchinson ; Rome—Charles Forbes. Hiram Rice; Ridgberry..-James IL Webb, Wm. R. Bock; Sheshequin—Daniel' Brink, jr., Alfred Gore ; Smithfield—H. Huntingdon, D 'rid Hill; SPringfiAd—Elisita Knapp. Robert Bardwell ; lipeipp..hill—Judson Stevens, Jerome Green; sonih - oreek—Charles Lewis, Benj. Quick; • Standing Stone—P. D. Havens, A. Ennis; Towanda born'—Wm. D. Shaw, Wm. Scott ; Towanda tp.—Nelson Gilbert. J. F. Ketchum; Troy boro'—E. F. Ballard. D. V. Barnes; Troy tp.—AlonzralMorse.j. M. Smith ; , Ulster—H. Vandyke. Edward Mills ; Warren—H. B. Bowen, W. W.Bakrr ; Wells-John Brownell. John H. Cole: Windham—J. B. Wettter, B. Knykendall ; Wyaluaing—Edward Elliott. Edward Hornet; Wysoe--8. Stricliland, jr., .1. M. Reed. °overuse* Iffesesge. .On •otir outside, will be found the message of Jormwrow, entire. It is rather lengthy, but af ter previous inflictions, to be borne meekly. We have no room to remark upon this document, fur ther than to say that there are someillings in it to be commended, and many to which ,t,ve object— which corn pri 4es the et-sence of the usual criticisms. «A. Good Time Coming" The course of the Pennsylvanian and Washing ton Union 'lately, afford the surest and strongest guarantee that could be offered, that the Slavery propagandists see that it is high time to pause be. lore they have filly aroused the spirit and determi• nation of the Freemen of the North. A mighty change has been going on with them. A few months since, and anathemas and denunciations ~wece dealt oat nisei the devoted heads of the friends of Freedom. They were summarily beheaded; topped off with a single blow of the self-constituted executioners from the. Democratic party. No quarter was shown them, but ono-Jeep grave, dn•g by the stipenitaries of the administra tion yawned to receive them, in common. But now, bow different their Dowse. The organ grinder has changed his tone. The Proviso rears its hideous head in Congress, and Hale and Did- dings utter their most diabolical sentiments without a .warning sound flpm the Nestor of the Press. The Pennsylvanian, too, which once considered itself Pio especial guardian of the peculiar institution, is silent.. An apathy' has apparently seized upon it, evept an occasional escruciattng shriek about the Dissolution .of the Union ! Do these watchmen upon the walls of Slavery sleep? Or do they think Wetter of the efforts of those who seek to secure for Freemen and their posterity the' fair fields of our nest Territory .! We trust they do; but we fear the lesson they have learned has been an unwilling one. T.icy have seen %Vir.mcr, and Pitrstos Krtru stud Gjontsius,', arid numberless others lifted by the 'popular voice, tar above their power, baCked by the influence of the administration: Under the most adverse circninstarceS, they have heard a voice which they dare not disrespect. Northern men, erperialiy must pay heed' to the demand for Freedom, or sink theinselves in the depths of po pular:odium and degradation. The will'of the peo pie lists had , no opportunity to show itself in its suerigth. There have been occasional glimmer ings.Of it to be sine, when proscription had attemp ted to debat the champions of their kilt, which shciW what will be its power when: aroused and concentrated towards one object. It• esists in the great hearyof 'the mass. tearly for .o c iion : roo t wo to'those WhO - seek to disregard it. tiretook place at Pittsburg ork:Satpr.lpp inorning.last about two o clock, which was - gaiteodmorectire- , -so. me fifteen bowie. &stores ben burnt. The' enfire lcoLs is pmbablY .1200,000, ot!,!Sftifclithere Wasp partial insurance. Three Per stets were injured daring the fire• and one person-- a son,olJuilga-klaya--wati tilled, by a wall falling upon - I'm/Ale Wes highly esteemed and has left a wiliNefdingrchildrerl. .C.6l,7l3atiobe - F: Sasua,'ooßradford county is Aternneratie papers the n ! iallicnexii*..pkt) Co l ornio o p. et. .paiseat a • State, Senator g horn the Boulfoni district! anif.etlnya a pin.' repntation for ability and practical e4erienee. The nest can. &date is conce.lcd to the:North.—Rciding fkm. ERMI3 Wilms wash be Galatea by a Dbisoluitlea at trel ar m " 11.0,41 - VirtillideerteWlastweiltk, tot: e %e hetik s s liher melt? ant; CA*4,, - A . f a c es,t i that the: eterm now atied (unite ‘l. .t teary - f Slaltry, ends rink t permant aline "tithe Rqinblic,idd we pose - now brielly to consider the reasons urged, and also what could in iliqevelithersati44 — Wilie ;~`lavlt s tsieir; talon they dismember hennielves front the Confederacy. We shall endeavor to treat the matter in as serious an aspect as if the Union was really in danger, al though, as we believe, -it was never upon • firmer foundation than at this preieritmoment presentancitnient Whet result utthsespeas , sion by thirteen of the free States through their Le gislatures; that the Territory which we ',have ac quired, should remain in - the same situation as when it came into our hands, protected by law against the introduction of domestic Slavery. That the South, if they have not encouraged the late war with. Mexico for the purpose of acquising new fields upon which to enhance the worth of their human property, depreciating in value, have at Yeast looked upon it as likely to produce so desirable a result, is now made strikingly manifest. They have submitted quietly to the establishment of the Jefferson Ordinance, on a number of occasions, without manif.atting such feeling, and without rais ing a single objection on the score of unconstitu tionality or of infringement upon their rights. And uow, when they freely admit that Slavery is prac tically impossible to exist in the , nevi ly acquired region, both on account of climate and the will of its inhabitants, what new aspect is presented to the Proviso That it should be so repugnant to Southern interests ?" The only reason which recurs, is that the slaveholders have looked with longing eyes upon our new Territories, for an additional Slave mart, and that all their professions as to the impro bability of extending Slavery, are mere pretences, made to deceive and delay, until they can obtain a footing:there with their human ,chattles. Hence to frighten the North from her, position upon this question, by menaces and bravado; to make her stand still, while they quietly and speedily take possession of our newly acquired possessions, is the reason why she attempts to put on such a treasona ble front. If it succeeds, it will be but another ig noble instance where the North has succumbed, to the rapacity of the South ; if it fails, our Southern kiends, now so full of valor. and iletermivation, will quietly submit to their manifest destiny. Each succeeding day, illustrates more dearly and forcibly, that the South have much the greatest into , test in pieserving this Union intact. They have sue- I ceetled heretofore, by.,-the aid of the Northern De mocracy, in monopolising the greater share of the patronage of the General Government; while they contribute but a small share to its support, and the time is fast hastening when they will have to ap peal to the North to protect them against the curse which is now in their midst. Will they, by engen dering sectional animosities, so alienate their north ern brethren that they " will mock at their calami `4, and laugh when their fear cometh I" Except on this Continent. the whole civilized world look with abhorence upon the institution of Slavery. It is left for this Model Republic—a shining light to oppressed. slavery hating Kingdoms—to foster and encourage this evil in their midst. To whom. then, in the day of their calamity could the south look for support and succor? They comprise in their population of eight millions, three millions of slaves, held by three hundred thousand capitalists. These three millions of human beings are held in a state of bondage abhorrent to the instinztsNature has im planted in the breast of every individual, however ignorant or unlearned he may be. Hi!tory furnishes us with terrible examples of the determination and 'ferocity which this class of beings exercise when once aroused to action for their liberty and rights, and smarting under the recollection of repeated and long-continued injuries. Those who have no pe cuniary interest in the institution, would flee from impending, danger as from a pestilence. The three hundrel thousand owners of three millions of infu riated and maddened slaves would find themselves almost alone in the midst of the calamity they had themselves invoked. Their fair fields might be laid waste, and their country be incarnadined with blood, and the only effect of their appeals to the North and the remainder of the civilized world, if answered, while it released them from their danger, would inevitably result in the effectual destruction of Slaver.. While Southern men are entailing upon their children the calamity, at the contemplation of which they shudder. it is assuredly not their inter est to cut them off from the support which the Cation gives to their safety and their institutions.— Every acre of Slave territory which is:Le/anted, but pots off the clanger instead of averting it. Sever the tie which binds these States together—draw a line of sectionality between the Free and the Slave States —and that moment the eflorts of fanatics, which are now impotent to do injury, will become of ter tibia consequence to the South—endangering them by coutinued anal indirect assaults upon their pro-. peaty, conducted necessarily with impunity, and which Will create a breach heightened by rancor andernnitY' Theproperty of the South can only be valuable in proportion to its safety ; to be secure it must have the protection which the presence of the North in the compact, and the true compromises of the Cont.-tau:Nl, afford. -I A - dissolution of the Union would render that property worthless, by affording an asylum foe' the Slave, where be would be se cure from recapture. A continual dispute would be thus -kept up, which would be anything but be neficial to the South, and be the cause of much as. parity and ill•feellng. This is a subject full of interest—we have par sued but a single branch. It will be seen that the value and security of property—the safety of their own .firesides, and the future prosperty of the South. depend upon their continuing in alliance with the North. We shudder at the tearful consequences which the unwise counsels of Southern fanatics might bring upon their.owu heads. We have no feeling for the South except of fraternity, and pray. Heaven that her counsels mar be guided with wis dom andjustice. The North cm* ask that Slavery P hall not extend—that our Capital be purified from -the unsightly slain. upon it.---and they will stand by the South in every emeT,ency. To these reason*. blesdemands, the greater portion-of the South are willing to acquiesce—if,they.rep-diate the treason which dares to think of Disimien, the Brotherhood of - St:ilea it safe. • Mr. Brat:rkra, it .. stiti 'by a Washington . Omee pondent, valorised , to this Senate a Free Sailer, nod one of the Semite's born Texas} it is also weenier', entertains thezerune views. The Cassias the T. I. Sweater We I+ w • m , ..,., i•leapore, (from eirriljsiom I dent 'ld iee . 4Des.,) the reourpu f ~sued Wei-Mir .., ... - flees Senator,ollk .3, in!tha dtimcr . -"us to nominate - , ate . t. , foi, II Sae . . ine 2d ballot w '''' Taus_ ir itt gii'V . ~..2 ; Cameron, 22; . I .'- at ,- cal, i.i—tantl there was some probability that the arch ' Vaguer iiill.liZecee7iii `s car nation, Col. Nivea declared iultievivuod terms that he and some ten others would protest agaillst it, and should not, and would not, IA ider any cir. mimstanceai :vote i Ills him; and ,is , the Gummi terms' releiTed to 'and dinisinced the ',listener in 'Whitt hilnDr blifoDlKTlDDiedy . -Far.** Col. -Ms- son dwarves the thinks of the democracy of this County, and of the State. Ho represented truly the feelings of his constituents, in endeavoring so no bly to ward off itupendiui disgrace from oui Com monwea ith. • Finally, on the fifth Willa, llitoonno was no minated, receiving 32 votes, to Cameron 27. The power of the patronage which Simon bag wielded, availed him not, and those only who have been provided for at his hand*, will regret that he once more sinks to the obscurity for which he was de signed. The fangs of the viper lay in the perfect control which he bad of all the patronage of the General Government within the State and much oat of it :—that will won bo gon6---and when it is, there will be none so poor as even to hate him. We could have wished that some other Demo crat might have been selected for the empty honor of the nomination—than a Congressman who has been to devoted to Southern' interests—but we are not disposed to find fault now, when we see how imminent was the danger the party has escaped. It has to be relieved of but a few more such excres cences, to become in a healthy state. The Cholera. This dreadful and singular disease is making its ravages in the South. At New Orleans the deaths have been frightfully frequent. A singular fact connected with the Cholera is the death of one third of the Bth regiment of infantry at Port Lavaeae. Texas. These troops left New Orleans befor3 the Cholera had developed itself; but must have en countered before their departure the causes which produce the disease. Our latest accounts from . New Orleans bring the gratifying ir.telligence that the Cholera was rapid ly decreasing in that city. ;Vicksburg, which has sell - emit severely. is now entirety free of the die ease; as is also Cincinnaui. For C all fenalii. Our young men, on Tuesday last, had the pain of bidding a I , good-bye " to two of their compan ions--W. F. Mansion and .1. M. Cou.rss— who took their departure for New York, en route for Ca lifornia. Many a tear started at the parting; and they carry with them in their long and tedious jour ney to their new homes, the thoughts and heartfelt wishes of our entire community. We wish them both, a safe and pleasant voyage, and a full realm. Lion on their arrival, of the most flattering accounts which have reached us, of that country.. They will be followed in the spring, we under stand, by aeveral of our citizens. Tbe Seatilaiprit Coxeslt4ee. This body were to report on Monday last. We have as yet no information as to the character of the suggestions they offer to the South. We appre hend, however, that nothing serious will ensue.— We are sensible at this ,present writing, that the material world has suffered no destroying shock, and we 'are equally certain that no Langer need be apprehended to our political world. Should any great catastrophe be produced, we will hasten to inform our readers. Visite& States Sea►tae. At noon, on Tuesday, 9th inst., the Senate and House met in Convention to elect a U. S. Senator, in Mr: Cameron's place. Oa third ballot, JAMES COOPER, of Adams county, was declared duly elec ted. for 6 years, from the .Ith• of March neat. The vote on this ballot, stood as follows: James Cooper, 66 Richard Biodhad, 62 Taaddeus Stevens, 3 ELEcrtoic or U.S. Sensrons.—Gen. Jackson Alor ton, Late a Taylor elector, has been elected U. S. Senator by the Leguslature of FloriJa, to supply the seat of Mt. Westcott. He received the vote (sleight Whigs, and all the Democrats. Mr. Ward was the regular Whig candidate. The Legislature of Kentucky has elected Hon. 77romar Metallf, U. S. Senator from the dth of March next. He now occupies the seat vacated by Mr. Crittenden. Senator Mainsail, of Missouri, has been re-elect. ed lathe U S. Senate by the Legislature of that State. A. F. Dodge has been re-elected to the United Slates Senate, by the Legislature of lowa, for six years from the 4th of March next METROPOLITAN PILIGAZIN r.—lsrael Poet. Nassau street, New York, has issoed the first number of a Ma,gazine with this title. This number augurs fa vorably for the value and interest of the Magazine. Among its contributors are some of the best writers in the country, and the engravings by T. H. Matti son are well designed and executed. The " Me tropolitan". is published at the usual price, $3 per year, or two copies for 65. Tut Onto LEl:me:runt ib iu more ditlicuities.— The democrats claim the election of Wr.u.ca as Governer, by 280 majoritY—reiricting the vote of Lorain county on the ground of informality in trans. mining the returns. On the other hand, the Whigs claim loan ai the legally elected Governor, and so the Speaker announced, after the votes had been counted 69 in Convention. The Convention wart broken up in the most intense excitement, amidst threats - of tome. The mmerlias been taken up in both houses, but as yet with no degaite result. Otr.Vb invite atiention to the remarks of Col. Dia,sorb on the revolution to relieve the Governor firm the responsibility of approving or vetoing the bills, Itelthaver Gonrthelast maks' by Gov. Shank, in anothei'liohnin. Mews. SrOarwra.r. and Vrrt-ruor of ens Aouse, and, col. Swig, orth e Senile, hare our thanks for their kini attentions'. BllorMiOtits p panaticrua "_ cornea to us en, lamed and improved in appearance. We congra tetate friend ilartrorreas open the prosperity of %duct' slid:slat sure index. JoirlrisTOX's MA.Mirri for Governor, is (twisted to 1e 397 votes New York .ad Tree Territory ti ler. r WO . ' - ex " Vibe Silk** noble Waage fit= :Goy lateiiinotinitgeilltheitegi4ture ofitew Lri .. ~ _.,.t,i - ,;,- . v-i `r ant kA I t .. . IV le partmt an etntrMent ern theitttets r ion''' . FielMont e nd lioltnthrtailt to Ile &acidity id i ' Era r isire :....., ,4 , 4 . ~ .1 t. ..:- 1 . k- i L c . i I l I 17 i ere be any one s ubject olio - n - ilr 1161 1 14 pen= ple of the State of New York approach near to unan linty of. seinimeeirpit is ia.theirAired determinative to resit the extension of slay !ry over territory now free. With them it involves a great moral . princi ple, and overrides all questions of temporary or of political expediency None venture to dissent ; and in the mere difference of degree in which the ',lliiirn;intt,teitiii(linalteniace, it hat mean power fo even to the breaking diitins of the strong barrieti . .panyAirinutiaation.,...This„sentiinent is not of re-- cent origin with our people. It was this sentiment , which, fitly years ago, prompted the abolishment of slavery in this State. It was this - nearly unanimous sentiment of the people which' was reflected, and received utterance in the voice of our Suite Legis lature at the penod of the agitation of the question, on the admission of Missions, into the Union.— Slavery not only existed at that time within the li mits of Missouri, bat was legalixettwithin the whole of the territory acquired by the U. Sates under the treaty with France. The people of our State were induced to yield their,assent to a compromise then made whereby a State permitting slavery was ad mitted into the Union, formed out of itrritory not embraced within the comproinises of the constitu -1 lion by the consideration ,that slavery and involun tary servitude should be forever excluded from the remaining portion of the territory within which sla- I very was theretofore unauthorized. They yielded the political advantage of slave representation, by a portion of the territory for the moraltriumph of es tablishing freedom throughout the remainder. They are now asked to bemuse parties to the ex tension of slavery over territory already free. _Their answer may be read in their past history. I be lieve that it is almost if not entirely, the unanimous deeishin of the people of this State, that under no circumstances will their assent be given to any ac tion whereby the institution ofslavery shall be in troduced into any part of the territory of the Unit ed States, from which it is now excluded." Mr. Wilkins on the first day of the session offer ed resolutions in the New York Legislature, lemon routing against the claims of Texas to the territory of New Mexico, and insisting u ? on New Mexico being protected against Slavery, and instructing the Representatives of the State in Congress, to votefor securing governments for the Territories, and in sist upon the prohibition of slavery in we Territory between the N mires and the Rio Grande, as the com mon property of the Union ; that it should be.pro tected against the unfounded claims of Texas as a part of that State,. and prohibits the extension of Slavery over it. The resolutions also re-endorse the proposition of Mr. Gott, in Congress, prohibiting the Slave trade in the bisttict of Columbia. These resolutions passed the Senate by an unani r mons vote; and the House by a vote nearly unani mous. It is yet to be seen, whether Senator Dim luso?" has enough self respect to consult the wishes of his coneiiineuey, or lend himself to the purposes of the South. AccmnenT—Mr. Edward Carpeater, of Towanda township, met with a serious accident, while hunt ing in the woods on Monday last. While in the act of putting down a ball, his"ritle was discharged, and the ramrod driven thrciugh his hand, shattering it badly. The bullet passed through the Tim of his hat, close to his head. RAIL ROAD ACCIDENT.-A man named. John Me- Cafery, of Middletown, was mn over on the I tth Mat_, on the railroad near Harrisburg; and instantly Oto- The a National Reformer," formerly pub lished at ilneesdale, has been discontinued for wint of patronage. The editor has removed to Carbondale, and established a Whig paper. :1 THE FINE SLEIGHING, which we have been eq. jnying for weeks pail, is last being derinnyed br thaw and rain. It has served its purpolp, we sup pose, and has certainly been well improved. Cot.. Amnaose H. Sty's'', late U. S. Senator from Arkansas, and one of the Commissioners who ne. gotaited the Treaty of Peace with Mexico, died on the Ist of January. HON. ALF.NANDER L. HAYS, l'resident Judge o the District Court of Lancaster county, has tender ed his resignation to the Governor. FEARFUL ACCIDENT—WoxnEurrt. DTA PE.—On Sunday last; our friends, Maj. Stiumel M. Mills and Mr,. Daniel Glasamlie. tnok a sleigh ride to the new town of Ashland, ou the north side of -the Broad Mountain, in Butler township, about 12 miles from Pottsville. When they reached Wasser's Broad Mountain House, they met young Mr. Nasser, who agreed to accompany them to Ashland. He har nessed into a sleigh his fine young racing horse, (valued-ai $l5O to $500.) and started after Messer. Mills and Glassmire. In passim• some sleds, young IVasser upset his sleigh, himself and his common were thrown out, and his horse started to run.— Messrs. M. and G. were descending the mountain, when looking back, they Saw Waaser's hoise com ing on the full run behind them. They turned out and made way for the nuiaway; the horse passe d . them, and about 200 yards further down, came in contact with a drove of cattle coming to the Potts ville market. The poor brute threw himself with great violence on the head of a stout bull in the drove. Both horns of the bull entered the horse's body, one in the breast in front of the shoulder, the other just behind the shoulder. One of the horns a as broken off in the body, and the horse dropped dead instantly, and in his death struggle knocking another ox of the drove insensible upon the ground , where . he laid for some minutes as if killed by the violence of the shock. The poor horse was,unhar nessed as be lay, and . his mangled carcass robed over the steep mountain ‘side. food • for the wild beast, and birds of prey.—Polisville Emporium. TERRIBLE SCENE ON THE Ice.—The ,Philadelphia papers contain thrilling accounts of nn accident that happened on Tuesday 9th inst. on the ice at the Schuylkill river, near Fairmount Darn. A party of persrms, some sixty or seventy, principally ladies and children were upon the ice ) looking at the Skaters, when a large cake of ice separated from the main body,and was swept by the current to. wards the dam, with those standing upon it. As the ice shot over the dam, it broke with its own weight, and swept down with it a lady. and two children. They were rescued by a Qnaker gentle. man, who ilisplayed great presence of mind, amid the intense excitement. The remainder escaped with a (lit:agreeable cold bath, but fortunately not a.sinttle life was IDA. The scene presented was for a time truly terrific, and most of the spectators on shore were so completely frenzied, that they rend ered little or no assista3ce. The whistle of the Locomotive as it ploughs ha way through our mountains, has been the cause of m ;eh merriment to some, and alarm to others.— Many of our back settlers have fancied it to be the scream:of some terrific wild beast One man while engaged in cutting timber s upon hearing the neigh n(4he steam-itoniadropped his axe and ran fur his rifle, declaring that a monstrous panther had scream ed right out, within forty feet of him. A hunt of three or tour days for the varmint, was the conse quence. Aube last accounts hie beastship has not been discivered.—[Deposit.Cottrier. . ' r Longstreth Beat: FAILUREA,--The Bank of Norwalk and Bank ofSandu,ky, Ohio, are reporleil to have failed lIIEBIABILIi OF COL MASON, Mile al Me Meese, 111:Satunlay J the s eli k . :111r. de T. relative to 'l7' • a AreetOrqsertaintrilis passalitric Jai! , gatikkilbre t . 4 ) ?4, 1 t: at -4 - shialtgote fristheisidefinite postponkient&theme resolutions. I regard them ail of a most extraordi nary character to 'the ponatilutio tl ii, and . beyona juntialeigii7Ut at We facts connected with them are. It seems, that near the close of the last session of the legislature'le adjourn .ment, within n days of its adjourn ment, certain bills were passed by the senate and , house of representatives, and ; presented to the gov ernor jos his approhuition. - To home of them the governor thought he Jeweived objections, which vifoiild Babes hitifhiiiiithhelirliis assert oti and m. consequence of his ill health, and the press of bosi nee* which always attends the closing scenes of a session, be coneltulethto hold them over for further consideration until the present session, as he was authorised to do by the constitution. In the mean time, Gov. Shrink, owing to his increasing and feeling himself unable longer to discruirge the ddlies of his office, resigned it, and the duties there of immediately devolved upon the speaker of the senate, and to whom the bills in question were handed by the secretary of the commonwealth, who had chair of the executive chamber during the govenor's indisposition. • The resignation of Francis IL Shank did not leave the state without a governor. The office of governor iscontionons, and the resignation ordeath of the incumbent cannot produce an interregnum for a single instant.. The moment such an occur rence happens, the duties of the office devolve up on the speaker of the senate by the express provis ions of the constitution, and be possesses for the time being all the powers of the governor. By the constitution, when a-bill passes both bon. ses, and is presented to the governor for his appro bation, if he approve , it is his duty to sign it ; if he disapproves it, he is ound to return it within ten days, (Sundays excepted) with his obj...tions, to the house in which it ornisatetl, unless prevented by the adjournment of the legislature, in which event he must return it within three days alter the next meeting of the general assembly—otherwise, beoames a law. ' _ Now. the bills in question were presented to the governor within ten days of , the close of the . last session, which gave him time for consideration un til three days after the commeneementof the pres ent session of the general assembly, and the fact that the duties of me office have devolved on en- other individual, cannot change the provision of the constitution, nor release the incumbent from the re sponsibility imposed upon him by his oath. The bills have passed constitutionally and r eg ularly luta his possession, and his duty is plain. if he tip. prove themy he should sign them ; if noyhe should return them, with his objections, to the house in in which they originated, as•directed by the curt- Imitation, and as he is bound to do by his oath. The resolutions under consideration proposed -that we should call upon the acting governor to return them without his objections. Thils a`rocedure utterly unknown to the constitution. What power would we have over them if they.were so returned ? We could not proceed, under such circumstances, to re censider and act on them under the provisions of the constitution. The result would be, that these acts, solemnly . passed by the last Aegis,' lature, would be defeated without the interpdsion of the veto power, and without being repealed. The constitu tion is certainly not en defedtive rh its provisions as to produce such an absurdity - . Besides, if we were to pass these resolutions, they would not be obliga tory upon the governor, and the legislature would expose itself-to rebuke for transcending its constitu tional power. In feet he could not comply with them without disregarding the mandates of the con stitution. lam therefore totallyi at a loss to know why such a proposition has been brought before us. 01 the merits of the bills, I recollect but •little. One of them I understand, authorises the ineorpo ration of a company to construct a railroad from the 'borough of Erie to the Ohio state line, the object of which is to form a connection, ultimately; with' the New York and Erie railroad, It is said this im pmvement would divert trade from our own wes tern and eastern cities, and trade and travel from our own improvements. Besides, that:undoes not provide for the imposition of a tax on freight Over the road, such as is imposed. on that passing over the Central railroad. These objections may be valid, and the &IBS perhaps ought not to become a law. If the acting governor is of this opinion his duty is plain; he ought, at once, to return it with his objections, and theklby show himself the guar dian and protector of the interests of the people and of the state. Were Francis Shrink and in the executive office, no man who witnessed' , the care and anxiety with which he watched eve ry thing calculated to eflect the interests of th.) peo ple can doubt what his course would be. But perhaps the acting governor and his friends, after the manner in which they ha-e assailed the veto power, and the odium which they have endeavor ed to attach to it, by denopncing it as the arbitrary one man power, are ..unwilling to assume the re sponsibility of exercising it, especially before he is inaugurated. And this may be a device to relieve him from the dilemma in Which he finds himself placed. On the one hand the interests of the state are involved; on the other, the interest, or consis tency, of politicians who hate clamored against one of the best conservative principles of thii con stitution. We shall see which will prevail. For my own part, I think the question under consideration presents an admirable illustration of the value of the veto power. and the inconsistency of those wi o • have 'clamored against it. I ,shall therefore norvotato relieve the executive from' the responsibility ()fits exercise, and more especially, because I feel that in the case, under consideration A I I have nq constitutional light to do so. - FROM CALIFORNIA AND THE SALT LAGS.--From Mr. George Smith, of the enterprising firm of Smith & Bedford of this town, who returned from Coun cil Binds, two days since, we learn that an express mail arrived at the Bluffs, just previous to his de pa-ture, fifty-six days from the Salt Lake. The Mormon Colony are reported to be in a prosperous condition, having a surplus of several thousand bushels of grain and other necessaries of life. Mon ey is plenty, a large portion of which is obtained in. and brought from the gold regions in Colifornia, either in the dust, or in Mexican geld coin !receiv ed in exchange for the dust in California. 1, The repoits concerning the richness and extent of the gold mines, received by others, are hilly con firmed by this party, some of whom are direct from that region. bringing a large quantity of the yellow dirt. By l this mail Messrs. Smith & Bedford, re ceived from the Salt Lake, orders for mechandise amounting to upwards of e-5000, acompanied with the dust, among which was one package of ten man's. These are the first orders received from that quarter, and the opening of a new avenue of trade to St. Joseph which must, be extensive and phtifitabde.—St. Joseph Gazette. Tim IsTaws or PANAMA is litely to become a great quarter for trade, with the steamers running trom Panama, to say nothing of the proposed rail road. All the ports there are free, and the only du ly on an it...sorted cargo is less than one per cent., the only exception being spirits end cigars: On the Ist inst„ the repair of the Cruces road was 'o com mence—Cruces being the point from whence em barkation from the Chagres ricer takes place in crossing the Isthmus. Ma. AND Mae. RANDEI.I.--The celebrated Scotch giant and giantess, have recently had a on barn to them at their residence near Mineral Point, Wis consin. whose weight at three ,days old was twenty i Iwo pounds,. This 6 heir fi rst child, and 'the tiros saccesial experiment, ' n modem times, , in the pro duction of a race of g anta. On Satnnlay morn dike of the Presbyt , 265 Chestnut street,. ter! to sever al atljoitti amotint of rroperty g last, a fire broke out in the ,rich Board of Publication, No. ';hilaidelphia, and ceturounica• do-troy in_ a lar4l. .fore it cuolkl be subdued. . . Proceedings of the XXXLh Congress. —.,.. r . --- 1 i . WASHINGTON, lan. R. t' . , rpm .. to- ay until some time past the en s : . , Aft ^ reading the juuntal and prayer by the Cl* lain, mber r Ofpeuttona, on various subje ct , w preseld_htd, read and referred. Berdiikellered a resolution protiitting for the publication ofa-Synoptical Index of the Laws. , an,l Treaties of Tnted States.. Lies ._.,...0ver under th e iiireir-o-,;?r-t5...-mtr..... . -....-..-1 ~,........ Mr. Fitzpatrick offered a _reps . ..ooot) _to palipli two thousand copies of Coltos&matfLaLtfie.-13:1. The resolution gave rite to quite a spirited de. bate, to which Messrs. Benton, Pearce, anal Dick. inson participated. 'lts passage was opposed on the plea that it was . an extravagant and unnecessary out. Iv of theindire money. Attersome _further dis , iial,ifFonsawr,iftiaiir - WW A resolution was ;dieted - Ay- 14r1, and - adopt. ed calling for linformeatintr as 'to the amount of claims held hi• the United States againntheChero,- kee tribe of Indians.. , The-resolution_effered-yesteseey-by-blls—Vode t , „allt woLu xl Ryas then taierl.,PP l 19 dr,till I. < • ,